Re: [LinuxBIOS] 5 Euro flash hardware

[Luis Correia]

Ward, you can get 3.3V from the orange cables that power your mainboard.

Newer PSU will also have this orange cable to power SATA harddrives.

p.s. please check voltage with a volt meter before powering anything!!!

Luis

On 3/12/07, Ward Vandewege  wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 04:08:58PM +0100, Quux wrote:
> > Ward Vandewege schrieb:
> > > A proper programmer would be useful, but only if it can be used with free
> > > software. There's also this rom-emulator:
> > >
> > > http://www.tech-tools.com/er3.htm
> > >
> > > Richard Smith told me that the dos-based cli software works under wine, but
> > > it's still a proprietary thing.
> > > http://www.loet.de/index.html
> >
> > this flasher can be homebrewed at 5 euro component cost and free linux
> > flash software is available.
> > you can also buy a ready-made flasher.
>
> Yeah. We actually bought one, but the problem is that most modern plcc parts
> require 3-3.6V to flash, and this programmer needs an additional voltage
> adaptor to do that (it uses 5V if you hook it up to your PC power supply).
>
> I don't suppose there is a manual in English somewhere? My German is rusty
> (http://www.loet.de/download_en.html).
>
> Suggestions on how to build/where to find such a voltage regulator? The
> manual isn't very helpful in that respect - at least as far as I can make
> out. Would adding a resistor to the +5V line be sufficient?
>
> Thanks,
> Ward.