However, lspci (and the specs) shows that my board is i945. 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03) (Mobile Intel® 945 PM Express Chipset + ICH7M)
Oh, interesting... Then there must be different versions of the Laptop with different chipsets out there. This chipset should work.
Yep. Newer versions (Asus G1s , etc) use updated chipsets. But the "original" is i945 based.
- Get an Artec LPC Dongle/FlexyICE and a Stuge LPC/PLCC converter.
http://www.coreboot.org/Artecgroup_programmable_LPC_dongle
- Get a USB debug device for console via USB
Already have a programmer (lpc/fwh/etc)
That will work.
However, the dongle is not a programmer in the strict sense.. more like a memory emulator. you plug it into the bios socket of the target machine and can update the bios on it via USB from another machine. This is our method of choice for all PLCC based systems during BIOS development ..
Oh, i see.. It is kind of expensive (considering i have to ship to my country). Well.. if i need to get it, ill consider it. Meanwhile, rebooting is not that awful.
Ill try to get the debug device, and try your suggestions.
Great.. The USB Debug port will replace serial console more and more, and is one of the few methods for BIOS debugging on machines where there's no serial port. POST cards can be used, but have very limited debugging capabilities.
I'll get the tools, and try again when they arrive. I'll keep the list posted ;)
If more ideas come up, that will be good too.
Stefan