UEFITool
UEFI firmware image viewer and editor (by LongSoft)
grub_setup_var
Patch for grub allowing tweaking of hidden EFI variables (by XDleader555)
| UEFITool | grub_setup_var | |
|---|---|---|
| 36 | 3 | |
| 4,067 | 41 | |
| 1.1% | - | |
| 6.9 | 10.0 | |
| 2 months ago | about 5 years ago | |
| C | Shell | |
| BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License | - |
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For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
UEFITool
Posts with mentions or reviews of UEFITool.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-09-30.
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Auto-On-Time BIOS mod, different boot entry
Open 1 E7250A24 -- 1 System BIOS with BIOS Guard vA.24.bin file with UEFITool
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[GUIDE] ThinkPad BIOS: Reading, Patching, and Flashing
UEFIPatch from LongSoft's GitHub A UEFI patchtool built on the older UEFITool engine. UEFITool is not needed for this patch, only the UEFIPatch applcation.
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Guide about how to check PCI-E Bifurcation support of any mainboard
Download UEFITool from https://github.com/LongSoft/UEFITool/releases for example UEFITool_NE_A66_win32.zip is hidden behind the show all assets button
- Help with BIOS Patching Thinkpad T480s
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Need To Create My Own BIOS File
There's a discussion here about this being done successfully on a ThinkPad T460 with a SPI programmer and UEFITool. The same method should apply to the T460p.
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How to unlock BIOS (AMD models, not sure if it works with Intel)
UEFITool: https://github.com/LongSoft/UEFITool/releases
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5800x3d appears faster after waking up then on cold boot.
If HPET is not an option in firmware, then it is disabled (0x00) and hidden from you. Which in practice is bad. The only option for users in this case is to download your firmware from the vendor, use this tool to locate the register and set the value with this tool to enabled (0x01).
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Entering hidden Advanced menu in bios v.2.06 on Acer Nitro 5 AN515-55
UEFITool
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Google announces official Android support for RISC-V
How to view proprietary blobs on your system
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Change BIOS Boot Logo
I have been a long ThinkPad user and have bought an XPS 13 for the first time. I changed my boot logo on my machines before using this tool following this guide.
grub_setup_var
Posts with mentions or reviews of grub_setup_var.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-04-12.
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[INTEL] Dell G3/G5/G15 CPU/GPU tweak guide (better thermals and battery)
- Place THIS file inside Boot and rename it to "bootx64.efi"
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DELL G7 7700 THERMAL THROTTLE FIX, LISTED STEPS. I7-10750H RTX2070 MOBILE // NOV 9TH,2021
Download the grubx64.efi file from v1.0 alpha release available here.
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[GUIDE] How to Undervolt(and even overclock) the Acer predator Helios 300 2021 11th gen Intel CPUs
download all three of these files. UEFI tool , IFR Extractor, grubx64 and the bios for your laptop
What are some alternatives?
When comparing UEFITool and grub_setup_var you can also consider the following projects:
Universal-IFR-Extractor - Utility that can extract the internal forms represenation from both EFI and UEFI modules.
grub-mod-setup_var - A modified grub allowing tweaking hidden BIOS settings.
coreboot - Mirror of https://review.coreboot.org/coreboot.git. We don't handle Pull Requests.
thinkpad-firmware-patches - Collection of ThinkPad UEFI patches.
Universal-IFR-Extractor - Utility that can extract the internal forms represenation from both EFI and UEFI modules.
BIOSUtilities - Various BIOS Utilities for Modding/Research
gvt-linux
FanControl.Releases - This is the release repository for Fan Control, a highly customizable fan controlling software for Windows.
flashrom-DOS-port - Porting flashrom to DOS via DJGPP GCC cross-compiler
firmware_notes - some notes about firmware(BIOS,UEFI,coreboot,routers,embedded system,etc.)
edk2 - EDK II
UEFITool vs Universal-IFR-Extractor
grub_setup_var vs Universal-IFR-Extractor
UEFITool vs grub-mod-setup_var
UEFITool vs coreboot
UEFITool vs thinkpad-firmware-patches
UEFITool vs Universal-IFR-Extractor
UEFITool vs BIOSUtilities
UEFITool vs gvt-linux
UEFITool vs FanControl.Releases
UEFITool vs flashrom-DOS-port
UEFITool vs firmware_notes
UEFITool vs edk2