Optiplex 7050 8th gen support

[Idaho]

Hello there, I'm a bit of a newbie around here, thanks for letting me join your community.

I've seen that some magic has been possible with the Optiplex 7060 to enable higher gen support to the BIOS so I'm asking if one of you BIOS mod expert around here can do something for the Optiplex 7050.

I have one laying around at the moment and I use it for daily driving, I'd like to do a bit more gaming with it though and I was thinking of a CPU upgrade, it came with an i7-6700, I know I can upgrade to a 7700 without modifications but I'd love to rock a 6 or 8 cores CPU on it and the 7th gen doesn't seem to have any CPU that has more than 4 cores...

All I know for sure at the moment is that the Optiplex 7050 uses an LGA 1151 socket and a Q270 chipset.

I found contradicting information on the internet that could lead me to believe it could be modded to support 8th or even 9th gen CPUs but that it could involve pin mods on the CPU, I'm ready to go through it if it that is what it takes, it seems that it'd be easier with a 300 chipset but I like modding stuff around for better perfs even though I have never tried to use bios mods before, I'd like to give it a try

So I come to you guys to know what can really be done with the Optiplex 7050 because for now all the info I found did not seem to very reliable and your modding community seems to achieve a lot of cool stuff so I figure at least some of you must be knowledgeable to figure if something can be done 

Thanks in advance for reading my request and taking some time to reply to it 

[Idaho]

I'm sorry I didn't read the README and my post is lacking some key informations:

- Bios link: https://www.dell.com/support/home/fr-fr/drivers/driversdetailsdriverid=kmhpc&oscode=wt64a&productcode=optiplex-7050-desktop

- Whats happens(I.e. It doesn't boot / it shows an error): Nothing happens for now because I haven't tried putting a known to be unsupported CPU on the mobo and I don't actually own one at the moment...

- Screenshot from HWiNFO:


- Screenshot from aida64>motherboard>motherboard:

- Screenshot from aida64> motherboard>cpuid (current CPU):

- CPU spec code extracted with Intel CSME 11 (current CPU):

Code:

Intel(R) MEInfo Version: 11.8.92.4189
Copyright(C) 2005 - 2020, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.



Intel(R) ME code versions:

BIOS Version                                 1.27.0
MEBx Version                                 11.0.0.0012
GbE Version                                  0.1
Vendor ID                                    8086
PCH Version                                  0
FW Version                                   11.8.94.4494 H
Security Version (SVN)                       3
LMS Version                                  Not Available
MEI Driver Version                           2512.7.3.0
Wireless Hardware Version                    Not Available
Wireless Driver Version                      Not Available

FW Capabilities                              0x31111140

        Intel(R) Capability Licensing Service - PRESENT/ENABLED
        Protect Audio Video Path - PRESENT/ENABLED
        Intel(R) Dynamic Application Loader - PRESENT/ENABLED
        Intel(R) Platform Trust Technology - PRESENT/DISABLED

Re-key needed                                False
Platform is re-key capable                   True
TLS                                          Disabled
Last ME reset reason                         Power up
Local FWUpdate                               Enabled
BIOS Config Lock                             Enabled
GbE Config Lock                              Enabled
Host Read Access to ME                       Disabled
Host Write Access to ME                      Disabled
Host Read Access to EC                       Disabled
Host Write Access to EC                      Disabled
SPI Flash ID 1                               EF4018
SPI Flash ID 2                               Unknown
BIOS boot State                              Post Boot
OEM ID                                       68853622-eed3-4e83-8a86-6cde315f6b78
Capability Licensing Service                 Enabled
OEM Tag                                      0x00000000
Slot 1 Board Manufacturer                    0x00001028
Slot 2 System Assembler                      0x00000000
Slot 3 Reserved                              0x00000000
M3 Autotest                                  Enabled
C-link Status                                Enabled
Independent Firmware Recovery                Disabled
EPID Group ID                                0x1FDD
LSPCON Ports                                 None
5K Ports                                     None
OEM Public Key Hash FPF                      AD8D2D4A81D259587B4B3C6FB70C0E99E51B1BC102AC80542B0975CC0A228BEB
OEM Public Key Hash ME                       AD8D2D4A81D259587B4B3C6FB70C0E99E51B1BC102AC80542B0975CC0A228BEB
ACM SVN FPF                                  0x0
KM SVN FPF                                   0x0
BSMM SVN FPF                                 0x0
GuC Encryption Key FPF                       0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
GuC Encryption Key ME                        0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

                                             FPF                      ME
                                             ---                      --
Force Boot Guard ACM                         Enabled                  Enabled
Protect BIOS Environment                     Enabled                  Enabled
CPU Debugging                                Enabled                  Enabled
BSP Initialization                           Enabled                  Enabled
Measured Boot                                Enabled                  Enabled
Verified Boot                                Enabled                  Enabled
Key Manifest ID                              0xF                      0xF
Enforcement Policy                           0x3                      0x3
PTT                                          Enabled                  Enabled
PTT Lockout Override Counter                 0x0
EK Revoke State                              Not Revoked
PTT RTC Clear Detection FPF                  0x0

Sorry for not providing all the informations I could in the first place, I know I haven't provided the informations about the CPU I'd like to put in there but I haven't bought it yet because it'd be of no use to me if it wouldn't work, I hope we can still sort something out without it...

[DeathBringer]

Current BIOS has active Boot Guard.
So support of Coffee Lake can't be added.

[Idaho]

Current BIOS has active Boot Guard.
So support of Coffee Lake can't be added.

Aw, bummer,is it something I can disable or is it baked into the BIOS? Is Boot guard like secure boot or is it something different? I'm kinda surprised the 7060 did not have it but the 7050 does...
Sorry for asking all these questions but I'd like to learn a thing or two from this even if I can't do my dream upgrade 

[DeathBringer]

Aw, bummer,is it something I can disable or is it baked into the BIOS?

Only re-soldering a new(!) chip of Q270 can help.

I'm kinda surprised the 7060 did not have it

Optiplex 7060 has it too.

[Idaho]

Aw, bummer,is it something I can disable or is it baked into the BIOS?

Only re-soldering a new(!) chip of Q270 can help.

I'm kinda surprised the 7060 did not have it

Optiplex 7060 has it too.

If 7060 has it how have you been able to modify the BIOS for it? Is it only enabled on certain devices and not on others depending on what the customer who bought it first asked from DELL when buying it? 

I don't have the skills or tools to do that kind of soldering sadly but I have another 7050 that I stored at my parent's place could it have it not enabled? Even if it came from the same batch (not same form factor tho)?...

[DeathBringer]

If 7060 has it how have you been able to modify the BIOS for it?

My mod for Optiplex 7060 refers to unprotected part of its firmware.

I have another 7050 that I stored at my parent's place could it have it not enabled?

No

[Idaho]

If 7060 has it how have you been able to modify the BIOS for it?

My mod for Optiplex 7060 refers to unprotected part of its firmware.

I have another 7050 that I stored at my parent's place could it have it not enabled?

No

Thanks for taking the time to answer this thread and answering my questions  

[exe127]

Sorry to bother, I have read some threads of 3040m and 7050 that their BIOS cannot be modded to support an advanced cpu because of boot guard.

But how come the BIOS of similiar model: Optiplex 3060 in this thread could be modded and support the 9th CPU that was originally unsupported? 

https://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-D...ort?page=2

Thank you for your time.

[DeathBringer]

But how come the BIOS of similiar model: Optiplex 3060 in this thread could be modded and support the 9th CPU that was originally unsupported? 

My mod for Optiplex 3060 refers to unprotected part of its firmware.