ASUS Crosshair I - need help extracting NCPUCODE.BIN

[1234s282]

Mod removed , thanks for highlighting these issues , the updated roms can be grabbed from our resources server http://bios-mods.com/resources/Option Roms/

Regards
Admin

[Giniemaster]

Mod removed , thanks for highlighting these issues , the updated roms can be grabbed from our resources server http://bios-mods.com/resources/Option Roms/

Regards
Admin

Thanks for that Umm, how come all folders are empty in the resource base? I see the list of goodies, but no files Same in Firefox as in IE...

Greetz, G.

[Despoiler]

Mod removed , thanks for highlighting these issues , the updated roms can be grabbed from our resources server http://bios-mods.com/resources/Option Roms/

Regards
Admin

Thanks for that Umm, how come all folders are empty in the resource base? I see the list of goodies, but no files Same in Firefox as in IE...

Greetz, G.

Did you click to open the folders? It works fine for me in Firefox and Chrome.

Question Ginie. Is the 1402.bin file you posted the one directly from Asus or is it one that you've tried to build up from your 1304 BIOS?

[Giniemaster]

Hi Despoiler,

the 1402.bin I had posted has some moderately updated AGESA and Silicon Image eSATA BIOS. that's it. I had received this BIOS from ASUS support some days ago.

Strange thing that's going on with my browsers... I have opened the folders but get nothing Amazingly, other friends can state the same phenomena: the resources site is EMPTY.

Greetz, G.

[Despoiler]

Hi Despoiler,

the 1402.bin I had posted has some moderately updated AGESA and Silicon Image eSATA BIOS. that's it. I had received this BIOS from ASUS support some days ago.

Strange thing that's going on with my browsers... I have opened the folders but get nothing Amazingly, other friends can state the same phenomena: the resources site is EMPTY.

Greetz, G.

The reason I asked if the 1402 was from Asus (implying unmodified) is that it didn't fix the video post issue on my ATI 5850. I'm still waiting for Asus to get back to me with the original file. Their email support is so slow.

I have a proposal....I'll email whatever files you need off that website if you send me the unmodified 1402 file so I can test. Either Asus didn't fix the problem fully (yay for beta) or maybe your updates have broke their fixes. Send me a private message with your email address if you are interested.

[Giniemaster]

I'm still waiting for Asus to get back to me with the original file. Their email support is so slow.

Here you go, Crosshair BetaBIOS 1402.zip, just as it came from ASUS support :-) I'll take all the Nvidia MediaShield ROMs version 10.0.035... both of them, please and just post them here in an ZIP. Thank you!

@1234s282:

I have attached my carefully modified 1402, where most essential ROMs and BINs have been upgraded. More details in the Changelog.txt within the RAR.

Now if you could, please try to ONLY include the 30Kb version of NCPUCODE in the (SP) via hex editor as you had done before. But beware, if during the process MEMINIT is altered, it will cause things to go south.

I had observed that when MEMINIT had been altered (by CBrom195), its compressed size grew from 58.35Kb to 58.36Kb. This small difference changes everything and fails to initialize RAM at the BIOS POST.

So it will only be worth a try when you can move 30kb version of NCPUCODE without altering MEMINIT Would be great if you tried, but please make NO CHANGES to the rest of the ROMs

Btw, ej52's method doesn't do the trick as it includes the code as a new numbered item "new CPU Code", where it really should be in the (SP) block...

Good luck & greetz, G.

[ej52]

Btw, ej52's method doesn't do the trick as it includes the code as a new numbered item "new CPU Code", where it really should be in the (SP) block...

Did you follow the tutorial i posted?
Don't know why it did not work for you, i just did it and it updated correct

See attachment

[Giniemaster]

Hi ej52,

sorry for the blame, I'm impressed! I'll try again to see where I made the mistake... thanks for updating the 1402.bin -- it flashes with no issues

Greetz, G.

[ej52]

Hi ej52,

sorry for the blame, I'm impressed! I'll try again to see where I made the mistake... thanks for updating the 1402.bin -- it flashes with no issues

Greetz, G.

Np G you flashed it already !? :p

[TheWiz]

Lol wait a sec. The "trick" where ti makes a new CPU item is NOT valid. The method he describes for extraction is correct, because he makes it read only to have CBROM pull the microcode. But to reinsert the /cpucode makes that bin comrpessed which contradicts the whole putpose of N CPUCODE which means non-compressed. Just to clarify because ej52 knows this too I believe and its good for all other modders to be aware of as well.

Thanks again,
TheWiz