Hello all, i have problems flashing my bios with your utility.
i have rented a small root-server in germany (http://www.hetzner.de/hosting/produkte_rootserver/x2) and wanted to update the bios.
at the moment the hetzner rescue system is booted. infos:
root@rescue ~ # uname -a Linux rescue 2.6.39.2 #1 SMP Mon Jul 25 18:36:18 CEST 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux
its a small debian system.
flashrom is installed via apt:
root@rescue ~ # flashrom --version flashrom v0.9.2-r1141 on Linux 2.6.39.2 (x86_64), built with libpci 3.1.7, GCC 4.4.5 20100728 (prerelease), little endian flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org
hwinfo says this about my mainboard:
root@rescue ~ # hwinfo --bios | grep "Board Info" -A 10 Board Info: #2 Manufacturer: "MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD" Product: "MS-7094" Version: "1.00" Chassis Info: #3 Type: 0x03 (Desktop) Bootup State: 0x02 (Unknown) Power Supply State: 0x02 (Unknown) Thermal State: 0x02 (Unknown) Security Status: 0x02 (Unknown) Processor Info: #4
so i entered "ms-7094" on the msi page and getted this site: http://www.msi-computer.de/product/mb/K8T-Neo2-F-V2-0.html#/?div=BIOS
first i backuped the old bios with "flashrom --read bios.bak" and then tried to write the new bios with "flashrom --write W7094vms.360" .... then i get this error:
root@rescue ~ # flashrom --write W7094vms.360 flashrom v0.9.2-r1141 on Linux 2.6.39.2 (x86_64), built with libpci 3.1.7, GCC 4.4.5 20100728 (prerelease), little endian flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org
Calibrating delay loop... OK. No coreboot table found. Found chipset "VIA VT8237", enabling flash write... OK. This chipset supports the following protocols: Non-SPI. Found chip "Winbond W39V040A" (512 KB, LPC) at physical address 0xfff80000. === This flash part has status UNTESTED for operations: ERASE The test status of this chip may have been updated in the latest development version of flashrom. If you are running the latest development version, please email a report to flashrom@flashrom.org if any of the above operations work correctly for you with this flash part. Please include the flashrom output with the additional -V option for all operations you tested (-V, -Vr, -Vw, -VE), and mention which mainboard or programmer you tested. Thanks for your help! === Flash image seems to be a legacy BIOS. Disabling checks. Writing flash chip... Erasing flash chip... ERASE FAILED at 0x00000000! Expected=0xff, Read=0x49, failed byte count from 0x00000000-0x0000ffff: 0x4c4 ERASE FAILED! ERASE FAILED at 0x00000000! Expected=0xff, Read=0x49, failed byte count from 0x00000000-0x0007ffff: 0x48ec4 ERASE FAILED! FAILED! ERASE FAILED! FAILED! Your flash chip is in an unknown state. Get help on IRC at irc.freenode.net (channel #flashrom) or mail flashrom@flashrom.org! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DO NOT REBOOT OR POWEROFF!
what to do now?
thanks for any help!
p.s.: sorry for my bad english :)
greetz from germany, axel