Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
Yeah, sorry, my bad :( I was referring to LPC (PLCC32). I don't know anything about SPI.
O'k. Does anyone common w/ SPI flashing / BIOS Saviour tools out there?
Easiest would be to desolder the CE# "chip enable" pin, connect it to high level, attach a SPI chip with known-good image on top of it and connect CE# of the new chip to the board.
Where is the LPC <-> SPI being done? Can the northbridge do both? If there is a additional chip (say like an EC) that does the LPC to SPI conversion then there might be a way to put that device into recovery mode where you can download new bits into the SPI flash.
Otherwise you just have to remove the SPI part device and add a SOIC to DIP socket and use a DIP part. SOIC sockets are a pain in the ass the use.
Or like Carl suggests. Lift the enable pin and wire up your own select system. Essentially the same as PLCC only less pins.