On Thu, 17 Apr 2014 14:55:16 -0700 Roberto Denis roberto@godenis.com wrote:
BIOS Lock Enable: enabled, BIOS Write Enable: disabled, BIOS_CNTL is 0x2a WARNING: BIOS region SMM protection is enabled!
That's the problem IMHO. See SMM_BWP in the chipset documentation (section 13.1.33 in intel document 326200). Short version: if you want to write there easily, use an external programmer.