root@td-4 m630a18 $ flashrom -w M630A_18.BIN flashrom v0.9.2-r1001 on Linux 2.6.33-ARCH (x86_64), built with libpci 3.1.7, GCC 4.5.0 20100520 (prerelease) flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org No coreboot table found. Found chipset "Intel ICH9R", enabling flash write... OK. This chipset supports the following protocols: FWH,SPI. Calibrating delay loop... OK. Found chip "Winbond W39V080FA" (1024 KB, FWH) at physical address 0xfff00000. === This flash part has status UNTESTED for operations: PROBE READ ERASE WRITE 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! === Error: hardware bootblock locking (#TBL). Error: hardware block locking (#WP). 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: 0xc88 ERASE FAILED! ERASE FAILED at 0x00000000! Expected=0xff, Read=0x49, failed byte count from 0x00000000-0x000fffff: 0x7fa4e 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!