*Flash chip is Atmel 26DF081A, I'm finding that I can't read it in-circuit either, with a TL866A programmer and clip.

flashrom v0.9.7-r1782 on Linux 3.16.0-4-586 (i686)
flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org

flashrom was built with libpci 3.2.1, GCC 4.8.2, little endian
Command line (3 args): flashrom -p internal -V
Calibrating delay loop... OS timer resolution is 1 usecs, 2386M loops per second, 10 myus = 10 us, 100 myus = 100 us, 1000 myus = 999 us, 10000 myus = 14067 us, 4 myus = 4 us, OK.
Initializing internal programmer
No coreboot table found.
Using Internal DMI decoder.
DMI string chassis-type: "Desktop"
DMI string system-manufacturer: "                                "
DMI string system-product-name: "                                "
DMI string system-version: "                        "
DMI string baseboard-manufacturer: "Intel Corporation"
DMI string baseboard-product-name: "DG965SS"
DMI string baseboard-version: "AAD41678-308"
W836xx enter config mode worked or we were already in config mode. W836xx leave config mode had no effect.
Active config mode, unknown reg 0x20 ID: f1.
Please send the output of "flashrom -V" to
flashrom@flashrom.org with W836xx: your board name: flashrom -V
as the subject to help us finish support for your Super I/O. Thanks.
Found chipset "Intel ICH8/ICH8R" with PCI ID 8086:2810. Enabling flash write... Root Complex Register Block address = 0xfed1c000
GCS = 0x400464: BIOS Interface Lock-Down: disabled, Boot BIOS Straps: 0x1 (SPI)
Top Swap : not enabled

0xfff80000/0xffb80000 FWH IDSEL: 0x0
0xfff00000/0xffb00000 FWH IDSEL: 0x0
0xffe80000/0xffa80000 FWH IDSEL: 0x1
0xffe00000/0xffa00000 FWH IDSEL: 0x1
0xffd80000/0xff980000 FWH IDSEL: 0x2
0xffd00000/0xff900000 FWH IDSEL: 0x2
0xffc80000/0xff880000 FWH IDSEL: 0x3
0xffc00000/0xff800000 FWH IDSEL: 0x3
0xff700000/0xff300000 FWH IDSEL: 0x4
0xff600000/0xff200000 FWH IDSEL: 0x5
0xff500000/0xff100000 FWH IDSEL: 0x6
0xff400000/0xff000000 FWH IDSEL: 0x7
0xfff80000/0xffb80000 FWH decode enabled
0xfff00000/0xffb00000 FWH decode enabled
0xffe80000/0xffa80000 FWH decode disabled
0xffe00000/0xffa00000 FWH decode disabled
0xffd80000/0xff980000 FWH decode disabled
0xffd00000/0xff900000 FWH decode disabled
0xffc80000/0xff880000 FWH decode disabled
0xffc00000/0xff800000 FWH decode disabled
0xff700000/0xff300000 FWH decode disabled
0xff600000/0xff200000 FWH decode disabled
0xff500000/0xff100000 FWH decode disabled
0xff400000/0xff000000 FWH decode disabled
Maximum FWH chip size: 0x100000 bytesSPI Read Configuration: prefetching disabled, caching enabled,
BIOS_CNTL = 0x02: BIOS Lock Enable: enabled, BIOS Write Enable: disabled
Warning: Setting Bios Control at 0xdc from 0x02 to 0x01 failed.
New value is 0x02.
SPIBAR = 0xb77be000 + 0x3020
0x04: 0xe008 (HSFS)
HSFS: FDONE=0, FCERR=0, AEL=0, BERASE=1, SCIP=0, FDOPSS=1, FDV=1, FLOCKDN=1
Warning: SPI Configuration Lockdown activated.
Reading OPCODES... done
0x06: 0x3f00 (HSFC)
HSFC: FGO=0, FCYCLE=0, FDBC=63, SME=0
0x50: 0x00000a0b (FRAP)
BMWAG 0x00, BMRAG 0x00, BRWA 0x0a, BRRA 0x0b
0x54: 0x00000000 FREG0: Warning: Flash Descriptor region (0x00000000-0x00000fff) is read-only.
0x58: 0x00ff0035 FREG1: BIOS region (0x00035000-0x000fffff) is read-write.
0x5C: 0x00340003 FREG2: Warning: Management Engine region (0x00003000-0x00034fff) is locked.
0x60: 0x00020001 FREG3: Gigabit Ethernet region (0x00001000-0x00002fff) is read-write.
Not all flash regions are freely accessible by flashrom. This is most likely
due to an active ME. Please see http://flashrom.org/ME for details.
Writes have been disabled for safety reasons. You can enforce write
support with the ich_spi_force programmer option, but you will most likely
harm your hardware! If you force flashrom you will get no support if
something breaks. On a few mainboards it is possible to enable write
access by setting a jumper (see its documentation or the board itself).
0x90: 0x00 (SSFS)
SSFS: SCIP=0, FDONE=0, FCERR=0, AEL=0
0x91: 0x004024 (SSFC)
SSFC: SCGO=0, ACS=1, SPOP=0, COP=2, DBC=0, SME=0, SCF=0
0x94: 0x0000     (PREOP)
0x96: 0x0008     (OPTYPE)
0x98: 0x0000ab9f (OPMENU)
0x9C: 0x00000000 (OPMENU+4)
0xC1: 0xffffffff (VSCC)
VSCC: BES=0x3, WG=1, WSR=1, WEWS=1, EO=0xff, VCL=1

