I think the answer is no. FTK uses standard Intel FWUpdLcl.exe for updating ME from Intel BIN files, and it can't upgrade ME from one major version to another, AFAIK. You need a ME8 region dump or full BIOS backup or full BIOS image to perform this update with FTK or just "fpt -me -f medump.bin". Can you specify vendor and BIOS version you are willing to update ME on?
You can try to insert ME8 to this BIOS with FITC and see if it works. Actually, three are some examples of ME7 to ME8 transition without changing BIOS code, but they are rare. ASUS X79 desktop boards are one of notable examples.
AFAIK, its not possible for Intel HM65 Express Chipset. It always displays error (I'll post screenshot asap). Btw, thanks for your guidance & valuable projects.
No problem at all. BTW, I'm starting a new project tomorrow, the successor of PMPatch project towards GUI, logging and adding/editing patches without recompilation of the whole program. See my post on IM about it.
Hi there guys. Im new to this forum so im happy to be here. I have a Toshiba Qosmio x770-107 that have bios v2.1 that causes me damn throttling problems with stock clocks 775 then the core drops to 203 with very very low FPS ... i read all the Qosmio owners have Downgraded to bios v1.10 that solves everything, i tried to do that with USB booter and AFUDOS but i got 2 situations, 1. '' Bios is write protected '' 2. with AFUDOS enginnering edition, to force it, it took the command but nothing happpened. How can i fix it ? Should i use the AMIFlash/Aptio/Winflash ? is it safe ? & how to use it ? Thanx in advance for helping.
A detailed description of a platform.ini (come from a bios with Insydeflash 4.0.4.0 : ;This file is Insydeflash utility configuration file Code: [CommonFlash] SwitchString= ErrorMsg00=No error! ErrorMsg01=AC detect error! ErrorMsg02=DC detect error! ErrorMsg03=DC gas gauge under xx%! ErrorMsg04=BIOS version compare error! ErrorMsg05=Model name compare error! ErrorMsg10=Not support this version of Flash Common Interface! ;SwitchString default : empty. ; String : A switch flag setting string. Ex: "ACEN DCEN FHRST" ; Detail parameter please reference following table. ; Parameter | Description ; -------------+---------------------------------------------- ; PTEN | All protection enable. ; PTDIS | All protection disable. ; ACEN | AC protect checking enable. ; ACDIS | AC protect checking disable. ; DCEN | DC & Gangue protect checking enable. ; DCDIS | DC & Gangue protect checking disable. ; RESSEN | BIOS Regression enable. ; RESSDIS | BIOS Regression disable. ; PJMDEN | Project Model string protect checking enable. ; PJMDDIS | Project Model string protect checking disable. ; FHOS | System back to OS after flash BIOS completely. ; FHST | System directly shutdown after flash BIOS completely. ; FHRST | System directly reboot after flash BIOS completely. ; CPVER:[Num] | Common Flash Version information ; | ex: [Num] is decimal and start from 1. ; -------------+---------------------------------------------- ; ;ErrorMsg00 default : empty. ; String : No error message. ;ErrorMsg01 default : empty. ; String : AC error message. ;ErrorMsg02 default : empty. ; String : DC error message. ;ErrorMsg03 default : empty. ; String : DC gas gauge under xx% message. ;ErrorMsg04 default : empty. ; String : BIOS version error message. ;ErrorMsg05 default : empty. ; String : Model name error message. ;ErrorMsg10 default : empty. ; String : No support this version of Flash Common Interface message. ;The number of ErrorMsg## is in hex. [Version] Version=00 ;Insydeflash utility will display the value at top ;Version default : 00. ; String : Version number string for display. [FDFile] FileName= ;FileName