J3455 xpenology slow boot - solution

[apriliars3]

Thanks for answering mate, much appreciated. but, very complicated for my little knowledge, is there a video tutorial?

I don’t think was necessary videotutorial like a Youtuber for any issue that you need.

I can see that only is running two o or three commands and understand that you do.

You won’t never learn nothing if you don’t try for yourself.

[Danilo]

It works perfectly, it would be appropriate to highlight this solution. Congratulations to whom the discovery

 

MB: ASRock J4205-ITX bios 1.80

 

amisetupwriter 0x4E2 0x3

[Danilo]

On 11/28/2022 at 3:22 AM, pleitex said:

Thanks for answering mate, much appreciated. but, very complicated for my little knowledge, is there a video tutorial?

After trying for a whole day I understood how to do it. It is very simple, just follow the second part of this guide from point 1 to point 4, and insert the value for your motherboard

[apriliars3]

On 11/28/2022 at 3:22 AM, pleitex said:

Thanks for answering mate, much appreciated. but, very complicated for my little knowledge, is there a video tutorial?

 

24 minutes ago, Danilo said:

After trying for a whole day I understood how to do it. It is very simple, just follow the second part of this guide from point 1 to point 4, and insert the value for your motherboard

 

This is the guide [Tool Guide] AMI Setup - IFR Extractor AMISetupWriter - BIOS/UEFI Modding / BIOS Modding Guides and Problems - Win-Raid Forum (level1techs.com)

 

https://winraid.level1techs.com/t/tool-guide-ami-setup-ifr-extractor-amisetupwriter/32801

 

Resume:

 

1.- Download and extract AMISetup_IFR_v0_1.rar  https://mega.nz/folder/NC5CXLQS#YNCi_9IDn18y7axbdNyRMQ

 

2.- Create bios backup run in the same folder that you extract

 

fpt -d backup.bin -bios

 

3.- And run in this folder the next command 

 

AMISetup_IFR.bat backup.bin

 

4.- Take the values with this file "_Setup\setup_extr.txt" of VarOffset and Value. In this case, VarOffset 0x48A / Value 0x3 option is missing with linux.

 

0x19C71 		One Of: OS Selection, VarStoreInfo (VarOffset/VarName): 0x48A, VarStore: 0x1, QuestionId: 0x273E, Size: 1, Min: 0x0, Max 0x4, Step: 0x0 {05 91 E0 01 E1 01 3E 27 01 00 8A 04 14 10 00 04 00}
0x19C82 			One Of Option: Windows, Value (8 bit): 0x0 (default) {09 07 E2 01 30 00 00}
0x19C89 			One Of Option: Android, Value (8 bit): 0x1 {09 07 E3 01 00 00 01}
0x19C90 			One Of Option: Win7, Value (8 bit): 0x2 {09 07 E4 01 00 00 02}
0x19C97 			One Of Option: MSDOS, Value (8 bit): 0x4 {09 07 E5 01 00 00 04}
0x19C9E 		End One Of {29 02}

 

5.- Create EFI booteable pendrive in FAT32 format and download/extract "Boot_Shell_AMISetupWriter.rar" on this pendrive  https://mega.nz/folder/NC5CXLQS#YNCi_9IDn18y7axbdNyRMQ

 

6.- Reboot and boot with pendrive. Then run in this case.

 

amisetupwriter 0x48A 0x3

 

7.- Reboot and exit.

 

I have understand this, but I never try this method with my Intel NUC J3455 because I use VMWare on Windows 11.

Edited December 8, 2022 by apriliars3

[Danilo]

I think this solution is not good for you that you have an VM.

On VM you have to see in the machine settings

[pleitex]

Perdóname, pero no lo entiendo bien.

1 Descargar y extraer AMISetup_IFR_v0_1.rar…….. Ok

2 Crear la copia de seguridad del BIOS ejecutada en la misma carpeta que extraes, como creo una copia de seguridad del BIOS, con un software?, Esta pc actualmente tiene un xpenology montado, entiendo que tengo que conectar un disco duro con Windows?

Edited December 9, 2022 by pleitex

[apriliars3]

Perdóname, pero no lo entiendo bien.
1 Descargar y extraer AMISetup_IFR_v0_1.rar…….. Ok
2 Crear la copia de seguridad del BIOS ejecutada en la misma carpeta que extraes, como creo una copia de seguridad del BIOS, con un software?, Esta pc actualmente tiene un xpenology montado, entiendo que tengo que conectar un disco duro con Windows?

In english, the same form that you need pendrive bootloader with other system, you need linux, windows, macos, etc, before boot and run the commands.

[pleitex]

But with what software are the commands executed? With CMD in windows?

3 hours ago, apriliars3 said:

In english, the same form that you need pendrive bootloader with other system, you need linux, windows, macos, etc, before boot and run the commands.

But with what software are the commands executed? With CMD in windows?

[apriliars3]

13 hours ago, pleitex said:

But with what software are the commands executed? With CMD in windows?

But with what software are the commands executed? With CMD in windows?

