Forum RSS Feed Follow @ Twitter Follow On Facebook

Thread Rating:
  • 1 Vote(s) - 5 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
[-]
Welcome
You have to register before you can post on our site.

Username:


Password:





[-]
Latest Threads
[REQUEST] Lenovo Thinkpad E130 (H4ETxxWW...
Last Post: Tim82
Today 09:08 AM
» Replies: 508
» Views: 101034
[REQUEST] Lenovo Yoga 11E (N15ETxxW) Whi...
Last Post: Dudu2002
Today 08:15 AM
» Replies: 5
» Views: 2517
[REQUEST] Lenovo G50-70 (9ACNxxWW) BIOS ...
Last Post: Dudu2002
Today 07:23 AM
» Replies: 139
» Views: 40958
[REQUEST] CPU Support for Ryzen 5 3600 o...
Last Post: flexpavillion
Today 04:32 AM
» Replies: 1
» Views: 332
Clevo P775TM1-G BIOS
Last Post: ActivatedNut
Today 01:36 AM
» Replies: 145
» Views: 55302
ASUS P5G41T-M LX2/GB Unlocked Hidden Ove...
Last Post: GangsteR23
Yesterday 04:58 PM
» Replies: 25
» Views: 64128
lenovo z570 Advanced Menu Unlocked
Last Post: Kaluva12345
Yesterday 04:58 PM
» Replies: 7
» Views: 4095
[Request] HP Elitebook 6930P WLAN Whitel...
Last Post: Maxinator500
Yesterday 02:25 PM
» Replies: 15
» Views: 6564
Lenovo ThinkCentre M715q 2nd Gen & AMD R...
Last Post: RedfieldHUN1987
Yesterday 09:23 AM
» Replies: 2
» Views: 143
L14 Gen 3 AMD , Need UEFI unlock advance...
Last Post: frankeinstein2532555
Yesterday 04:08 AM
» Replies: 0
» Views: 88
[REQUEST] Lenovo Y400 & Y500 (6BCNxxWW) ...
Last Post: freedome
03-26-2024 11:00 PM
» Replies: 188
» Views: 52171
[REQUEST] Lenovo G510 (79CNxxWW) Whiteli...
Last Post: ghostinoss
03-26-2024 09:21 PM
» Replies: 655
» Views: 167131
[Request] CPU support for Lenovo IQ57I
Last Post: DeathBringer
03-26-2024 10:02 AM
» Replies: 5
» Views: 237
unlocked Bios for Machenike s16
Last Post: Dudu2002
03-26-2024 09:06 AM
» Replies: 5
» Views: 325
[REQUEST] Bios Unlock Whitelist HP DV6-6...
Last Post: DimanTLT63
03-26-2024 03:03 AM
» Replies: 0
» Views: 139
[REQUEST] HP Pavilion G6-1252ss Whitelis...
Last Post: joseefitness
03-26-2024 01:40 AM
» Replies: 0
» Views: 125
[REQUEST] Lenovo S310 & S410 (8BCNxxWW) ...
Last Post: morgley
03-25-2024 10:43 PM
» Replies: 14
» Views: 6331
Acer Nitro ANV15-51 Bios Bin File Reques...
Last Post: Papethzkie23
03-25-2024 06:04 PM
» Replies: 0
» Views: 137
[REQUEST] Lenovo G710 BIOS Whitelist Rem...
Last Post: si1975
03-25-2024 01:28 PM
» Replies: 468
» Views: 125406
[REQUEST] Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro (76CNxxWW) W...
Last Post: TalKaz
03-25-2024 11:10 AM
» Replies: 844
» Views: 317063

3.4 Ghz Prescott support for IBM Thinkcentre motherboard
#1
Hi Everyone,

I’m upgrading my CPU to a 3.4 Hz Prescott in IBM Thinkcentre machine. The problem I’m having is that the Bios reports “error 0167 no processor update found” Then gives me an option to hit F1 to enter setup or F2 to continue. The Bios clearly recognizes the CPU and reports the correct speed and multipliers. If I hit F2 the operating system loads as normal and recognizes the CPU speed and multi cores. I have the latest Bios from IBM flashed into the system, see link below. (2ajt51a.exe)

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.w...yle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-51058

My question here is, firstly can the CPU microcode be added to the bios (I believe they stopped at 3.2 GHz) or is there a modification that can be done to stop this annoying error message. I would not worry about this too much but sometimes I start my machine automatically and run some programs before I get to them, with this error it will not start until I hit F2.

Many thanks in advance to all that reply !!!

B..
find
quote
#2
Sorry everyone ! Below is a link to what I believe is the donor Bios for the request above.. ( 2ejt46a.exe )

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.w...yle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-60626


find
quote
#3
Update - not sure if this will help but below is the CPUID

CPU type = 0f49
microcode update revision = 3

If this is too difficult then I understand, i just ask that someone lets me know and I'll deal with it.

