Thank you for helping, even if there is no fix, or my mobo dies waiting. This is exactly why I joined the linux community. Incase this is helpful this is the failure in progress... falserunes@TITANIUM:~$ cd bios falserunes@TITANIUM:~/bios$ sudo flashrom -w 315.rom [sudo] password for falserunes: flashrom v0.9.3-r1291 on Linux 2.6.35-28-generic (x86_64), built with libpci 3.1.7, GCC 4.4.5, little endian flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org
Calibrating delay loop... delay loop is unreliable, trying to continue OK. Found chipset "ATI SB400", enabling flash write... OK. This chipset supports the following protocols: Non-SPI. Found chip "PMC Pm49FL004" (512 KB, LPC,FWH) at physical address 0xfff80000. Flash image seems to be a legacy BIOS. Disabling checks. Erasing and writing flash chip... ERASE FAILED at 0x00000000! Expected=0xff, Read=0x25, failed byte count from 0x00000000-0x00000fff: 0xfed ERASE FAILED! ERASE FAILED at 0x00000000! Expected=0xff, Read=0x25, failed byte count from 0x00000000-0x0000ffff: 0xfee8 ERASE FAILED! ERASE FAILED at 0x00000000! Expected=0xff, Read=0x25, failed byte count from 0x00000000-0x0007ffff: 0x590c1 ERASE FAILED! Done. Verifying flash... VERIFY FAILED at 0x00000000! Expected=0x24, Read=0x25, failed byte count from 0x00000000-0x0007ffff: 0x51472 Your flash chip is in an unknown state. Get help on IRC at irc.freenode.net (channel #flashrom) or mail flashrom@flashrom.org with FAILED: your board name in the subject line! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DO NOT REBOOT OR POWEROFF! falserunes@TITANIUM:~/bios$