I was able to write the backup and run verify and it worked. I still haven't and won't restart my machine.

After restoring the backup, I tried again with the new BIOS and got the same error/issue. I was able to backup yet again without issue.

So I'm guessing it's more of a problem with the ROM image than the program writing the ROM. I've attached the ROM to see if that provides any insight.

Thanks again for the help!

Bill-

On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 8:22 PM, William Speirs <wspeirs@apache.org> wrote:

I will try writing the backup and certainly leave the machine on.

Thanks, and get some sleep ;-)

Bill-

On Jul 17, 2012 8:20 PM, "Stefan Tauner" <stefan.tauner@student.tuwien.ac.at> wrote:

On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 19:39:31 -0400
William Speirs <wspeirs@apache.org> wrote:

> 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?

Most importantly: dont reboot or shutdown that computer. (we really
mean it... but some users do it anyway, and brick their boards that
way)

i would try writing the backup image again to get to a safe state
again. the reason why it failed in the first place is not obvious to
me, but it is 2:00 AM here, so i might be overlooking something.
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Kind regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Stefan Tauner