I'll paste my results to this same thread just because I have MCP78S (Nvidia Geforce 8200 chipset) now. Flashrom is correct in its guessed flash bus type. There's a DIL8 SPI chip onboard. flashrom -V on an ASUS M4N78-AM:
flashrom v0.9.1-r991 on Linux 2.6.32-ARCH (x86_64), built with libpci 3.1.7, GCC 4.4.3 20100316 (prerelease) No coreboot table found. DMI string system-manufacturer: "System manufacturer" DMI string system-product-name: "System Product Name" DMI string system-version: "System Version" DMI string baseboard-manufacturer: "ASUSTeK Computer INC." DMI string baseboard-product-name: "M4N78-AM" DMI string baseboard-version: "Rev X.0x" DMI string chassis-type: "Desktop" Found chipset "NVIDIA MCP78S", enabling flash write... This chipset is not really supported yet. Guesswork... ISA/LPC bridge reg 0x8a contents: 0x40, bit 6 is 1, bit 5 is 0 Guessed flash bus type is SPI Found SMBus device 10de:0752 at 00:01:1 SPI BAR is at 0xf7f80000, after clearing low bits BAR is at 0xf7f80000 Mapping MCP67 SPI at 0xf7f80000, unaligned size 0x544. SPI control is 0xc01a, enable=0, idle=0 Please send the output of "flashrom -V" to flashrom@flashrom.org to help us finish support for your chipset. Thanks. SPI on this chipset is not supported yet. OK. This chipset supports the following protocols: None. Calibrating delay loop... 1154M loops per second, 10 myus = 10 us, 100 myus = 100 us, 1000 myus = 1002 us, 10000 myus = 9992 us, OK. Probing for AMD Am29F010A/B, 128 KB: skipped. Probing for AMD Am29F002(N)BB, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for AMD Am29F002(N)BT, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for AMD Am29F016D, 2048 KB: skipped. Probing for AMD Am29F040B, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for AMD Am29F080B, 1024 KB: skipped. Probing for AMD Am29LV040B, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for AMD Am29LV081B, 1024 KB: skipped. Probing for ASD AE49F2008, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for Atmel AT25DF021, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for Atmel AT25DF041A, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for Atmel AT25DF081, 1024 KB: skipped. Probing for Atmel AT25DF161, 2048 KB: skipped. Probing for Atmel AT25DF321, 4096 KB: skipped. Probing for Atmel AT25DF321A, 4096 KB: skipped. Probing for Atmel AT25DF641, 8192 KB: skipped. Probing for Atmel AT25F512B, 64 KB: skipped. Probing for Atmel AT25FS010, 128 KB: skipped. Probing for Atmel AT25FS040, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for Atmel AT26DF041, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for Atmel AT26DF081A, 1024 KB: skipped. Probing for Atmel AT26DF161, 2048 KB: skipped. Probing for Atmel AT26DF161A, 2048 KB: skipped. Probing for Atmel AT26F004, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for Atmel AT29C512, 64 KB: skipped. Probing for Atmel AT29C010A, 128 KB: skipped. Probing for Atmel AT29C020, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for Atmel AT29C040A, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for Atmel AT45CS1282, 16896 KB: skipped. Probing for Atmel AT45DB011D, 128 KB: skipped. Probing for Atmel AT45DB021D, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for Atmel AT45DB041D, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for Atmel AT45DB081D, 1024 KB: skipped. Probing for Atmel AT45DB161D, 2048 KB: skipped. Probing for Atmel AT45DB321C, 4224 KB: skipped. Probing for Atmel AT45DB321D, 4096 KB: skipped. Probing for Atmel AT45DB642D, 8192 KB: skipped. Probing for Atmel AT49BV512, 64 KB: skipped. Probing for Atmel AT49F002(N), 256 KB: skipped. Probing for Atmel AT49F002(N)T, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for AMIC A25L40PT, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for AMIC A25L40PU, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for AMIC A29002B, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for AMIC A29002T, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for AMIC A29040B, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for AMIC A49LF040A, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for EMST F49B002UA, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for Eon EN25B05, 64 KB: skipped. Probing for Eon EN25B05T, 64 KB: skipped. Probing for Eon EN25B10, 128 KB: skipped. Probing for Eon EN25B10T, 128 KB: skipped. Probing for Eon EN25B20, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for Eon EN25B20T, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for Eon EN25B40, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for Eon EN25B40T, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for Eon EN25B80, 1024 KB: skipped. Probing for Eon EN25B80T, 1024 KB: skipped. Probing for Eon EN25B16, 2048 KB: skipped. Probing for Eon EN25B16T, 2048 KB: skipped. Probing for Eon EN25B32, 4096 KB: skipped. Probing for Eon EN25B32T, 4096 KB: skipped. Probing for Eon EN25B64, 8192 KB: skipped. Probing for Eon