Dell OptiPlex GX240

[evildell]

BIOS image (extracted from Dell DOS only EXE): https://www.sendspace.com/file/67y4ip
RW-Everything report: https://www.sendspace.com/file/ja4z4a

Just need this to have Dell SLIC2.1 added. Have tried on my own but just can't get the process to work. I have a way of flashing the HDR file so I don't need this packaged back into a .EXE, just need the SLIC properly inserted.

Also, I know that one popular tool complains about the RW-Everything report but I have created it several times, exactly following the instructions - even tried different versions of RW-Everything and it seems to make no difference.

Here is the output from my last attempt:

Code:

Original BIOS size 458844 bytes
Checksum found at 60050
$RBUT at 0
Block at 54
Block at 50054
Block at 58054
Block at 68054
Header pattern 21
Block at 54
54 Module 01 Size 26939
6992 Module 02 Size 24007
C75C Module 03 Size 4
C763 Module 04 Size 32704
14726 Module 05 Size 25756
1ABC5 Module 06 Size 31536
226F8 Module 07 Size 7198
24319 Module 08 Size 44317
2F039 Module 09 Size 16146
32F4E Module 0B Size 37109
3C046 Module 0C Size 10139
3E7E4 Module 0D Size 964
3EBAB Module 0E Size 2966
SLIC module size is 374 bytes
SLIC module checksum is 0
Invalid RW Everything report
RSDT table header found in 02_2.ROM
** RSDT table OEM and Table ID patched to DELL QA09
Updated 02_2.ROM written
DELL GX240 string found in 02_2.ROM at 55B2 in FACP table
DELL GX240 string found in 02_2.ROM at 5626 in APIC table
DELL GX240 string found in 02_2.ROM at 5682 in BOOT table
GX240 string found in 02_2.ROM at 55B8 in FACP table
GX240 string found in 02_2.ROM at 562C in APIC table
GX240 string found in 02_2.ROM at 5688 in BOOT table
GX240 string found in 09_9.ROM at 4593
DELL GX240 string found split in 09_9.ROM at 4586 458A 4593 4597
RSDT copied to 5574
RSDT size increased
SLIC address FF368 inserted into RSDT
SLIC inserted at 7368
Pointer to RSDT patched at 49B1
Pointer to RSDT patched at 498F
Module 2 at 6992 reinserted
Module 1 at 54 reinserted
Checksum at 60050 corrected
HDR checksum corrected
Unable to compress HDR to bios.gz
Failed to extract HDR file

[BDMaster]

Hi friend,
use this tool run It as Admin and upload here the reult file :

http://rghost.net/58219938

let me know
Regards

[evildell]

Here is the report you asked for: https://www.sendspace.com/file/9cpcdf

I have since made further progress. First off, the tool I was using was version 1.42. This tool does not like Windows 7. I was able to get around the error with compression by running the tool in a clean, updated Windows XP VM. Also, apparently the version I was using is sorely outdated. I tried again with version 2.56 and it decided that it liked the RW-Everything report much better. Here is the outcome of that run:

Code:

Dell BIOS
$RBUT at 0
Block at 54
Block at 50054
Block at 58054
Block at 68054
Header pattern 21
Block at 54
54 Module 01 Size 26939
6992 Module 02 Size 24007
C75C Module 03 Size 4
C763 Module 04 Size 32704
14726 Module 05 Size 25756
1ABC5 Module 06 Size 31536
226F8 Module 07 Size 7198
24319 Module 08 Size 44317
2F039 Module 09 Size 16146
32F4E Module 0B Size 37109
3C046 Module 0C Size 10139
3E7E4 Module 0D Size 964
3EBAB Module 0E Size 2966
SLIC digital signature valid
Parsing RW Everything report for OEM/Table IDs
RSDT OEM/Table ID is DELL GX240
FACP OEM/Table ID is DELL GX240
SSDT OEM/Table ID is DELL st_ex
APIC OEM/Table ID is DELL GX240
BOOT OEM/Table ID is DELL GX240
DSDT OEM/Table ID is DELL dt_ex
OEM/Table IDs identified are:
1. DELL GX240
2. DELL st_ex
3. DELL dt_ex
Original BIOS size 458844 bytes
Checksum found at 60050
$RBUT at 0
Block at 54
Block at 50054
Block at 58054
Block at 68054
Header pattern 21
Block at 54
54 Module 01 Size 26939
6992 Module 02 Size 24007
C75C Module 03 Size 4
C763 Module 04 Size 32704
14726 Module 05 Size 25756
1ABC5 Module 06 Size 31536
226F8 Module 07 Size 7198
24319 Module 08 Size 44317
2F039 Module 09 Size 16146
32F4E Module 0B Size 37109
3C046 Module 0C Size 10139
3E7E4 Module 0D Size 964
3EBAB Module 0E Size 2966
SLIC module size is 374 bytes
SLIC module checksum is 0
Parsing RW Everything report for OEM/Table IDs
RSDT OEM/Table ID is DELL GX240
FACP OEM/Table ID is DELL GX240
SSDT OEM/Table ID is DELL st_ex
APIC OEM/Table ID is DELL GX240
BOOT OEM/Table ID is DELL GX240
DSDT OEM/Table ID is DELL dt_ex
OEM/Table IDs identified are:
1. DELL GX240
2. DELL st_ex
3. DELL dt_ex
OEM/Table IDs identified are:
1. DELL GX240
2. DELL st_ex
3. DELL dt_ex
RSDT table header found in 02_2.ROM
** RSDT table OEM and Table ID patched to DELL QA09 (from report)
Updated 02_2.ROM written
DELL GX240 string found in 02_2.ROM at 55B2 in FACP table
DELL GX240 string found in 02_2.ROM at 5626 in APIC table
DELL GX240 string found in 02_2.ROM at 5682 in BOOT table
GX240 string found in 02_2.ROM at 55B8 in FACP table
GX240 string found in 02_2.ROM at 562C in APIC table
GX240 string found in 02_2.ROM at 5688 in BOOT table
GX240 string found in 09_9.ROM at 4593
DELL GX240 string found split in 09_9.ROM at 4586 458A 4593 4597
RSDT copied to 5574
RSDT size increased
SLIC address FF368 inserted into RSDT
SLIC inserted at 7368
Pointer to RSDT patched at 49B1
Pointer to RSDT patched at 498F
Module 2 at 6992 reinserted
** 02_2.ROM reintegrated successfully
Module 1 at 54 reinserted
** 01_1.ROM reintegrated successfully
Checksum at 60050 corrected
HDR checksum corrected
HDR compressed as bios.gz
SLIC performed successfully. BIOS file is C:\BIOS\GX240A05_SLIC.HDR

This gave me a new file to play with: https://www.sendspace.com/file/dmvpeo [GX240A05_SLIC.HDR].

Sadly, when I try to flash that using my update utility, it fails and the message I get when I check the status is this "Completion Message: The image failed one or more consistency checks."

So something is still not quite right with things. I would look for an alternate tool to flash the BIOS but I suspect I would just end up with a brick, so I'll hold off for a bit.

Also, not sure if it will help - it appeared the tool you had me run was trying to gather more information on the BIOS in question, here is a file that is an attempt I made to backup the existing system BIOS, just in case it may be of use: https://www.sendspace.com/file/3dyotr

Thanks for your help so far!

[evildell]

Never mind - success! It appears that the method I was using to flash was suspect. I managed a successful injection. Here is the BIOS update file in .EXE format for anyone else that needs it. Should run find under Windows 7

(file is actually a 7-Zip archive, rename from .txt to .7z to extract)