Various BIOS Utilities for Modding/Research
Extracts and unpacks the SPI/BIOS modules from Dell HDR executables. It can extract HDR images which are compressed both once or multiple times. After extraction, the HDR image is automatically unpacked into individual SPI/BIOS modules via LongSoft's PFSExtractor-RS tool.
You can either Drag & Drop or manually enter the full path of a folder containing Dell HDR executables.
An already built/frozen/compiled binary is provided by me for Windows only. Thus, you don't need to manually build/freeze/compile it under Windows. Instead, download the latest version from the Releases tab. To extract the already built/frozen/compiled archive, you need to use programs which support RAR5 compression. For Linux and macOS or courageous Windows users, the build/freeze/compile instructions for all three OS can be found below.
Should work at all Windows, Linux or macOS operating systems which have Python 3.6 support. Windows users who plan to use the already built/frozen/compiled binary must make sure that they have the latest Windows Updates installed which include all required "Universal C Runtime (CRT)" libraries.
To run the utility, you need to have the following 3rd party tool at the same directory:
To build/freeze/compile the python script, you can use whatever you like. The following are verified to work:
- Py2exe (Windows)
- Py2app (macOS)
- PyInstaller (Windows/Linux/macOS)
PyInstaller can build/freeze/compile the utility at all three supported platforms, it is simple to run and gets updated often.
- Make sure Python 3.6.0 or newer is installed:
python --version
- Use pip to install PyInstaller (PyPi):
pip3 install pyinstaller
- Build/Freeze/Compile:
pyinstaller --noupx --onefile Dell_HDR_Extract.py
At dist folder you should find the final utility executable
Parses Apple Software Update CatalogURL .sucatalog files and saves all EFI firmware package links into a text file. It removes any xml formatting, ignores false positives, removes duplicate links and sorts them in alphabetical order for easy comparison afterwards.
You can either Drag & Drop or let it automatically parse any .sucatalog files within its working directory.
An already built/frozen/compiled binary is provided by me for Windows only. Thus, you don't need to manually build/freeze/compile it under Windows. Instead, download the latest version from the Releases tab. To extract the already built/frozen/compiled archive, you need to use programs which support RAR5 compression. For Linux and macOS or courageous Windows users, the build/freeze/compile instructions for all three OS can be found below.
Should work at all Windows, Linux or macOS operating systems which have Python 3.6 support. Windows users who plan to use the already built/frozen/compiled binary must make sure that they have the latest Windows Updates installed which include all required "Universal C Runtime (CRT)" libraries.
To run the utility, you only need to have Python installed. To build/freeze/compile the python script, you can use whatever you like. The following are verified to work:
- Py2exe (Windows)
- Py2app (macOS)
- PyInstaller (Windows/Linux/macOS)
PyInstaller can build/freeze/compile the utility at all three supported platforms, it is simple to run and gets updated often.
- Make sure Python 3.6.0 or newer is installed:
python --version
- Use pip to install PyInstaller (PyPi):
pip3 install pyinstaller
- Build/Freeze/Compile:
pyinstaller --noupx --onefile Apple_EFI_Links.py
At dist folder you should find the final utility executable
Parses Apple EFI files and renames them based on Apple's official
You can either Drag & Drop or manually enter the full path of a folder containing Apple EFI firmware.
An already built/frozen/compiled binary is provided by me for Windows only. Thus, you don't need to manually build/freeze/compile it under Windows. Instead, download the latest version from the Releases tab. To extract the already built/frozen/compiled archive, you need to use programs which support RAR5 compression. For Linux and macOS or courageous Windows users, the build/freeze/compile instructions for all three OS can be found below.
Should work at all Windows, Linux or macOS operating systems which have Python 3.6 support. Windows users who plan to use the already built/frozen/compiled binary must make sure that they have the latest Windows Updates installed which include all required "Universal C Runtime (CRT)" libraries.
To run the utility, you may need to have the following 3rd party tools at the same directory:
To build/freeze/compile the python script, you can use whatever you like. The following are verified to work:
- Py2exe (Windows)
- Py2app (macOS)
- PyInstaller (Windows/Linux/macOS)
PyInstaller can build/freeze/compile the utility at all three supported platforms, it is simple to run and gets updated often.
- Make sure Python 3.6.0 or newer is installed:
python --version
- Use pip to install PyInstaller (PyPi):
pip3 install pyinstaller
- Build/Freeze/Compile:
pyinstaller --noupx --onefile Apple_EFI_Rename.py
At dist folder you should find the final utility executable
Parses Apple multiple EFI firmware .im4p files and splits all detected EFI firmware into separate SPI/BIOS images.
You can either Drag & Drop or manually enter the full path of a folder containing Apple EFI IM4P firmware.
An already built/frozen/compiled binary is provided by me for Windows only. Thus, you don't need to manually build/freeze/compile it under Windows. Instead, download the latest version from the Releases tab. To extract the already built/frozen/compiled archive, you need to use programs which support RAR5 compression. For Linux and macOS or courageous Windows users, the build/freeze/compile instructions for all three OS can be found below.
Should work at all Windows, Linux or macOS operating systems which have Python 3.6 support. Windows users who plan to use the already built/frozen/compiled binary must make sure that they have the latest Windows Updates installed which include all required "Universal C Runtime (CRT)" libraries.
To run the utility, you only need to have Python installed. To build/freeze/compile the python script, you can use whatever you like. The following are verified to work:
- Py2exe (Windows)
- Py2app (macOS)
- PyInstaller (Windows/Linux/macOS)
PyInstaller can build/freeze/compile the utility at all three supported platforms, it is simple to run and gets updated often.
- Make sure Python 3.6.0 or newer is installed:
python --version
- Use pip to install PyInstaller (PyPi):
pip3 install pyinstaller
- Build/Freeze/Compile:
pyinstaller --noupx --onefile Apple_EFI_Split.py
At dist folder you should find the final utility executable
Parses Award BIOS images and extracts their modules. The utility automatically uses Igor Pavlov's 7-Zip tool in order to decompress the initially LZH compressed sub-modules.
You can either Drag & Drop or manually enter the full path of a folder containing Award BIOS firmware.
An already built/frozen/compiled binary is provided by me for Windows only. Thus, you don't need to manually build/freeze/compile it under Windows. Instead, download the latest version from the Releases tab. To extract the already built/frozen/compiled archive, you need to use programs which support RAR5 compression. For Linux and macOS or courageous Windows users, the build/freeze/compile instructions for all three OS can be found below.
Should work at all Windows, Linux or macOS operating systems which have Python 3.6 support. Windows users who plan to use the already built/frozen/compiled binary must make sure that they have the latest Windows Updates installed which include all required "Universal C Runtime (CRT)" libraries.
To run the utility, you need to have the following 3rd party tool at the same directory:
- 7-Zip Console (i.e. 7z.exe)
To build/freeze/compile the python script, you can use whatever you like. The following are verified to work:
- Py2exe (Windows)
- Py2app (macOS)
- PyInstaller (Windows/Linux/macOS)
PyInstaller can build/freeze/compile the utility at all three supported platforms, it is simple to run and gets updated often.
- Make sure Python 3.6.0 or newer is installed:
python --version
- Use pip to install PyInstaller (PyPi):
pip3 install pyinstaller
- Build/Freeze/Compile:
pyinstaller --noupx --onefile Award_BIOS_Extract.py
At dist folder you should find the final utility executable