Phoenix BIOS Editor

Phoenix BIOS Editor 2.2.01 for Windows Sep.19.2006 Release Notes Copyright(C) 2004-2006 Phoenix Technologies Ltd. Product Description =================== Phoenix BIOS Editor is for Phoenix Core System Software.It allows user to modify the pre-built ROM image without the source code. It's based on Phoenix TrustedCore or PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Rel. 6 and later. Documentation Description ========================= This document contains information regarding the major changes to BIOS Editor 2.2.01 Related Technical Documentations ================================ User Guide Known Issues ============ 1. 'ACPI Editor' may not function on some Windows 98 systems. The symptom is: When activating the 'ACPI Editor' window, the application only shows 'Disassembling ASL....' message but the ACPI window never shows up 2. Image corruption may occur when using 256-color mode. Setting the video to 256-color mode, press 'Paste' button on the 'Quiet Boot/Splash Screen' window, will result in a corrupted image. 3. In Vista32/64,User must rDisable UAP (Disable User Account Protection). Execute it directly may not run correctly. Step1: Run "msconfig" in command windows Step2: Tools panel-->Disable UAP (Disable User Account Protection (Requires reboot))-->click Launch button. Step3: Reboot. Revision History ================ 2.2.01 1. Fixed Issues: *Support new build command:"BIOSENTRY" (SPR015537) *BIOSEdit update aligning with PSI/FFS change (ECR012909) *Support BIOSEdit Pro under 32 and 64 bit Vista OS (ECR012910) *Give more functions when editting a Hole(compress HOLE,show more information of HOEL) (ECR013108) *Support editing CMOS defaults for free-form nodes (ECR010336) 2. Fixed Issues: *System cannot boot-up via the BIOS ROM file which is built by BIOS Editor(SPR011658) 2.1.05 08/31/2006 1.Fixed Issues: *BIOS Editor can't boot after changing the logo of a BIOS who has GUI2 feature 2.1.04 08/23/2006 1.Fixed Issues: *BIOS Editor can't emulate logo correctly (For SPR016170) 2.1.03 03/20/2006 1.Fixed Issues: *BIOSEdit can't add a hole whose size is bigger than 64k *BIOSEdit can't set the location of hole to the 2nd 1M in BIOS image 2.1.02 03/03/2006 1.Fixed Issues: *The max size of BIOS image supported increase from 1M to 4GB 2.1.01 01/25/2006 1.Fixed Issues: *Can't properly replace logos in some older builds of BIOS(For SPR011980) *Runtime error when attempting to modify Splash Screen if it's a legacy Bios with Splash3 feature (For SPR012213) 2.1.00 01/06/2006 1.New Features: *Support Flash File System,integrate new tools into BIOSEDIT *Integrate new Online-help system into BiosEdit 2.Fixed Issues: *BIOSEDIT will crash when changing foreground logo(just like Phoenix logo) if the logo is JPEG format *BIOSEDIT doesn't support import a JPEG file to replace a BMP logo,so give user a warning instead of crashing *BIOSEDIT has no response when set unsupport=0,DBCS=0 or newlogo=0 in BIOSEDIT.ini *Some BCP structure can not be identified *Can not Emulate Boot Screen after changing the Picture 2.0.27 01/11/2005 1. Fixed Issues: * Can't build new BIOS (overflow error) upon large setup table (> 32K) * BIOSEDIT will crash when double-click panel list node "LOGO" * Give a warning when JPEG core run in a wrong video mode 2. Delete Features: *Remove the security feature so that any user without licence can biuld new BIOS and needn't write a fingerprint in the output ROM 2.0.26 08/10/2005 1. New Features: * BCP Window - Maximum number of BCP increased from 33 to 128 - Use combo box to select BCP instead of existing radio button * PCI Routing Table - Maximum number of PCI slot increased from 32 to 128 * Setup Table - Maximum number of setup pages increased from 63 to 255 - Use tree view to select setup node instead of existing radio button * Bank > 2 CMOS support 2. Fixed Issues: * File name with DBCS characters can't be removed from recent file history 2.0.25 06/29/2005 1. New Features: * Calculates ROM checksum upon opening, shown in status bar * Support secure flash selective hashing - Analyzes & re-arranges sigmod module (class code '$') - Prevents modifying hashed modules * If a file on the recent file list does not exist any more, it'll be removed from the list 2. Fixed Issues: * For non-alphabet module class, use -C:0xXXNN instead * Fail to analyze rest BCPs when a BCP size is greater than 128 bytes 2.0.24 09/10/2004 1. New Features: * Splash Screen Editor: - Script could be editable, however changes made to script will take effect after re-building the ROM, 'Emulation' will not reflect immediately. 2. Fixed Issues: * A 'Suscript Out Of Range' warning will appear upon opening ROM on a Hyper-Threading enabled platform 2.0.23 07/16/2004 1. Fixed Issues: * Recover the bad change made to 'BCPFCP' structure in FCP.INC -r1.37 * Can't locate BCPSYS if there's another signature in boot block * PCI Routing Editor - Device_No will be set to 00 after changing 2.0.22 05/25/2004 1. New Features: * ROM.LOG will be generated after analyzing BIOS 2. Fixed Issues: * Build BIOS menu enable/disable does not handle properly * Splash Screen editor - Error 53 upon pressing "Emulate" button * 1st generation core of SPLASH logos are not editable after utilizing DCOMPILE.EXE 3. Changed Behaviors: * BB is not allowed to be greater than 64KB, since it must due to ROM corrupted (this is for SPR#TWN06041) 2.0.21 03/01/2004 1. Fixed Issues: * Can't change OPROM 2.0.20 01/16/2004 1. New Features: * Slpash Screen Editor: - Splash screen emulation (Screen-Centric core only) 2. Fixed Issues: * Splash Screen Editor: - Session crashes if SCRIPT.TXT specifies numbers but not file name 2.0.19 12/10/2003 1. New Features: * Splash Screen Editor: - Utilizes DCOMPILE.EXE to disassemble logo modules, best compatibility 2. Fixed Issues: * Project Panel: - Add/Remove/Change a module might confirm a wrong one * String Editor: - If any DBCS languages were installed, the ROM will be corrupted after editing string - If running under DBCS OSes, editing strings will cause the border characters to be displayed incorrectly - Korean language was added to DBCS language list - Can't process TEXT mode display engine (STDTEXT.600) 2.0.18 11/07/2003 1. Fixed Issues: * (Splash Screen Editor) Imported JPEG does not display immediately (this is a new issue of 2.0.16) 2.0.17 11/06/2003 1. New Features: * (Spalsh Screen Editor) Shrink large logo * Command line argument supported, so as drag & drop ROM file 2. Fixed Issues: * (Splash Screen Editor) Transparent color box will not be updated while changing tab to another logo * (Splash Screen Editor) Pasted or imported bitmap does not display immediately (this is a new issue of 2.0.16) * (Splash Screen Editor) Some BIOSes might have incorrect console bar after flashing the modified ROM with changed logos 3. Changed Behaviors: * Product name changed to "Phoenix BIOS Editor Pro" 2.0.16 10/09/2003 1. Fixed Issues: * (Register Table Editor) 'Overflow' error upon certain ROMs, this is an internal error 2. Changed Behaviors: * (Splash Screen Editor) Read-only logos will not be shown * Comply with new product version policy Build 15 09/19/2003 1. New Features: * Embedded logo creation tool updated to v4.2 to support combined BMP/JPG * Combined BMP/JPG logos supported Build 14 09/05/2003