Hello there, I recently received a free pc. It has an asus cm1630 motherboard, which is an oem version of its retail counterpart, locked by a bios. I’m looking to flash a modded bios to it that unlocks overclocking and unlocking the cpu to a phenom ii x4. But every time I try I get a “boot block in file is not valid” the usb is formatted with fat32 between every try and still nothing. If it’s a problem with the file itself could I download the bios for the retail version and flash that instead? Cheers!
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Problem flashing modded bios with ez flash 2
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I looked up the motherboard, it's a M4A78LT-M right? If you flash the bios with the latest one from ASUS (version 802) you'll get a greater number of supported cpus. In terms of flashing a modded bios sometimes you need a bios programmer/hardware to do this.
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| System Name | BOX |
|---|---|
| Processor | Core i7 6950X @ 4,26GHz (1,28V) |
| Motherboard | X99 SOC Champion (BIOS F23c + bifurcation mod) |
| Cooling | Thermalright Venomous-X + 2x Delta 38mm PWM (Push-Pull) |
| Memory | Patriot Viper Steel 4000MHz CL16 4x8GB (@3240MHz CL12.12.12.24 CR2T @ 1,48V) |
| Video Card(s) | Titan V (~1650MHz @ 0.77V, HBM2 1GHz, Forced P2 state [OFF]) |
| Storage | WD SN850X 2TB + Samsung EVO 2TB (SATA) + Seagate Exos X20 20TB (4Kn mode) |
| Display(s) | LG 27GP950-B |
| Case | Fractal Design Meshify 2 XL |
| Audio Device(s) | Motu M4 (audio interface) + ATH-A900Z + Behringer C-1 |
| Power Supply | Seasonic X-760 (760W) |
| Mouse | Logitech RX-250 |
| Keyboard | HP KB-9970 |
| Software | Windows 10 Pro x64 |
You need AMI/Phoenix flashing utility for moded BIOS to be verified (depending on what your board uses, you can only use one of them). DOS or FreeDOS pendrive will be needed.