https://www.bios-mods.com/forum/ Wed, 29 Apr 2026 23:15:18 +0000 MyBB https://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-Dell-Optiplex-3050-upgrade-to-9th-gen Tue, 28 Apr 2026 02:16:57 -0400 BlueIone]]> https://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-Dell-Optiplex-3050-upgrade-to-9th-gen
Recently got a Dell Precision 3431 with an i7 7900 and I plan on eventually upgrading that to i9 9900 (still looking for a good deal), few hours ago I came across a facebook marketplace post on a Dell Optiplex 3050 barebones for a really good price and noticed that it shares the same socket as my i7. 

Is it possible at all to use my i7 9700 on a Optiplex 3050? 

Saw mix answers, so I wanted to ask here since I've seen some people have relative success in doing so.]]>
Recently got a Dell Precision 3431 with an i7 7900 and I plan on eventually upgrading that to i9 9900 (still looking for a good deal), few hours ago I came across a facebook marketplace post on a Dell Optiplex 3050 barebones for a really good price and noticed that it shares the same socket as my i7. 

Is it possible at all to use my i7 9700 on a Optiplex 3050? 

Saw mix answers, so I wanted to ask here since I've seen some people have relative success in doing so.]]> https://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-Ms-6309-v2-0-bios-tualatin Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:02:45 -0400 carlos24_]]> https://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-Ms-6309-v2-0-bios-tualatin
https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/msi-ms-6309-v2-0

Here comes the latest bios and information of the msi motherboard

Thank you for your help... greetings]]>
https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/msi-ms-6309-v2-0

Here comes the latest bios and information of the msi motherboard

Thank you for your help... greetings]]> https://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-Fujitsu-D3061-A1-Xeon-E3-1245 Thu, 09 Apr 2026 12:46:42 -0400 Nikandros]]> https://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-Fujitsu-D3061-A1-Xeon-E3-1245 https://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-Lenovo-G31T-LM Sun, 15 Mar 2026 16:43:41 -0400 crissaegrim87]]> https://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-Lenovo-G31T-LM EDIT: I borrowed a 7400 for testing fsb 266, it seems fine running win7. Also generated a report and took a screenshot

Here is my current bios:

  LENOVO-51KT57AUS.rom (Size: 1 MB / Downloads: 0)

  Lenovo.txt (Size: 43.47 KB / Downloads: 4)

  Nueva imagen de mapa de bits.jpg (Size: 65.65 KB / Downloads: 7) ]]> EDIT: I borrowed a 7400 for testing fsb 266, it seems fine running win7. Also generated a report and took a screenshot

Here is my current bios:

  LENOVO-51KT57AUS.rom (Size: 1 MB / Downloads: 0)

  Lenovo.txt (Size: 43.47 KB / Downloads: 4)

  Nueva imagen de mapa de bits.jpg (Size: 65.65 KB / Downloads: 7) ]]> https://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-ACER-Aspire-7736ZG-BIOS-microcode-update-for-P9700-plz Wed, 25 Feb 2026 13:25:40 -0500 JoH]]> https://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-ACER-Aspire-7736ZG-BIOS-microcode-update-for-P9700-plz
I have an old (from 2009) laptop Acer Aspire 7736ZG with an intel T4300.
I would like to replace the T4300 by a Core 2 mobile P9700 CPU.

https://valid.x86.fr/7v093q

The BIOS don't have the microcode of the P9700.

Can you help me to upgrade the bios with the good new microcode ?

Here are the files I have found :

Original BIOS v2.10
Microcode : 06-17-0a (Can you verify I am not wrong with this one ?)


  JV71210.WPH (Size: 2.01 MB / Downloads: 1)

Thank you very much !]]>
I have an old (from 2009) laptop Acer Aspire 7736ZG with an intel T4300.
I would like to replace the T4300 by a Core 2 mobile P9700 CPU.

https://valid.x86.fr/7v093q

The BIOS don't have the microcode of the P9700.

Can you help me to upgrade the bios with the good new microcode ?

Here are the files I have found :

Original BIOS v2.10
Microcode : 06-17-0a (Can you verify I am not wrong with this one ?)


  JV71210.WPH (Size: 2.01 MB / Downloads: 1)

Thank you very much !]]> https://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-Modded-BIOS-for-HP-6730b-to-support-Q9000 Tue, 24 Feb 2026 09:05:59 -0500 harvas81]]> https://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-Modded-BIOS-for-HP-6730b-to-support-Q9000
So I bought Q9000 and immediately updated the BIOS to its latest version, F.20 (date December 2011). Despite that, the laptop refuses to boot with Q9000. It is booting normally only with CPU P8400 and T9600.

I made an online research and found out that indeed my chipset supports C2Q but the basic problem is that the necessary CPU microcodes are missing from the BIOS. So I have two questions:

1. Can someone more experienced edit the latest F.20 BIOS for me in order to inject the necessary microcodes for supporting Core2Quad Q9000/Q9100?
   
2. Would I be able to reflash my laptop with the modded version of F.20 BIOS or not? I know that some laptops accept ONLY NEWER BIOS versions and refuse flashing lower versions or even same versions.
   

