I don`t know where other place to ask so here`s the place.
I read in the news bout hardware hacking such as Bios and the Firmware hacking. And i'm curious just how exactly do we extract the firmware information ? I mean it`s ll embeded into a rom chip right so how the hell we extract it?
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Anonymous2007-11-03 14:59
Extracting it wouldn't be a problem, just modifying it, if it's really read-only memory. Very few computers still use actual ROM, though. It's mostly flash memory now.
However, none of this is "hardware hacking".
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Anonymous2007-11-03 20:31
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Dumbass. If it's an actual ROM just pull the fucking chip, insert another, kthxbye
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Anonymous2007-11-03 21:59
>>2
So how the heck u extract it if its a ROM chip
Something tells me you really shouldn't be fucking around with your firmware.
Don't forget, it voids your warranty, so the nice people at Dell won't help you out when you break it.
wtf i need to use a dos stuff in the first place? All i need is just the step how do i extract/read/dump the flash or rom or watever it is not just on a i386 machine but general machine such as PS. Mobile phoness.. man i`m so pissed off .
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Read the technical specs for the chip you are trying to extract firmware from and learn about JTAG debug points. Also graduate from an 8-year EE program first. Thanks!
Hypothetically say I had the requisite EE knowledge, all the tools necessary... how do you get hold of the chip technical specs? Wouldn't it be not publicly available most of the time?
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Anonymous2007-11-05 2:22
Try the googles.
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Anonymous2007-11-05 2:29
Yea duh but does anyone actually know if it is easy to find, or if it is even on the web at all? Has anyone here actually done it?