[LinuxBIOS] GA-M57SLI-DS4 rev. 2.0 with one 8-pin BIOS chip

[Quux]

seems like GA came out with the third revision of their M57SLI mobo.

still no real dual bios ! no socketed chip either.
rev. 2.0 has one populated flash chip and they dont use plcc32 on that 
board.

a secondary 8 pin chip would be easier to solder, I'd guess.

http://www.gigabyte.de/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID...

[LinuxBIOS] GA-M57SLI-DS4 rev. 2.0 with 1 spi chip

[Quux]

the spi memory has #CE und #WP   (chip enable,  write protect) in their 
8 pin package

on the mobo there is a wp jumper. why not exchange #CE with #WP on the 
chip und use the jumper as a dual bios #CE at runtime ?
> seems like GA came out with the third revision of their M57SLI mobo.
>
> http://www.gigabyte.de/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID...

[Stefan Reinauer]

* Quux  [070428 11:52]:
> seems like GA came out with the third revision of their M57SLI mobo.
>
> still no real dual bios ! no socketed chip either.
> rev. 2.0 has one populated flash chip and they dont use plcc32 on that 
> board.

That's SPI

I started implementing SPI for the ICH7 southbridge a while ago, but
since I don't have the required hardware, I never got it to work.

SPI basically puts all the "magic" into the south bridge. So no flashing
of those chips on the GA-M57SLI-DS4 without the nvidia data sheets. Can
anyone with the datasheets look into supporting them? I'll gladly send
the SPI patch I made.

[LinuxBIOS] GA-M57SLI-DS4 rev. 2.0 with one SPI memory

[Quux]

Yo ! I am beginning to think, then, that an Elitegroup AM2 top hat flash 
board (secondary bios right out of the box) may be actually less hassle 
to deal with.

many vendors don't specify the board revision when you orden a M57SLI.  --Q

Stefan Reinauer schrieb:
> I started implementing SPI for the ICH7 southbridge a while ago, but
> since I don't have the required hardware, I never got it to work.
>
> SPI basically puts all the "magic" into the south bridge. So no flashing
> of those chips on the GA-M57SLI-DS4 without the nvidia data sheets. Can
> anyone with the datasheets look into supporting them? I'll gladly send
> the SPI patch I made.

[LinuxBIOS] GA-M57SLI-DS4 rev. 2.0 SPI solderless clip

[Quux]

yo dudes !

I wonder: if someone wanted to avoid soldering, could he use the below 
clip (solderless) and flash the M57sli v.2.0 SPI onboard, while the mobo 
is powered of ?  A "willem.org" programmer is cheaper than a new Gigbyte 
mainboard ...    --Q

http://www.willem.org/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=34&products_id=118

[LinuxBIOS] GA-M57SLI-DS4 rev. 2.0 SPI solderless clip

[Stefan Reinauer]

* Quux  [070428 18:20]:
> yo dudes !
>
> I wonder: if someone wanted to avoid soldering, could he use the below 
> clip (solderless) and flash the M57sli v.2.0 SPI onboard, while the mobo 
> is powered of ?  A "willem.org" programmer is cheaper than a new Gigbyte 
> mainboard ...    --Q
>
> http://www.willem.org/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=34&products_id=118

This _might_ work. Be sure to keep the board in reset (not powered off)
while flashing though.

[LinuxBIOS] GA-M57SLI-DS4 rev. 2.0 SPI solderless clip

[Anton]

On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 18:20:45 +0200
Quux  wrote:
> yo dudes !
>
> I wonder: if someone wanted to avoid soldering, could he use the below 
> clip (solderless) and flash the M57sli v.2.0 SPI onboard, while the mobo 
> is powered of ?  A "willem.org" programmer is cheaper than a new Gigbyte 
> mainboard ...    --Q
>
> http://www.willem.org/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=34&products_id=118

Does companion CD contain usable software, i.e. for unix / linux?

[LinuxBIOS] GA-M57SLI-DS4 rev. 2.0 SPI solderless clip

[roger]

On Sat, 2007-04-28 at 22:07 +0400, Anton wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 18:20:45 +0200
> Quux  wrote:
> > yo dudes !
> >
> > I wonder: if someone wanted to avoid soldering, could he use the below 
> > clip (solderless) and flash the M57sli v.2.0 SPI onboard, while the mobo 
> > is powered of ?  A "willem.org" programmer is cheaper than a new Gigbyte 
> > mainboard ...    --Q
> >
> > http://www.willem.org/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=34&products_id=118
>
> Does companion CD contain usable software, i.e. for unix / linux?

If I'm not mistaken, there's no specific Unix/Linux software for
willem.org products.  (Or at least this is what I gathered from
mcumall.com customer service.)

But googling, you'll find some such as Firebrand:
http://www.astro.gla.ac.uk/users/paulm/Code/eprom.html

Sat Apr 28 14:32:04 PDT 2007