On Tuesday 30 March 2004 1:09 pm, Vic Berdin wrote:
Hi,
This maybe the wrong list to post this but since you guys are into the field of creating your own BIOSware, I would like to ask if anyone knows of a device or equipment (connected via stadard PC port) that may be used in order to write data into a BIOS chip?
BIOS chips are standard flash parts - a commercial flash programmer will do the job (but don't expect such a machine to be cheap).
Failing that, you could try using the DOS-based flash programming utility provided by the vendor of your motherboard? That can write new BIOS images into the chip (in-place on the motherboard) - it's worth seeing if it'll write an arbitrary binary file for you.
Also, the MTD utilities may be able to help you out.
Regards,
Antony.