Thanks.]]>
So I bought Q9000 and immediately updated the BIOS to its latest version, F.20 (date December 2011). Despite that, the laptop refuses to boot with Q9000. It is booting normally only with CPU P8400 and T9600.

I made an online research and found out that indeed my chipset supports C2Q but the basic problem is that the necessary CPU microcodes are missing from the BIOS. So I have two questions:

1. Can someone more experienced edit the latest F.20 BIOS for me in order to inject the necessary microcodes for supporting Core2Quad Q9000/Q9100?
   
2. Would I be able to reflash my laptop with the modded version of F.20 BIOS or not? I know that some laptops accept ONLY NEWER BIOS versions and refuse flashing lower versions or even same versions.
   

Thanks.]]> https://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-Optiplex-7050-8th-gen-support Fri, 20 Feb 2026 07:57:22 -0500 Idaho]]> https://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-Optiplex-7050-8th-gen-support
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  ]]>
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  ]]> https://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-Request-Dell-Optiplex-3090-Mini-to-support-Intel-11th-gen Tue, 03 Feb 2026 12:56:21 -0500 numToStr]]> https://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-Request-Dell-Optiplex-3090-Mini-to-support-Intel-11th-gen
I bought a Dell Optiplex 3090 Mini which sadly came with i5-11400 (cpuid: A0671) which is officially not supported. If I power-on the machine regardless, it gives me 2 (Amber) + 1 (White) light pattern. So I'm wondering whether support for 11th gen could be added to the bios.

I've attached CPU-Z (Mainboard) screenshot and MEInfo output from another Optiplex 3090 running i5-10500T (cpuid: A0653).

  mainboard.png (Size: 22.38 KB / Downloads: 3)

  meinfo.txt (Size: 14.18 KB / Downloads: 1) ]]>
I bought a Dell Optiplex 3090 Mini which sadly came with i5-11400 (cpuid: A0671) which is officially not supported. If I power-on the machine regardless, it gives me 2 (Amber) + 1 (White) light pattern. So I'm wondering whether support for 11th gen could be added to the bios.

I've attached CPU-Z (Mainboard) screenshot and MEInfo output from another Optiplex 3090 running i5-10500T (cpuid: A0653).

  mainboard.png (Size: 22.38 KB / Downloads: 3)

  meinfo.txt (Size: 14.18 KB / Downloads: 1) ]]> https://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-Request-Hp-Reno-89B5-bios-to-support-13th-gen Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:17:19 -0500 Brahm33]]> https://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-Request-Hp-Reno-89B5-bios-to-support-13th-gen https://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-Foxconn-P4M8907SA-RS2H-Intel-Core-2-Duo-E7300 Fri, 16 Jan 2026 15:16:12 -0500 acquamaster]]> https://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-Foxconn-P4M8907SA-RS2H-Intel-Core-2-Duo-E7300

I have recently acquired an old desktop PC running Windows XP.
Here's some info about it:

• Motherboard: Foxconn P4M8907SA-RS2H
  
• Chipset: VIA P4M890 + VT8237R Plus
  
• CPU: Intel Celeron D 336, LGA775
  
• RAM: 2GB
  
• Integrated graphics (64MB, S3 Graphics UniChromeTM Pro IGP)
  

However, I'd want to make this PC work with a better CPU I have, which is the Intel Core 2 Duo E7300, as I primarily want faster web browsing and flash games.

According to the manufacturer's (archived) website, it should support the Intel Core 2 Duo.
However, when I tested it, it didn't work. There was no beep, no POST and nothing displayed on the screen.

Is there any way to modify the BIOS to make it support that CPU?

I've found a BIOS for my motherboard here, which is attached to this post (634F1P15.zip, dated 2006).
I also attached my own BIOS dump, which is older, that I dumped using Award WinFlash 1.94 (awdbios.bin), although I'm not sure if the way I dumped it is correct.
Lastly, I've attached the CPU-Z report as a TXT file and a screenshot of both the CPU and mainboard tabs.

Thank you!  

  634F1P15.zip (Size: 381.39 KB / Downloads: 1)

  awdbios.bin (Size: 512 KB / Downloads: 1)

  CPUZ.txt (Size: 44.85 KB / Downloads: 1)

  CPU.png (Size: 22.72 KB / Downloads: 5)

  MAINBOARD.png (Size: 15.98 KB / Downloads: 3) ]]>

I have recently acquired an old desktop PC running Windows XP.
Here's some info about it:

• Motherboard: Foxconn P4M8907SA-RS2H
  
• Chipset: VIA P4M890 + VT8237R Plus
  
• CPU: Intel Celeron D 336, LGA775
  
• RAM: 2GB
  
• Integrated graphics (64MB, S3 Graphics UniChromeTM Pro IGP)
  

However, I'd want to make this PC work with a better CPU I have, which is the Intel Core 2 Duo E7300, as I primarily want faster web browsing and flash games.

According to the manufacturer's (archived) website, it should support the Intel Core 2 Duo.
However, when I tested it, it didn't work. There was no beep, no POST and nothing displayed on the screen.

