[REQUEST] Dell Alienware m15 & m17 BIOS Unlock

[kshots]

I need to unlock an option in my m15 BIOS to change the IGD display aperture setting for use in passing a virtualized GPU to several VMs on it. The current setting only appears to allow for 64M, which is apparently only enough for a single 1024x768 VM. There is no such option in the BIOS at the moment, but the hardware should support it.

BIOS file: link

Looks like traditionally, alienware went with Phoenix... apparently this model went with AMI.

[twopoint71]

I would like to get an unlocked BIOS for the Alienware m15 Gen 1.  I'm not rich or anything, but I do understand people need to eat, so I can pay something reasonable for the work.  I'm not an expert in this field, but from what I can tell, it's an AMI.  And, I'm not even sure if I'm looking into the right file.  The ask is to be able to undervolt the CPU in the BIOS for better thermals.

Here is the link to the BIOS from Dell.
https://dl.dell.com/FOLDER05906805M/1/Al..._2.3.0.exe

Code:

~/Downloads/Alienware_m15_m17_2.3.0$ xxd bios | head
00000000: 4055 4146 e002 6900 2861 1000 ffff ffff  @UAF..i.(a......
00000010: 4055 4949 7000 0000 7161 00ff ffff ffff  @UIIp...qa......
00000020: 4c00 0000 4c00 0000 4c00 7071 6666 863f  L...L...L.pqff.?
00000030: 2000 0303 0401 0300 ffff ffff ffff ffff   ...............
00000040: ffff ffff ffff ffff 414d 4920 466c 6173  ........AMI Flas
00000050: 6820 5574 696c 6974 7920 666f 7220 4445  h Utility for DE
00000060: 4c4c 2076 3044 2e30 332e 362e 5033 2e32  LL v0D.03.6.P3.2
00000070: 3033 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000  03..............
00000080: 4057 3332 2022 0000 4651 01ff ffff ffff  @W32 "..FQ......
00000090: 0b22 0000 e83f 0000 1d61 85de fc3a 2376  ."...?...a...:#v

[genius239]

Hi~~
Please use this tool to dump current bios amd capture some bios screen photo.
(Run dump.bat as administrator)
I'll check it if it's possible to unlock options in this bios.

[twopoint71]

Hi~~
Please use this tool to dump current bios amd capture some bios screen photo.
(Run dump.bat as administrator)
I'll check it if it's possible to unlock options in this bios.

Hello genius239,

Please find the requested items in the attachment

Code:

$ tar -tf alienware-m15.tar.gz
advanced.jpeg
boot.jpeg
exit.jpeg
main.jpeg
security.jpeg
fpt-successful.png
dump.rom

Attachment verification
https://keybase.io/twopoint71
shasum512 - db2f27d0ddfd8d85720232a02f23aace50e44a4104bd879a7d802403aaa209322955036bd8acca1a236fe8b7b8637de665161b8dcbba83996aaf645d23aaa3e9  alienware-m15.tar.gz

[genius239]

Hi~~
Try this test modded ~
http://katfile.com/lhwdxzxpg7gb/m15_1.rar.html
After flashing bios ,please reply me what changes in bios interface.

[cattila09]

Would anyone be willing to possibly unlock my bios. It is an Alienware m17xr3. Looked into trying it myself, but am too afraid to make a mistake and mess it up. Below is a link to the factory BIOS from dell as well as my BIOS Dump from FPTw. Thanks in advance!

https://dl.dell.com/FOLDER06291943M/1/Al..._2.5.0.exe

https://mega.nz/file/QEwXjJzS#qACrneeYeN...ZML6YRqack

[kahuna0k]

Hi~~
Try this test modded ~
http://katfile.com/lhwdxzxpg7gb/m15_1.rar.html
After flashing bios ,please reply me what changes in bios interface.

Did anybody test this?

[aztm22]

I have a Dell Alienware m15 gaming laptop from year 2019, it has overheat problems and i would like to unlock the settings to change the cpu ghz.

Hardware Information:
OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Professional 64-bit
Brand: Dell Alienware
Model: m15 R1 (DEC 2019)
CPU: Intel i7-9750H 2.60GHz Turbo @ 4.50GHz
GPU: RTX 2070 8GB
RAM: 32GB DDR4 2666MHz
HD: 2TB M.2 Solid State Drive

BIOS LINK: https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-ca/drivers/driversdetails?driverid=thxfm&oscode=wt64a&productcode=alienware-m15-laptop

any help with this would be awesome please let me know thanks again

Here Is My Bios Dump: https://1drv.ms/u/s!AoSvv5HYpAcpgZJ2TN74...g?e=jQHqAD