default : empty. ; String : Utility always load this file. ; If the FileName is empty, utility will search current directory ; and load the first found FD file. [BackupROM] Flag=0 FilePath=c: FileName= ;Flag default : 0. ; 0 : No backup BIOS. ; 1 : Backup current BIOS and new BIOS binary. ;FilePath default : empty. ; empty : Use current directory. ; String : Directory for backup BIOS. ;FileName default : empty. ; empty : Use platform ID as file name. ; String : File name for backup BIOS. ;xxx.xxx = Current BIOS image ;xxx_01.xxx = Previous BIOS image ;xxx_new.xxx = New BIOS image [UpdateBlock] PatchFv=0 FileName=intel.fv FileOffset=0 FlashSize=0 PhysicalAddress=FFF00000 FvID=945PL-A IDErrorAction=1 ;PatchFv default : 0. ; 0 : Update all binary in file. ; 1 : Partial update mode. ;FileName default : empty. (Only available in partial update mode.) ; String : BIOS file name. ;FileOffset default : 0. (Only available in partial update mode.) ; Integer : The offset of file for reading. ;FlashSize default : 0. (Only available in partial update mode.) ; Integer : The size to flash. ;PhysicalAddress default : FFF00000. (Only available in partial update mode.) ; DWORD : Physical address in hex. ;FvID default : empty. ; String : When flag in Platform_Check section is 1, utility will compare ; this value with current platform ID. ;IDErrorAction default : 1. (Only available when ID comparison is failed.) ; 1 : Show error message box. ; 2 : Close utility and reboot or shutdown. [Platform_Check] Flag=3 PlatformName1=AA PlatformName2=BB PlatformName3= PlatformName4= PlatformName5= PlatformName6= PlatformName7= PlatformName8= PlatformName9= PlatformName10= PlatformName11= PlatformName12= PlatformName13= PlatformName14= PlatformName15= PlatformName16= PlatformName17= PlatformName18= PlatformName19= PlatformName20= ;This flag is the switch of comparing bios project ID with ROM file project ID. ;Flag default : 3. ; 0 : Don't check project ID. ; 1 : Check project ID of new file. ; If ID is different with current BIOS, the utility will close. ; 2 : Utility will compare current platform ID with the 20 platform IDs. ; If any one is match, it will go ahead, otherwise utility will close. ; 3 : Depends on BIOS report. ;PlatformName1~20 default : empty. ; String : If ROM file do not contain correct ID, user can define ID here. [PlatformVersion] Flag=0 Version1= Version2= Version3= Version4= Version5= Version6= Version7= Version8= Version9= Version10= Version11= Version12= Version13= Version14= Version15= Version16= Version17= Version18= Version19= Version20= ;This flag only available when the [Platform_Check] is enable to compare the 20 platform IDs. ;The Version is pair with the PlatformName. ;For example: When the platform ID matches with PlatformName2, the Version2 will be used. ;Flag default : 0. ; 0 : Don't use multi version. ; 1 : Use the version in the list instead of the version in file. ;Version1~20 default : empty. ; String : If ROM file do not contain correct version, user can define version here. [AC_Adapter] Flag=1 BatteryCheck=0 BatteryBound=20 ;This flag is the switch of checking AC. ;Flag default : 1. ; 0 : Don't check AC. ; 1 : Check AC. ;BatteryCheck default : 0. ; 0 : Don't check battery. ; 1 : Check battery. ;BatteryBound default : 20. ; Integer (1~100) : Low battery boundary (percentage). ; When BatteryCheck=1 this value will be referenced. ; And only when the battery life percentage is bigger then ; inputed value, it can do flash. [Bios_Version_Check] Flag=2 ;This flag is the switch of checking BIOS version. ;Flag default : 2. ; 0 : Don't check rom file version. ; 1 : Check BIOS version. ; When rom file version is older then