16 Sep
2012
16 Sep
'12
5 a.m.
Keith Hui wrote:
At this point I'm mostly interested in just identifying the flash chip without disassembling the laptop, although I'm ready for that if necessary.
Try: flashrom -p internal:force=laptop_I_want_a_brick
flashrom is overly defensive on Thinkpads, where the Renesas EC always has it's own flash.
However, I do need to find a USB-based chip programmer that can do parallel, FWH and SPI.
No such thing in cheap. You can get a GALEP-5, which supports an incredible range of devices, but which also costs >= 600 USD.
I want to make an open hardware+firmware design, but so far I haven't made it beyond the USB protocol. http://git.stuge.se/?p=qiprog.git
//Peter