AMI

AMIBCP V7.60.04 (DOS)
http://bios.rom.by/ROMutils/AMI/amibcp/AMIBCP_7_60_04.zip

This is just the updated version of the AMIBCP75 program.
Use this one on the older bios files.
While it seems to be a little better behaved running in a DOS Box in Windows, booting to a clean DOS is still the best way.
 
AMIBCP 3.13 (Windows)
http://rom.by/index.php?title=Wiki  <see note in the Award section>
http://www.lejabeach.com/sisubb/AMIBCP313.zip

You will need to use this one for the newer Core 8 bioses.
This is a stand alone program that runs in Windows. virgin file if you need one.

MMTool v3.12

http://rom.by/index.php?title=Wiki <see note in the Award section>
http://depositfiles.com/files/634617 (you have to jump through hoops, but it will get to the DL link).

This is a hardcore hacking tool….. so learn about it before you use it!
You’ve been warned.

This does more than just change and save settings. You can Extract, Insert, and Modify whole Modules of the bios file. You can also change the Text Strings that show in the bios when you go into it durning bootup, and even add a cpu to the list of chips it recognizes.
Very Dangerous Stuff!
 
Or just DL this:

TOOL_8_RC1.RAR
http://www.rebios.net/biosfile/tool_8_RC1.rar

This  file has both the MMTool 3.12 and the AMIBCP 3.13 programs included, as well as a few other AMI utilities. It also has a .PDF file that has the basic info for the programs.

Award

While searching for the newer AMI programs, I saw mention of several editors for Award. The two main editors are Modbin and Cbrom.
Like the AMI bios’s, you need the correct version of Modbin to tweak the files. You need Modbin for older files, and Modbin6 for the newer files.

I haven’t used any of the other Award editors yet, so I can’t say for sure, but since Cbrom also has a Cbrom6, I am going to say, ” Yes it applies to them also”.

For the latest(?) versions of Modbin6 and Cbrom6:
http://rom.by/index.php?title=Wiki
note:
This site is not in English, but has links to what looks to be the most recent of the AMI, Award, and Phoenix bios editors, as well as a couple of other BIOS’s I have never heard of before. Look on the Right side of the page.

For Modbin and Cbrom, and earlier versions of the 6′s:
http://www.biosmods.com/download.php
Phoenix

You are on your own with this one.
I haven’t even SEEN a motherboard with a Phoenix bios in a couple of years, let alone downloaded a bios file just to play with. Sorry.

I did download the editor that’s on the ROM.BY site (listed above). Just to have one handy .

Still more links

Some of these links may be a little out of date, require some digging to find the info you need, or have already been posted above. But if you really want to get into the whole bios tweaking/editing thing, they are worth reading. If just for the background info they can provide

www.wimsbios.com

http://biosmods.com
 
http://forums.biosmods.com/

www.rebios.net

http://www.rebelshavenforum.com

Remember, Google is your friend.
Playing with the search keywords, can get you some interesting results. Even when they don’t directly help with the problem you are working on.

Also keep in mind that Finagle’s First and Second Laws what! you are not Science Fiction fans? are always waiting to get you.
I. The perversity of the Universe tends to a maximum.
II. If something can go wrong, it will. (aka: Murphy’s Law).

To reset the caroot password:

1. On the server where you want to change or reset the caroot password, open a command prompt and browse to the drive on which the Server Backup component is installed.
2. In the ARCserve folder, enter the following command at the prompt:

   cstop

   The Server Backup component services stop.

3. In Windows Explorer, browse to the folder: x:\Program Files\CA\BrightStor ARCserve Backup\Data\Discovery and locate the folder with the name of your server.
4. Rename this folder.
5. At the command prompt, enter the following command to restart the Server Backup component services:

   cstart

6. Enter the following at the command prompt:

   Authsetup/p "password"

   where “password” is your new caroot password.

7. Close the command prompt and open the native Server Backup component Manager using the new password.

Modbin6 allows you, at a minimum, to:
1) Unhide(or hide) BIOS Items.
2) Edit the POST Screen message.
3) Edit the names of BIOS Items and settings.
4) Move any Item or multiple Items.
5) Change the Defaults of any Item.
6) Create a new group and move a Item(s) to it.

Modbin6 will fix the BIOS checksum when changing something and saving, but the checksum usually is not zero(00h). Modbin6 just saves what it calculates, and this is fine.

If the un-zipped BIOS file does not have a “.bin” extension, at the command prompt, type and enter: Modbin6 xxxxx.yyy where xxxxx.yyy represents the actual BIOS file name and extension. Or simply edit the file name to end in “.bin” as all BIOS files are binary files. Create a seperate directory and place the BIOS .bin files and Modbin6 in it and nothing else. I use a single letter for the directory so then when in the Command Prompt, I have to do a minimum of typing.

Modbin6 v2.04.01 dated 2/17/2007 screen shots cont:

One thing I don’t like is you can’t tell if a Item is hidden unless you go into it. The coloring never changes with hide/unhide settings.

When we go to save, we notice the same message that the latest CBROM issues. “-Adding MEMINIT.BIN 100%” This module has something to do with memory mapping I believe. It is extracted and re-inserted by both CBROM and Modbin recent versions.

The temp files now include several that CBROM 1.82 generates. The file “P35BA521.bin” is the BIOS I modified during this session.

If both Modbin 2.04.01 and CBROM 1.82 are going to be used on a BIOS, Modbin must be used first. If CBROM is used first, Modbin will(may) crash when trying to save the modified BIOS.