BIOS, it will display ; a warning message and close application. ; 2 : Depend on BIOS report. [ForceFlash] ALL=1 BB_PEI=0 CPU_Microcode=0 Variable=0 DXE=0 EC=0 Password=0 OEM_NVS=0 Logo=0 Type#09=0 Type#08=0 ;ALL default : 0. ; 0 : Reserve all protected areas. ; 1 : Flash all ROM parts. ;BB_PEI, CPU_Microcode, Variable, DXE, EC, Password, OEM_NVS, Logo, Type#09, Type#08 ; default : 0. ; 0 : Protect these areas if BIOS report them are protected areas. ; 1 : Force flash these areas if BIOS report them are protected areas. [FlashComplete] Action=1 Dialog=0 Counter=15 ActionOverride=0 ;Action default : 2. ; 0 : Do nothing. ; 1 : Shutdown. ; 2 : Reboot ;Dialog default : 0. ; 0 : Don't display dialog. ; 1 : Display dialog. ; 2 : Display dialog and wait several seconds. ;Counter default : 15. ; Integer : The number of seconds for count down to reboot or shutdown. ;ActionOverride default : 0 ; 0 : This key is disabled. Flash utility bases action key setting to do original behavior. ; 1 : This key is enabled. Flash utility just does close itself in silent mode. ;The value behind comma is the return value in silent mode. [UI] Confirm=0 Silent=0 SilentWithDialog=2 DisplayID=1 InsydeInfo=1 VersionInfo=1 GroupInfo=1 ConfirmInfo=0 OnFlashingBeep=0 OnFlashingBeepDelayTime=800 DisableMouseAndKeyboardInput=0 BeforeRunToolDelayTime=0 ProgramStartToWrongMessageBox=0 GetFDFileButton=0 DelayBeforeFlash=0 ;Confirm default : 1. ; 0 : Don't display confirm dialog. ; 1 : Display confirm dialog. ;Silent default : 0. ; 0 : Normal mode. ; 1 : Silent mode, hide main dialog. ;SilentWithDialog default : 2. ; 0 : Don't display any dialog. ; 1 : Display main dialog only. ; 2 : Display all dialogs except main dialog. ;DisplayID default : 1. ; 0 : Don't display BIOS ID. ; 1 : Display BIOS ID. ;InsydeInfo default : 1. ; 0 : Don't display Insyde copyright information and URL. ; 1 : Display Insyde copyright information and URL. ;VersionInfo default : 1. ; 0 : Don't display BIOS version. ; 1 : Display BIOS version. ;GroupInfo default : 1. ; 0 : Don't display group box. ; 1 : Display group box. ;ConfirmInfo default : 0. ; 0 : Don't display BIOS version and date information in confirm dialog. ; 1 : Display BIOS version and date information in confirm dialog. ;OnFlashingBeep default : 0. ; 0 : Don't beep on flashing. ; 1 : Beep on flashing. ;OnFlashingBeepDelayTime ; default : 800. ; Integer : Set beep delay time(Milliseconds). ;DisableMouseAndKeyboardInput ; default : 0. ; 0 : Don't hook mouse and keyboard. ; 1 : Hook mouse and keyboard without "CTRL+ALT+DEL". ;BeforeRunToolDelayTime ; default : 0. ; Integer : Delay number of seconds before flash process. ;ProgramStartToWrongMessageBox ; default : 0. ; 0 : Don't pop-up warning dialog before flash process. ; 1 : Pop-up a warning dialog before flash process. ;GetFDFileButton default : 0. ; 0 : Hide FD file browse button. ; 1 : Show the button for browsing FD file. ;DelayBeforeFlash default : 0. ; Integer : Delay number of seconds before flashing. [Logo] PatchLogo=0 FileName= GUID= ;PatchLogo default : 0. ; 0 : Don't patch logo. ; 1 : Patch logo. ;FileName default : empty. ; String : Logo file name. ;GUID default : empty. ; String : GUID. [Others] ClearCMOS=0 FlashDevice=0 DisableCompare=0 DisableVerify=0 VerifyErrorRetry=3 SMIErrorRetryDelay=100 SMIErrorRetry=5 AllowVersion=000 ForceIHISIVersion= ;ClearCMOS default : 0. ; 0 : Don't clear CMOS. ; 1 : Clear CMOS. ;FlashDevice default : 0. ; 0 : Default. ; 1 : SPI flash part. ; 2 : Non-SPI flash part. ;DisableCompare default : 0. ; 0 : Read BIOS and compare difference before writing. ; If the readed data is the same as the data we want to write, ; it will not do the write