HP Pro 3300 & 3400 (H61): Upgrade to Ivy Bridge

[art913]

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It was mod for dom93's mod only. You can make mod yourself. Change two bytes - https://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-H...#pid163137

I have the same HP pro 3300 MT (foxconn 2abf). Core i5 2320 and Core i7 2600 (non K) do not work on it . When you enable them, it says "unknown processor". It works perfectly with Core i3 2100 and Celeron g440. Unfortunately, the technical level of my knowledge does not allow me to modify the firmware according to your instructions. Could you upload the patched file or explain in detail how I can do it myself? Thank you in advance!

[DeathBringer]

art913
Have you a hardware programmer? You can't flash mod without it.

[art913]

art913
Have you a hardware programmer? You can't flash mod without it.

Found how to edit registers using the HEX Editor program. Made, flashed the programmer (through Windows to flash it did not work) - everything worked!!! i7 2600 did not check, but i5 2320 started and works. The only thing is that after the firmware, the HP logo is no longer displayed when loading. Also, there are no warnings if an additional fan is not connected. There is also another problem. Modern video cards do not work. The gt430 gigabyte works. With the GTX960 palit, jetstream freezes on the main screen. How fix this problem? Here is a screen with Core i5 2320 in this system: Core i5 2320 HP Pro 3300. And here is the finished firmware with changed two bits on the advice of DeathBringer: Mod_bios. Thank you to your forum for your help. And special thanks to DeathBringer ! Have a nice day!

[DeathBringer]

With the GTX960 palit, jetstream freezes on the main screen. How fix this problem?

Only BIOS chip replacement with BIOS from HP Pro 3500 can help.
https://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-H...#pid123941
https://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-H...#pid162233

[art913]

With the GTX960 palit, jetstream freezes on the main screen. How fix this problem?

Only BIOS chip replacement with BIOS from HP Pro 3500 can help.
https://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-H...#pid123941
https://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-H...#pid162233

I have a similar faulty h-joshua-h61-uATX motherboard:1.00. Is this what you need? Can I take the BIOS chip from there and solder it to the Pro 3300 Board ?

[DeathBringer]

I have a similar faulty h-joshua-h61-uATX motherboard:1.00. Is this what you need? Can I take the BIOS chip from there and solder it to the Pro 3300 Board ?

Check its size, you need 8MB.

[art913]

I have a similar faulty h-joshua-h61-uATX motherboard:1.00. Is this what you need? Can I take the BIOS chip from there and solder it to the Pro 3300 Board ?

Check its size, you need 8MB.

Yes, there was an 8MB flash drive (Micron 25q064a). Removed it and flashed the image from the pro 3500 - PC started))). Core i5 3570 and MSI rx570 GamingX are now working properly on it . gtx960 and 770 too. Settings can't be reset now? They say the boot devices will disappear. What should I do if they disappear? Well, here's a screenshot of the result Core i5 + RX570

[DeathBringer]

What should I do if they disappear?

Then flash BIOS again.

[cor_]

Hello everyone,

currently i try to get a IvyBridge CPU working on the HP Pro 3400 with 4MB Flash. I have G850 and i5-3470 at hand for testing.

I started flashing this unlocked BIOS from genius239
Then i tried this instructions from plutomaniac over at win raid:
"You need to adjust every single setting at FITC, including Flash Descriptor. The easiest way it to open FITC v7, load the original SPI image and keep the window open. Open FITC v8, first adjust the SKU at the top, then input the BIOS Region, GbE Region, OEM, PDR etc from the FITC v7 decomp folder, input the ME v8 RGN firmware at the ME region and afterwards manually adjust every single FITC v8 setting found at the tool to match the values from FITC v7. In your case, instead of inputting the BIOS Region from the FITC v7 decomp folder, point it to the Ivy Bridge BIOS image from Lenovo (EOKT07A.ROM) to kill two birds with one stone. No need to use UEFITool afterwards, just build with FITC v8."

Flashing with the modified ROM created by FITC v8 with inserted ME 8 the system posted and booted. But the ME version was not showing up.
Nevertheless i tried to insert the missing microcode for IvyBridge with UBU. Seem to be fine. But after flashing the system didn't post.
So i had to revert with SPI Flasher.

I will upload the files in 5 minutes. Maybe a Pro can have a look at this?

1. genius239 unlocked BIOS + TDP unlocked Patch by DeathBringer (don't worry i have adjusted the correct address for TDP patch) https://katfile.com/bkrl310m6kyn/3330_71...h.zip.html

2. FTIC8 with ME8.0.0.1351: posting, showing ME Version 0 https://katfile.com/5aem53hnqdlv/3330_71...1.zip.html

3. Same as 2 with IvyBridge MicroCode: not posting https://katfile.com/0di52lobypw2/3330_71...e.zip.html

[DeathBringer]

cor_
Adding microcode and ME replacing will not add support for Ivy Bridge.
So your efforts were useless.