On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 13:30:23 -0400 Richard Smith smithbone@gmail.com wrote:
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.
That sounds tricky. Can't find EC over here (this's casual desktop board).
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.
How to physically route signals is clear. Programming chip - my goal. Board is ICH7-based, flashrom doesn't detect chip (SST25LF080A). I'm stuck here...