EN25B64T, 8192 KB: skipped. Probing for Eon EN25D16, 2048 KB: skipped. Probing for Eon EN25F05, 64 KB: skipped. Probing for Eon EN25F10, 128 KB: skipped. Probing for Eon EN25F20, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for Eon EN25F40, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for Eon EN25F80, 1024 KB: skipped. Probing for Eon EN25F16, 2048 KB: skipped. Probing for Eon EN25F32, 4096 KB: skipped. Probing for Eon EN29F010, 128 KB: skipped. Probing for EON EN29F002(A)(N)B, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for EON EN29F002(A)(N)T, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for Fujitsu MBM29F004BC, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for Fujitsu MBM29F004TC, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for Fujitsu MBM29F400BC, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for Fujitsu MBM29F400TC, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for Intel 28F001BX-B, 128 KB: skipped. Probing for Intel 28F001BX-T, 128 KB: skipped. Probing for Intel 28F004S5, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for Intel 28F004BV/BE-B, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for Intel 28F004BV/BE-T, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for Intel 28F400BV/CV/CE-B, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for Intel 28F400BV/CV/CE-T, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for Intel 82802AB, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for Intel 82802AC, 1024 KB: skipped. Probing for Macronix MX25L512, 64 KB: skipped. Probing for Macronix MX25L1005, 128 KB: skipped. Probing for Macronix MX25L2005, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for Macronix MX25L4005, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for Macronix MX25L8005, 1024 KB: skipped. Probing for Macronix MX25L1605, 2048 KB: skipped. Probing for Macronix MX25L1635D, 2048 KB: skipped. Probing for Macronix MX25L3205, 4096 KB: skipped. Probing for Macronix MX25L3235D, 4096 KB: skipped. Probing for Macronix MX25L6405, 8192 KB: skipped. Probing for Macronix MX25L12805, 16384 KB: skipped. Probing for Macronix MX29F001B, 128 KB: skipped. Probing for Macronix MX29F001T, 128 KB: skipped. Probing for Macronix MX29F002B, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for Macronix MX29F002T, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for Macronix MX29LV040, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for Numonyx M25PE10, 128 KB: skipped. Probing for Numonyx M25PE20, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for Numonyx M25PE40, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for Numonyx M25PE80, 1024 KB: skipped. Probing for Numonyx M25PE16, 2048 KB: skipped. Probing for PMC Pm25LV010, 128 KB: skipped. Probing for PMC Pm25LV016B, 2048 KB: skipped. Probing for PMC Pm25LV020, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for PMC Pm25LV040, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for PMC Pm25LV080B, 1024 KB: skipped. Probing for PMC Pm25LV512, 64 KB: skipped. Probing for PMC Pm29F002T, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for PMC Pm29F002B, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for PMC Pm39LV010, 128 KB: skipped. Probing for PMC Pm39LV020, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for PMC Pm39LV040, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for PMC Pm49FL002, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for PMC Pm49FL004, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for Sanyo LF25FW203A, 2048 KB: skipped. Probing for Sharp LHF00L04, 1024 KB: skipped. Probing for Spansion S25FL008A, 1024 KB: skipped. Probing for Spansion S25FL016A, 2048 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST25VF016B, 2048 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST25VF032B, 4096 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST25VF040.REMS, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST25VF040B, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST25VF040B.REMS, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST25VF080B, 1024 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST28SF040A, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST29EE010, 128 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST29LE010, 128 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST29EE020A, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST29LE020, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST39SF512, 64 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST39SF010A, 128 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST39SF020A, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST39SF040, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST39VF512, 64 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST39VF010, 128 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST39VF020, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST39VF040, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST39VF080, 