action. ; 1 : Don't do compare before writing. Just do write action directly. ;DisableVerify default : 0. ; 0 : Verify BIOS after writing. ; 1 : Don't verify BIOS after writing. ;VerifyErrorRetry default : 3. ; Integer : Retry times. ; If the value is not zero means enable verify retry, and will retry setted times. ; 0 for disable verify retry. ;SMIErrorRetryDelay ; default : 100. ; Integer : Delay time during SMI error retry(millisecond). ;SMIErrorRetry default : 5. ; Integer : Retry times when SMI fail. (Note: This may let flash time become longer.) ;AllowVersion default : 000. ; Version : Utility will do following process. ; BIOS version > input version : Utility will run EFI flash rule. ; BIOS version <= input version : Utility will run Winflash to update BIOS. ;ForceIHISIVersion default : empty. ; Version : This flag will force override the IHISI version which will passing to BIOS. ; Ex: 1.9.1 [Option] Flag=0 ;Flag default : 0. ; 0 : Auto flash mode. ; 1 : User option mode, including option, start, exit buttons. ; 2 : User flash mode, including start, exit buttons. [ApplicatonFlash] Flag=0 Model= ;Some specific platforms need to flash by application. Only support 32bit Windows. ;Flag default : 0. ; 0 : Flash by BIOS. ; 1 : Flash by application. ;Model default : empty. ; String : The name of the platform. [ReturnErrorCode] FileNotFound=3,259 ErrorBeforeFlash=4,259 WriteROMFail=5,259 WriteECFail=6,259 WriteExtraDataFail=7,259 ;FileNotFound default : 3. ; Integer : If utility can't find the BIOS file, it will return this error code. ;ErrorBeforeFlash default : 4. ; Integer : If error occur before flash process, it will return this error code. ;WriteROMFail default : 5. ; Integer : If error occur during write ROM process, it will return this error code. ;WriteECFail default : 6. ; Integer : If error occur during write EC process, it will return this error code. ;WriteExtraDataFail ; default : 7. ; Integer : If error occur during write Extra Data process, it will return this error code. ;The value behind comma is the return value in silent mode. [UpdateEC] Flag=0 EC_Dialog=0 BIOS_Only=0 Progress_Bar=1 EC_Only=0 EC_Path= ;Flag default : 0. ; 0 : Don't flash EC by BIOS. ; 1 : Flash EC by BIOS. ;EC_Dialog default : 0. ; 0 : Don't display confirm dialog when begin to update EC. ; 1 : Show confirm dialog. ;BIOS_Only default : 0. ; 0 : Flash EC and BIOS file. ; 1 : Only flash BIOS part of the merge file. ;Progress_Bar default : 0. ; 0 : Flash EC without progress bar. ; 1 : Flash EC with progress bar. ;EC_Only default : 0. ; 0 : Flash EC and BIOS file. ; 1 : Flash only EC binary file. ;EC_Path default : empty. ; String : EC file name. [UpdateExtraData] Flag=0 DataType=1 type1errorcodeA0=messagestring1 ;Flag default : 0. ; 0 : Do not update extra data. ; 1 : Update extra data by IHISI. ; If new image is NOT processed by IFIT tool, please do not enable this function. ;DataType default : 1. ; Integer : Integer number. The meaning of data type number will define by BIOS OEM. ; : Now will support 1, 4~C. ; : Ex:1,4,6,5 -> Mean you want to update 1,4,6,5 Four type of data. ; : Notice: 2, 3 cannot used. ;type#errorcode??