Re: [flashrom] MX25L4005A with bus pirate

[Richard A. Smith]

On 10/21/2010 07:43 PM, Hugh wrote:
> All power from the board has been removed (AC, Main Battery, CMOS
> Battery, etc) and I have soldered in some 30ga wire to connect to the
> individual pins.
>
> I'm looking for any suggestions as to what I may be doing wrong.  If I
> need to post this in the over on the Dang.erous Prototypes forums, let me
> know.  Thanks!

I missed this in my first read.

I suspect that your laptop board does not have the proper isolation on 
the 3.3V supply.  You have to power the SPI part only without powering 
the rest of the motherboard for ICP to work.