1024 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST49LF002A/B, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST49LF003A/B, 384 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST49LF004A/B, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST49LF004C, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST49LF008A, 1024 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST49LF008C, 1024 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST49LF016C, 2048 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST49LF020, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST49LF020A, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST49LF040, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST49LF040B, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST49LF080A, 1024 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST49LF160C, 2048 KB: skipped. Probing for ST M25P05-A, 64 KB: skipped. Probing for ST M25P05.RES, 64 KB: skipped. Probing for ST M25P10-A, 128 KB: skipped. Probing for ST M25P10.RES, 128 KB: skipped. Probing for ST M25P20, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for ST M25P40, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for ST M25P40-old, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for ST M25P80, 1024 KB: skipped. Probing for ST M25P16, 2048 KB: skipped. Probing for ST M25P32, 4096 KB: skipped. Probing for ST M25P64, 8192 KB: skipped. Probing for ST M25P128, 16384 KB: skipped. Probing for ST M29F002B, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for ST M29F002T/NT, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for ST M29F040B, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for ST M29F400BT, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for ST M29W010B, 128 KB: skipped. Probing for ST M29W040B, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for ST M29W512B, 64 KB: skipped. Probing for ST M50FLW040A, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for ST M50FLW040B, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for ST M50FLW080A, 1024 KB: skipped. Probing for ST M50FLW080B, 1024 KB: skipped. Probing for ST M50FW002, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for ST M50FW016, 2048 KB: skipped. Probing for ST M50FW040, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for ST M50FW080, 1024 KB: skipped. Probing for ST M50LPW116, 2048 KB: skipped. Probing for SyncMOS S29C31004T, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for SyncMOS S29C51001T, 128 KB: skipped. Probing for SyncMOS S29C51002T, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for SyncMOS S29C51004T, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for TI TMS29F002RB, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for TI TMS29F002RT, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for Winbond W25x10, 128 KB: skipped. Probing for Winbond W25x20, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for Winbond W25x40, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for Winbond W25x80, 1024 KB: skipped. Probing for Winbond W25x16, 2048 KB: skipped. Probing for Winbond W25x32, 4096 KB: skipped. Probing for Winbond W25x64, 8192 KB: skipped. Probing for Winbond W29C011, 128 KB: skipped. Probing for Winbond W29C020C, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for Winbond W29C040P, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for Winbond W29EE011, 128 KB: skipped. Probing for Winbond W39V040A, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for Winbond W39V040B, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for Winbond W39V040C, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for Winbond W39V040FA, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for Winbond W39V080A, 1024 KB: skipped. Probing for Winbond W49F002U, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for Winbond W49V002A, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for Winbond W49V002FA, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for Winbond W39V080FA, 1024 KB: skipped. Probing for Winbond W39V080FA (dual mode), 512 KB: skipped. Probing for Atmel unknown Atmel SPI chip, 0 KB: skipped. Probing for EON unknown EON SPI chip, 0 KB: skipped. Probing for Macronix unknown Macronix SPI chip, 0 KB: skipped. Probing for PMC unknown PMC SPI chip, 0 KB: skipped. Probing for SST unknown SST SPI chip, 0 KB: skipped. Probing for ST unknown ST SPI chip, 0 KB: skipped. Probing for Sanyo unknown Sanyo SPI chip, 0 KB: skipped. Probing for Generic unknown SPI chip (RDID), 0 KB: skipped. Probing for Generic unknown SPI chip (REMS), 0 KB: skipped. No EEPROM/flash device found. If you know which flash chip you have, and if this version of flashrom supports a similar flash chip, you can try to force read your chip. Run: flashrom -f -r -c similar_supported_flash_chip filename
Note: flashrom can never write when the flash chip isn't found automatically.