=messagestringX ; : This key is for customizing error message which occur in update extra data. ; For example: ; When an error occur when updating type 4, BIOS return the error code A2. ; AP will find the key "type4errorcodeA2" and get the string ID "messagestring4", and find the string in [MessageStringTable]. ; Then shows the message string instead of standard error message. ; # : The the type number define in DataType. (Hex) ; ?? : The error code returned by BIOS. Available value range A0~AF. ; X : Message string number. ;This feature will let you just input data to update by IHISI. Data type will define by BIOS OEM. ;If new image is NOT processed by IFIT tool, please do not enable this function. [UpdateOEMME] MEFileName= CheckVersion=0 ;MEFileName default : empty. ; String : if this file name or Multi-FD ME file name exist tool will run this case to flash ME. ;CheckVersion default : 0. ; 0 : Don't check ME file version. ; 1 : Check ME file version. ; 2 : When ME flash error is cause of same version and downgrade version do not show error and continue to flash. [Region] BIOS=1 GbE=0 ME=0 DESC=0 Platform_Data=0 ;This section is used to control SPI descriptor mode. ;BIOS default : 0. ; 0 : Don't flash. ; 1 : Flash BIOS region. ;GbE default : 0. ; 0 : Don't flash. ; 1 : Flash GbE region. ;ME default : 0. ; 0 : Don't flash. ; 1 : Flash ME region. ;DESC default : 0. ; 0 : Don't flash. ; 1 : Flash DESC region. ;Platform_Data default : 0. ; 0 : Don't flash. ; 1 : Flash Platform_Data region. [Log_file] Flag=0 FileName=InsydeFlash.Log CMOS_Flag=0 CMOS_INDEX_PORT=70 CMOS_DATA_PORT=71 CMOS_OFFSET=68,69 ;Flag default : 0. ; 0 : Don't log to file. ; 1 : Utility will log to specify file. ;FileName default : InsydeFlash.Log. ; String : Log file name. ;CMOS_Flag default : 0. ; 0 : Disable CMOS debug. ; 1 : Enable CMOS debug. ;CMOS_INDEX_PORT default : 70. (hex) ; 70 : Use 0x70 port as index port. ; 72 : Use 0x72 port as index port. ;CMOS_DATA_PORT default : 71. (hex) ; 71 : Use 0x71 port as index port. ; 73 : Use 0x73 port as index port. ;CMOS_OFFSET default : 0,0. (hex) ; CMOS_OFFSET=xx,yy the xx is high byte offset; yy is low byte offset, and the range is 0~FF (hex) [ReturnCodeDefinition] RETURN_SUCCESSFUL=0,3010 RETURN_MODEL_CHECK_FAIL=259,259 RETURN_USER_CONFIRM_CANCEL=1701,259 RETURN_AC_NOT_CONNECT=1702,259 RETURN_LOAD_DRIVER_FAIL=1703,259 RETURN_NEED_REBOOT=3010,3010 RETURN_USER_EXIT=1704,259 RETURN_SAME_VERSION_CHECK=99999,259 ; default : RETURN_SUCCESSFUL=0 ; RETURN_MODEL_CHECK_FAIL=259 ; RETURN_USER_CONFIRM_CANCEL=1602 ; RETURN_AC_NOT_CONNECT=1602 ; RETURN_LOAD_DRIVER_FAIL=259 ; RETURN_NEED_REBOOT=3010 ; RETURN_USER_EXIT=1602 ; RETURN_SAME_VERSION_CHECK=1602 ; 99999 : Use the default value above. ; Other integer : Use input value as return code. ;The value behind comma is the return value in silent mode. [VARIABLE] Flag=0 SystemManufacturer=0 BoardManufacturer=0 SystemProductName=0 SystemSerialNumber=0 Uuid=0 POSTInfo=0 Version=0 SLP=0 Setup=0 BootPriority=0 LastBootRecord=0 AcpiGlobalVariable=0 SLP2M=0 SLP2P=0 ;Flag default : 0. ; 0 : Do nothing. The following settings in this section won't be referenced. ; 1 : Erase variable before flash. ; 2 : Erase variable only. ;All Other Values default : 0. ; 0 : Don't erase variable. ; 1 : Erase variable before flash base on the "Flag" settings. [MULTI_FD] Flag=0 FD#01=PCI,0,1F,2,80,7006,7007,9.fd,ME.fd FD#02=PCI,2,0,0,4,100006,100007,7.fd,ME.fd FD#03=PCI,2,0,0,18,0c,0e,9.fd,ME.fd FD#04=MPCIIO,2,PCI-0-1F-0-00-FFFFFFFF-3B0B8086,IO-538-0100-0000,9.fd,ME.fd FD#05=IO,C0,5AABFE02,5AABFE02,9.fd,ME.fd FD#06=IO,1F6,E7,E4,7.fd FD#07=IO,C0,fe03,fe03,7.fd FD#08=IO,C0,03,01,7.fd FD#09=PCI,2,0,0,0,813,812,9.fd ;Flag default : 0. ; 0 : Normal mode. ; 1 : Multi-FD mode. It will reference FD#XX values. ;FD#XX support up to 99 files FD#01 ~ FD#99 ;This section supports IO space type, PCI address type and multiple condition type. ;FD#XX=IO,[Offset],[Mask],[Value],[File Name],[ME File Name] ;FD#XX=PCI,[Bus],[Device],[Function],[Offset],[Mask],[Value],[File Name],[ME File Name] ;FD#XX=MPCIIO,[Conditon Number],PCI-[Bus]-[Device]-[Function]-[Offset]-[Mask]-[Value],IO-[Offset]-[Mask]-[Value],[File Name] ; [Offset] : Offset in hex. ; [Mask] : IO