Is there any way to modify the BIOS to make it support that CPU?

I've found a BIOS for my motherboard here, which is attached to this post (634F1P15.zip, dated 2006).
I also attached my own BIOS dump, which is older, that I dumped using Award WinFlash 1.94 (awdbios.bin), although I'm not sure if the way I dumped it is correct.
Lastly, I've attached the CPU-Z report as a TXT file and a screenshot of both the CPU and mainboard tabs.

Thank you!  

  634F1P15.zip (Size: 381.39 KB / Downloads: 1)

  awdbios.bin (Size: 512 KB / Downloads: 1)

  CPUZ.txt (Size: 44.85 KB / Downloads: 1)

  CPU.png (Size: 22.72 KB / Downloads: 5)

  MAINBOARD.png (Size: 15.98 KB / Downloads: 3) ]]> https://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-Gigabyte-GA-6RX-Tualatin-Support Tue, 06 Jan 2026 04:01:52 -0500 dm-]]> https://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-Gigabyte-GA-6RX-Tualatin-Support
https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/gigabyte-ga-6rx

I'm trying to use unsupported cpu (pentium III tualatin) and the board is stuck on post code 29.

cpu is pin modded, and third party flashed bios (award) is booting successfully, but there is another issues with missing i/o ports and wrong pci registers so most of the devices does not work.

i tried to disassemble bios and there is a couple of  cpuid checks in the code
tried to "nop" jz instructions but still code 29, probably wrong place.

29 maybe is a msr codes read/write operations...

any help will be appreciated.]]>
https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/gigabyte-ga-6rx

I'm trying to use unsupported cpu (pentium III tualatin) and the board is stuck on post code 29.

cpu is pin modded, and third party flashed bios (award) is booting successfully, but there is another issues with missing i/o ports and wrong pci registers so most of the devices does not work.

i tried to disassemble bios and there is a couple of  cpuid checks in the code
tried to "nop" jz instructions but still code 29, probably wrong place.

29 maybe is a msr codes read/write operations...

any help will be appreciated.]]> https://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-Asrock-b660m-steel-legend-Help-Add-support-for-the-QXQ4-Engineering-Processor Sat, 06 Dec 2025 11:54:47 -0500 ffrog911]]> https://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-Asrock-b660m-steel-legend-Help-Add-support-for-the-QXQ4-Engineering-Processor Hello,
there is a workingboard Asrock b660m steel legend

I want to put an engineering processor QXQ4 cpuid: 00090671

Help add the microcode of the processor to the Bios firmware.
A miscarriage of Bios, I'm enclosing.

I tried to collect himself, but I do something wrong, does not want to start, and did not fully understand the FIT table.
P's the Programmer is there, so I'm not afraid of experiments.

Thank You In Advance.]]> Hello,
there is a workingboard Asrock b660m steel legend

I want to put an engineering processor QXQ4 cpuid: 00090671

Help add the microcode of the processor to the Bios firmware.
A miscarriage of Bios, I'm enclosing.

I tried to collect himself, but I do something wrong, does not want to start, and did not fully understand the FIT table.
P's the Programmer is there, so I'm not afraid of experiments.

Thank You In Advance.]]> https://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-Request-Acer-Aspire-TC-281-B350-Ryzen-CPU-Upgrade Fri, 05 Dec 2025 17:31:20 -0500 Blagg2]]> https://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-Request-Acer-Aspire-TC-281-B350-Ryzen-CPU-Upgrade
TC-281 Bios - https://global-download.acer.com/GDFiles/BIOS/BIOS/BIOS_Acer_R01-A4_A_A.zip?acerid=636558559229920160&Step1=&Step2=&Step3=ASPIRE%20TC-281&OS=ALL&LC=en&BC=ACER&SC=PA_6 1
microcode : 0x800112]]>
TC-281 Bios - https://global-download.acer.com/GDFiles/BIOS/BIOS/BIOS_Acer_R01-A4_A_A.zip?acerid=636558559229920160&Step1=&Step2=&Step3=ASPIRE%20TC-281&OS=ALL&LC=en&BC=ACER&SC=PA_6 1
microcode : 0x800112]]> https://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-Hp-probook-6560B-Upgrade-to-Ivy-Bridge Wed, 26 Nov 2025 15:44:56 -0500 Ricsi999]]> https://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-Hp-probook-6560B-Upgrade-to-Ivy-Bridge Bios dump

  Most.bin (Size: 4 MB / Downloads: 1)

  cpu306A9_plat12_ver00000021_2019-02-13_PRD_A8DF9213.bin (Size: 14 KB / Downloads: 0) ]]> Bios dump

  Most.bin (Size: 4 MB / Downloads: 1)

  cpu306A9_plat12_ver00000021_2019-02-13_PRD_A8DF9213.bin (Size: 14 KB / Downloads: 0) ]]> https://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-REQUEST-Dell-Precision-T3600-Xeon-E5-v2-Support Sat, 22 Nov 2025 19:04:04 -0500 HPsucksWHY]]> https://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-REQUEST-Dell-Precision-T3600-Xeon-E5-v2-Support  .]]>  .]]>