Information about "HP-Compaq 8200 Elite SFF"

Hi guys
Thanks a lot for the great work on coreboot.

I'm looking for install coreboot on my "HP-Compaq 8200 Elite SFF", so  
I was happy to found your site:  
https://doc.coreboot.org/mainboard/hp/compaq_8200_sff.html

In this documentation stands: "Internal programming: The SPI flash can  
be accessed using flashrom.". So I tried to read the factory-BIOS with  
flashrom but without success. Please consult the annexed log-file.

Could you please explain-me why reading with the internal-programmer  
doesn't work for me? Thanks in advance

Best regards
Dario

[Angel Pons]

Hi Dario,

On Sun, Nov 15, 2020 at 5:42 PM  wrote:
> Hi guys
> Thanks a lot for the great work on coreboot.
>
> I'm looking for install coreboot on my "HP-Compaq 8200 Elite SFF", so
> I was happy to found your site:
> https://doc.coreboot.org/mainboard/hp/compaq_8200_sff.html
>
> In this documentation stands: "Internal programming: The SPI flash can
> be accessed using flashrom.". So I tried to read the factory-BIOS with
> flashrom but without success. Please consult the annexed log-file.

I fear that stderr was not logged. Instead of shell redirection to
pipe flashrom's text output into a logfile, I'd suggest using the
built-in -o command-line switch:

flashrom -p internal -r factoryBIOS.bin -o full_log_HP-Compaq_8200-Elite-SFF.txt

Note that the -V option is now redundant, since -o will already make
verbose enough logs.
> Could you please explain-me why reading with the internal-programmer
> doesn't work for me? Thanks in advance

I have a suspicion which I should be able to confirm with a complete
log: reading fails because the ME region is locked.
> Best regards
> Dario
>
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Best regards,
Angel