type supports BYTE, WORD and DWORD in hex. ; For example, BYTE -> 03, WORD -> 0A01, DWORD 100400D3 ; PCI type supports DWORD in hex only. ; [File name] : File name of FD. ; [ME File name] : ME File name of FD. If it exists, utility will run OEMME flash feature. ;When [Offset] & [Mask] == [Value], it will flash the following files ([File Name] and [ME File Name]). [BIOSVersionFormat] BIOSVFEnable=0 VersionFormat=TXXXXXXX.N.NN.NN ;This BIOSVFEnable flag is the switch of BIOSVersionFormat. ;FunctionEnable default : 0 ; 0 : function is disabled ; 1 : function is enabled. ;VersionFormat X : The field is masked. The mask field will be NOT compared. ; N : The digit field can be ASCII, case-sensitive. ; T : It¡¦s the same definition with N. But T is a case-insensitive. ; . : Dot is also a mask. [PermitFlashVersion] PFVFunctionEnable=0 SingleVersion= MultiVersion1= MultiVersion2= MultiVersion3= MultiVersion4= MultiVersion5= MultiVersion6= MultiVersion7= MultiVersion8= MultiVersion9= MultiVersion10= MultiVersion11= MultiVersion12= MultiVersion13= MultiVersion14= MultiVersion15= MultiVersion16= MultiVersion17= MultiVersion18= MultiVersion19= MultiVersion20= ;This section is for conditional version definition for BIOS update. ;When this function enabled, flash utility will compare on board BIOS version with conditional version and then decide to continue flash progress or not. ;For example: In following condition PFVFunctionEnable=1, SingleVersion=A03, "Please upate to BIOS version A03 first!". ; When on board BIOS version is older then A03, ; it will popup the error dialog with the message "Please upate to BIOS version A03 first!" and then terminated. ; Otherwise it will continue orginal flash process. ;The MultiVersion1~20 are similar as SingleVersion, but they only available when the [Platform_Check] is enable to compare the 20 platform IDs. ;They must be pair of the PlatformName of [Platform_Check] section. ;For example: When the platform ID matches with PlatformName2, the Version2 will be used. ;PFVFunctionEnable default : 0. ; 0 : Disable conditional version check. ; 1 : Enable conditional version check. ;SingleVersion default : empty. ; String : XXXX, "Message String" ; XXXX is the conditional version, regarding version check rule please refer section "BIOSVersionFormat". ; "Message String" is the message to show when the on board BIOS version is older than the conditional version. ;MultiVersion1~20 default : empty. ; String : XXXX, "Message String" ; XXXX is the conditional version, regarding version check rule please refer section "BIOSVersionFormat". ; "Message String" is the message to show when the on board BIOS version is older than the conditional version. [PasswordCheck] PasswordCheckEnable=0 MsgCaption=Password confirmation MsgPreface=Please enter password MsgSuccess=Password is correct. MsgFailure=Password is incorrect. Please retry again. ;PasswordCheckEnable ; default : 0. ; 0 : Disable the password check function. ; 1 : Enable the password check function. ;MsgCaption default : "Password confirmation" ; String : The dialog box caption. ;MsgPreface default : "Please enter password" ; String : The preface of password entering. ;MsgSuccess default : "Password is correct." ; String : The string displaied when the comparing result returned by BIOS is 0x00. ;MsgFailure default : "Password is incorrect. Please retry again." ; String : The string displaied when the comparing result returned by BIOS is 0x01. [MessageStringTable] messagestring1="Warning message 1" ;The message string must as following format messagestring#="Your message here." ;The # is a number in Decimal or Hex.
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