$ flashrom -w M2N_0902.ROM flashrom v0.9.5.2-r1517 on Linux 3.2.0-26-generic (x86_64), built with libpci 3.1.8, GCC 4.6.3, little endian flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org
Calibrating delay loop... OK. Found chipset "NVIDIA MCP61". Enabling flash write... This chipset is not really supported yet. Guesswork... Please send the output of "flashrom -V" to flashrom@flashrom.org with your board name: flashrom -V as the subject to help us finish support for your chipset. Thanks. OK. Found Winbond flash chip "W39V040C" (512 kB, LPC) at physical address 0xfff80000. Flash image seems to be a legacy BIOS. Disabling coreboot-related checks. Reading old flash chip contents... done. Erasing and writing flash chip... ERASE FAILED at 0x00000000! Expected=0xff, Read=0x4f, failed byte count from 0x00000000-0x0000ffff: 0x10000 ERASE FAILED! Reading current flash chip contents... done. ERASE FAILED at 0x00010000! Expected=0xff, Read=0xdf, failed byte count from 0x00000000-0x0007ffff: 0x652aa ERASE FAILED! FAILED! Uh oh. Erase/write failed. Checking if anything changed. Your flash chip is in an unknown state. Get help on IRC at irc.freenode.net (channel #flashrom) or mail flashrom@flashrom.org with FAILED: your board name in the subject line! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DO NOT REBOOT OR POWEROFF!
I tried a flashrom -r and compared it to the backup I made and it's different. It is also different from the ROM I tried to install.
Any thoughts?
Bill-