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Enable DCI debugging on Gigabyte-BKi5HA-7200
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| Enable DCI debugging on Gigabyte-BKi5HA-7200 | |
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| The Gigabyte-BKi5HA-7200 (Kabylake i5-7200 processor) can be debugged with only a USB debug cable, a | |
| special cable that crosses only the data signals and has the power signals | |
| removed. You can buy these cables at i.e. https://www.datapro.net/products/usb-3-0-super-speed-a-a-debugging-cable.html | |
| The hurdle you have to overcome before you can access DCI however is that you | |
| need to set some bits in hardware that first enable DCI and also enable the debug port so that DCI can control the cores. | |
| There are lots of guides in howto patch the BIOS but only these two really describes all the steps using only freely accessible tools: |