Enabling hardware sequencing because some important opcode is locked.
PROBLEMS, continuing anyway
The following protocols are supported: FWH, Programmer-specific.
Probing for Programmer Opaque flash chip, 0 kB: Found 1 attached SPI flash chip with a density of 1024 kB.
There is only one partition containing the whole address space (0x000000 - 0x0fffff).
There are 256 erase blocks with 4096 B each.
Found Programmer flash chip "Opaque flash chip" (1024 kB, Programmer-specific) at physical address 0x0.
Probing for Atmel AT49LH002, 256 kB: probe_82802ab: id1 0x77, id2 0x8e, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content
Probing for Intel 82802AB, 512 kB: probe_82802ab: id1 0x14, id2 0xa0, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content
Probing for Intel 82802AC, 1024 kB: probe_82802ab: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content
Probing for PMC Pm49FL002, 256 kB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0x77, id2 0x8e, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content
Probing for PMC Pm49FL004, 512 kB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0x14, id2 0xa0, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content
Probing for Sharp LHF00L04, 1024 kB: probe_82802ab: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content
Probing for SST SST49LF002A/B, 256 kB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0x77, id2 0x8e, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content
Probing for SST SST49LF003A/B, 384 kB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0x60, id2 0x7c, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content
Probing for SST SST49LF004A/B, 512 kB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0x14, id2 0xa0, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content
Probing for SST SST49LF004C, 512 kB: probe_82802ab: id1 0x14, id2 0xa0, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content
Probing for SST SST49LF008A, 1024 kB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content
Probing for SST SST49LF008C, 1024 kB: probe_82802ab: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content
Probing for SST SST49LF016C, 2048 kB: Chip size 2048 kB is bigger than supported size 1024 kB of chipset/board/programmer for FWH interface, probe/read/erase/write may fail. probe_82802ab: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content
Probing for ST M50FLW040A, 512 kB: probe_82802ab: id1 0x14, id2 0xa0, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content
Probing for ST M50FLW040B, 512 kB: probe_82802ab: id1 0x14, id2 0xa0, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content
Probing for ST M50FLW080A, 1024 kB: probe_82802ab: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content
Probing for ST M50FLW080B, 1024 kB: probe_82802ab: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content
Probing for ST M50FW002, 256 kB: probe_82802ab: id1 0x77, id2 0x8e, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content
Probing for ST M50FW016, 2048 kB: Chip size 2048 kB is bigger than supported size 1024 kB of chipset/board/programmer for FWH interface, probe/read/erase/write may fail. probe_82802ab: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content
Probing for ST M50FW040, 512 kB: probe_82802ab: id1 0x14, id2 0xa0, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content
Probing for ST M50FW080, 1024 kB: probe_82802ab: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content
Probing for Winbond W39V040FA, 512 kB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0x14, id2 0xa0, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content
Probing for Winbond W39V040FB, 512 kB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0x14, id2 0xa0, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content
Probing for Winbond W39V040FC, 512 kB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0x14, id2 0xa0, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content
Probing for Winbond W49V002FA, 256 kB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0x77, id2 0x8e, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content
Probing for Winbond W39V080FA, 1024 kB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content
Probing for Winbond W39V080FA (dual mode), 512 kB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0x14, id2 0xa0, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content
Found Programmer flash chip "Opaque flash chip" (1024 kB, Programmer-specific).
No operations were specified.
Restoring PCI config space for 00:1f:0 reg 0xdc