On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 7:44 AM, Russell via talk <[email protected]> wrote:
> I came across this while looking around at spectre side channels and > cache fences. > > Apparently Coffee Lake CPU's power attributes can be reset by overriding > the management engine on Skylake MB's. > > http://www.overclock.net/forum/8-intel-general/1665657- > coffeelake-completely-working-100-200-series-chipsets.html#/topics/1665657 > > The descriptions come in three parts. Here's a quote from the think tank. > > "(Do not mind the BS intel put out about pinout incompatibility, close > look reveals there is no big issue in that - you can just pop the CFL cpu > in board without a problem or risk of damage.)" > > Here's a peek at the patch thread. > > "All MSI LGA1151 boards can work with 6-core cpu. > Use Intel Flash Image Tool and decomp original BIOS image. > Then extract vbios and upgrade to 1054. > For coffee lake 6-core,you need change sku (at the top of Flash Image Tool > window )to Z370. > And ME FW Version is not important here. > Replace BIOS Region.bin to a MSI Z370 one.And replace Z370's vbios to the > one we upgraded. > Build image and flash via SPI Programmer( may be need to change 8M Flash > chip to 16M) > Last isolate 2 pins on cpu and you can power on." > > Keeping stuff away from the dustbin with a few select attribute > modifications. These guys do all the groundwork and you can poke it in for > free. > > Gotta like that. > Thank you Russell for this info!!! Your quoted info seems specifically for a MSI product. As they are only one of more than a few mobo suppliers I'm wondering as to the possibility of using this on other manufacturer's products. Ideas, thoughts please? Dee
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