Modding for n00b's
Hi there guys,
Let me start out by saying this is a great place. I'm a member of another PC support type forum, but we don't have any Bios guru's as you seem to have. And Bios guru's are exactly what I need
After the but kissing, onwards to the question.
I have a OEM card featuring a Phoenixbios 4.0 Release 6.1. The Bios defines the possible display modes for the digital video output and has definitions up to UXGA, which is a bummer if you have a WUXGA panel attached. I've taken this up quitte a few times with the OEM already, but they can't seem to get their act together. So I was hoping to give it a shot myself.
Another problem (different system) is that a friend bought a whopping 200GB HD for his PIII computer and now finds his motherboard's bios to be limited to around 132GB. Updating to the latest Bios still featured a # of cylinders limited to 64k
I have a few .wph files laying around, and I was hoping to make some sense out of them, but needless to say that was in vain.
What it all boils down to is that I would like some pointers from you guys on how to start on something like this. Any help would be appreciated.
Let me start out by saying this is a great place. I'm a member of another PC support type forum, but we don't have any Bios guru's as you seem to have. And Bios guru's are exactly what I need
After the but kissing, onwards to the question.
I have a OEM card featuring a Phoenixbios 4.0 Release 6.1. The Bios defines the possible display modes for the digital video output and has definitions up to UXGA, which is a bummer if you have a WUXGA panel attached. I've taken this up quitte a few times with the OEM already, but they can't seem to get their act together. So I was hoping to give it a shot myself.
Another problem (different system) is that a friend bought a whopping 200GB HD for his PIII computer and now finds his motherboard's bios to be limited to around 132GB. Updating to the latest Bios still featured a # of cylinders limited to 64k
I have a few .wph files laying around, and I was hoping to make some sense out of them, but needless to say that was in vain.
What it all boils down to is that I would like some pointers from you guys on how to start on something like this. Any help would be appreciated.
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* The manufacturer delivers his Bios in a .wph format, which can be programmed by using a tool called "Phlash".
* I managed to extract the Bios.
* What I want to do is add additional "supported modes" to the video bios.
* I assume that I have to get 'in' the VESA VGA Bios 3.0, unfortuntely I find the standard, but no pointers as to how the Bios itself is written.
Any help at all, pointer, suggestions, whatever, would be highly appreciated.
As for the hdd problem. Go to the manufacturer's site for that drive and there should be drivers for it that will bi-pass the 133gb limit that is being impossed by your friends bios.
Well, the graphics engine can handle it. The interface is only up to standard UXGA frequencies, but I calculated that I should be able to pull it off with reduced blanking
Yep, solved that one already. Thanks for the effort, though!
im new with this, but ive been playing around with tweaking utilities, and now im trying to modify my bios settings, but im stuck with the fact that all my manufacturer gives me for my laptop bios is a .wph file, how do i extract the my bios from that? what are the general steps, its a pheonix bios so what would i use to edit the actual rom once i figure out how to extract it?
look forward to your reply