Many Thanks !
find
quote
#4
I've done further research and believe the attached files are better suited as donor's to my cause above. These file are from motherboards that use the same Intel 865PE chipset. (Albatron PX865PE)

I hope this helps !


Attached Files
.bin   x65pev124.bin (Size: 384 KB / Downloads: 5)
.bin   65pc202.bin (Size: 256 KB / Downloads: 14)
find
quote
#5
Sorry for the delay , lots been going on!

You are right , this error is because theres no microcode for your CPU loaded. I took the microcode entry that matches the CPUID and revision you posted and inserted it into your BIOS.
I didn't end up using the donor bioses but can try that if this mod doesnt work.

Try at your own risk!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/747181/Lenovo%20...34s282.zip

Regards
Admin
find
quote
#6
Admin,

Thank you so much for taking the time to do this. I'm currently away on business and will be home early next week, will test the bios as so as I get home, I'll post the results here as well...

Again, Thanks a bunch !!
find
quote
#7
Admin,

Just tried to update the BIOS and unfortunately I had no success. Below are the procedure I adopted and the error reported ?

1.Extracted the ZIP file and ran winphlash.exe. Error reported “cannot open HSH file”

2.Copied HSH file from original bios download into modified extracted folder. Error reported “Bios update failed”

3.Copied the modified Bios.rom file into the original bios directory. Error reported “Bios update failed”

4.Copied and renamed modified Bios.rom ($image2A.usf the default file name) to a bootable floppy and tried to update using that method. Error reported “ The specified Mod file is larger than the size allocated in the Rom”

I appreciated all your efforts and if this is something that easily fixed then I am sincerely gratefully, however if requires a lot of time and effort then I completely understand and I can deal with the annoying F2 switch.

Again, thank you for your time and effort…

find
quote
#8
Admin,

Just tried to update the BIOS and unfortunately I had no success. Below are the procedure I adopted and the error reported ?

1.Extracted the ZIP file and ran winphlash.exe. Error reported “cannot open HSH file”

2.Copied HSH file from original bios download into modified extracted folder. Error reported “Bios update failed”

3.Copied the modified Bios.rom file into the original bios directory. Error reported “Bios update failed”

4.Copied and renamed modified Bios.rom ($image2A.usf the default file name) to a bootable floppy and tried to update using that method. Error reported “ The specified Mod file is larger than the size allocated in the Rom”

I appreciated all your efforts and if this is something that easily fixed then I am sincerely gratefully, however if requires a lot of time and effort then I completely understand and I can deal with the annoying F2 switch.

Again, thank you for your time and effort…

find
quote
#9
Believe it or not, I have also just run into this issue on a Lenovo ThinkCentre M50 8189-FCU machine. Same processor specs and all. It looks like we just need to mod that rom somehow without changing the rom size perhaps? I'll give this solution a try and see what comes of it as well.

Is there a process that I can try to mod my own rom for this perhaps? IE is there a microcode table located at some offset in the file that that I can matchup and then just overlay the new info on to that and still maintain byte sizing and alignment of the entire rom? I'm new to the rom modding but not new to pc hacking, performance tuning, and low level coding.

It appears the last STOCK cpu supported by this platform is the 0F41 version of the P4 3.4ghz 800mhz 1meg cache cpu. I have that in another identical machine and it detects just fine. Since this was the last of the series of cpus, and IBM never supported it in this machine at this rev and stepping that they probably will never update the bios to handle this.

Any ideas on this? I'll be scouring the Google land and this board to see what I can come up with.

Thanks!
find
quote
#10
SOLVED!

Turns out for the IBM/LENOVO CPU patch updates all we need to do is find a bios on the Lenovo support site that has the proper .pat and .hsh files already inside the bios release.

In my case I used 2gjy23usa bios set from the M51/A51 latest bios release. Download the bios. Right click extract to a folder with WinRAR. copy over 0f49.pat and 0f49.hsh files to your 2AJY51US folder. Then run the WinPhlash.exe app. Go into advanced options and UNcheck everything except "Verify Block after Programming" say okay then flash. It will reflash and apply all the microcode updates including the new one we just added. Reboot. Everything works great now!

Hopefully this helps somebody out there. In this case it's rather a simple fix, but it's just not easy to find in Google yet.

First bios is current as of 12/4/2011 for the M50 ThinkCentre line
Seond bios is the donor bios to copy the two 0f49.* files from the extracted contents from the M51 ThinkCentre line

http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/...y51usa.exe
http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/...y23usa.exe

P.S. Also note that you cannot update your bios at all once you have the new unsupported processor in place that first time until you uncheck at LEAST the first three boxes in that advanced tab. Otherwise it fails out and does nothing.

So either do the microcode update above BEFORE you put the new chip in, OR just remember to uncheck the boxes and you will be fine.
find
quote


Forum Jump:


Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)