 

This is the same, I understand you need boot with pendrive and run, then you can use DSM with faster boot than before.

 

XPEnology | ASRock J3455 utiliza DSM918+ para iniciar una solución lenta – DivineEngine | Sitio

 

First, you need download the files and make a pendrive with Windows, macOS, linux, etc. and then you can boot and run the commands.

 

I have asked an other friend that use this method with your J4205-ITX(1.80)ROM. I hope answer me and I can help you with the correct steps.

[dh22r]

sorry if this is dumb question, does this scenario and the "amisetupwriter" update apply to just the AMI bios with an onboard CPU?

 

the fix works on my asrock j3455-itx (realtek RTL8111GR NIC).

 

i also have an asrock z390 phantom gaming-itx/ac (with 8700K) running on arpl-1.0-beta10a.  the onboard NIC is intel i219v.

this build sometimes take 2-4 minutes to recognize the NIC on board or sometime not at all.  usually works again after a few reboot.

 

i couldn't find the tool, that i can run, to display the "One Of: OS Selection, VarStoreInfo ..." option on the z390 board to see whether i can do the AMI tweak.

 

any help appreciated.

 

[mmonsterski]

Sorry but this fix is limited to intel jXXXX ( maybe nXXXX ) family processors.

[dh22r]

4 hours ago, mmonsterski said:

Sorry but this fix is limited to intel jXXXX ( maybe nXXXX ) family processors.

 

thanks for confirming.

[dh22r]

one more question ...

 

if i were to get a J4125 motherboard (https://www.amazon.com/ASRock-J4125M-Quad-Core-Processor-Motherboard/dp/B08VGZYBTD), what would the "amisetupwriter 0x48A 0x?" param be?

 

thanks again.

[mmonsterski]

For ASRock J4125M ( for bios ver. 1.50 and 1.60 😞

amisetupwriter 0x516 0x3

 

[fanhesong518]

if i were to get a J5005 motherboard (https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/J5005-ITX/index.asp), what would the "amisetupwriter 0x4F1 0x?" param be?

[mmonsterski]

What version of BIOS do You have?

[fanhesong518]

P1.7

2 hours ago, mmonsterski said:

What version of BIOS do You have?

P1.7

[mmonsterski]

I suppose that you have version 1.70:

 

0x213C8 		One Of: OS Selection, VarStoreInfo (VarOffset/VarName): 0x516, VarStore: 0x1, QuestionId: 0x279E, Size: 1, Min: 0x0, Max 0x4, Step: 0x0 {05 91 F4 02 F5 02 9E 27 01 00 16 05 14 10 00 04 00}
0x213D9 			One Of Option: Windows, Value (8 bit): 0x0 (default) {09 07 F6 02 30 00 00}
0x213E0 			One Of Option: Android, Value (8 bit): 0x1 {09 07 F7 02 00 00 01}
0x213E7 			One Of Option: Win7, Value (8 bit): 0x2 {09 07 F8 02 00 00 02}
0x213EE 			One Of Option: Linux, Value (8 bit): 0x3 {09 07 2E 08 00 00 03}
0x213F5 			One Of Option: MSDOS, Value (8 bit): 0x4 {09 07 F9 02 00 00 04}
0x213FC 		End One Of {29 02}

 

So proper command will be:

 

amisetupwriter 0x516 0x3

 

[fanhesong518]

9 小时前，mmonsterski 说：

谢谢

 

Edited April 21, 2023 by fanhesong518

[Jseinfeld]

On 2/7/2023 at 10:25 AM, mmonsterski said:

For ASRock J4125M ( for bios ver. 1.50 and 1.60 😞

amisetupwriter 0x516 0x3

 

Same value for the AsRock J4105-ITX Bios 1.60

Edited May 16, 2023 by Jseinfeld

[RICARDO MELO]

What is the proper command for an intel N3450 Quad Core 1.1-2.2GHz (zimaboard 832)?
thank you very much

[mmonsterski]

Sorry but I can't find bios for this board for download... If You send me address to download or bios dump I can find proper offset for You...

[Jseinfeld]

On 12/10/2022 at 1:29 AM, pleitex said:

But with what software are the commands executed? With CMD in windows?

But with what software are the commands executed? With CMD in windows?

 

amisetupwriter is an EFI Shell executable. 

To get into the EFI Shell

1. Format a USB Disk to FAT32
2. Copy over the EFI folder and amisetupwriter.efi file to the USB
3. Disconnect all your SATA / other disks, as it will make it easier to mount the USB. Ideally the USB should be the only disk on the system
4. Reboot from USB
5. It will boot into a weird text interface, with the prompt as "Shell>"
6. Here type in the command "map -r"
7. This will mount all the disks
8. The USB should be fs0. Select it by typing in "fs0:"
9. The prompt will change to "fs0:\>"
10. Now if you run the "dir" command it should display the contents of the USB
11. Finally you can run the "amisetupwriter"

 

[Scheppi]

Worked great for me (J4205)

Thanks!

[ToanVQ]

worked for me, asrock j3455, without this trick I can't even install dsm, it failed all the times.

Thank you very much!