2011/2/20 Jules Gosnell jules_gosnell@yahoo.com:
On 02/20/2011 12:55 AM, Idwer Vollering wrote:
2011/2/20 Jules Gosnelljules_gosnell@yahoo.com:
late night session...
feeling a little cavalier with some old hardware...
ran 'flashrom' - seemed to be happy...
made a backup of my existing bios - still happy...
wrote my new bios - flashrom reported job done no problems...still happy...
I reboot, kicking myself for hours of messing around with various versions of windows trying and failing to update my bios that way...
suddenly - box NOT happy :-(
three short beeps, pause, three short beeps...
I power down, power up - three short beeps repeating - argh !!!
Tyan's support page 'demands' that you reset the CMOS after flashing, here's how you do that: http://www.tyan.com/archive/support/html/clear_cmos.html
Thanks - I did this and my box came up again !
Good.
What's more, it now recognises my 2TB sata drive :-)
:)
Panic over - I should have RTFM-ed ...
Thanks for all your help - and for flashrom - it performed perfectly - I just wish I could say the same for myself.
I am curious where you pulled this image, 2885V208.rom, from. Is it a *stable* (non-beta) BIOS ?
Calling it a night now.
Jules
Three beeps indicate memory problems, see chapter 8:
http://www.ami.com/support/doc/AMIBIOS8_Checkpoint_and_Beep_Code_List_PUB.pd...
If the CMOS reset doesn't work, hopefully a bootblock recovery will help you out (chapter 3): http://www.ami.com/support/doc/AMIBIOS8_Flash_Recovery_Whitepaper_v10.pdf
M/B is/was? a Tyan Thunder, with a pair of old opterons on it.
New bios version, carefully hunted down online was - 2885V208.rom.
flashrom worked flawlessly, so no doubt this is pilot error - most likely I have installed the wrong image.
Latest version is V2.07: http://www.tyan.com/archive/support/html/b_s2885.html
Do I chuck the m/b and get another on eBay, or is it salvageable ? I think I saw someone online selling BIOS chips
This wiki page is what you are looking for, it lists some companies that offer replacement chips:
http://www.coreboot.org/FAQ#Where_can_I_buy_BIOS_chips_.28empty_or_pre-flash...
- maybe, if I knew which chip it
was, I could unplug mine and plug a new one in - if it's not all soldered down...
(Reference) image of the board: http://www.tyan.com/archive/support/assets/images/s2885_revID.jpg
I'm afraid I don't know much about BIOSes. They are not something I play with every day. I was just trying to persuade my old box to see a new 2TB SATA drive so it could retire into my loft to run mythtvbackend...
any help appreciated,
regards.
Jules
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