Hello, I've attached a verbose Flashrom report for a Dell Optiplex 980 I'm trying to flash. thank you.




flashrom v0.9.6.1-r1563 on Linux 3.8.0-19-generic (x86_64)
flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org

flashrom was built with libpci 3.1.9, GCC 4.7.1, little endian
Command line (5 args): flashrom -V -w O980-A09.hdr --programmer internal
Calibrating delay loop... OS timer resolution is 1 usecs, 1679M loops per second, 10 myus = 10 us, 100 myus = 104 us, 1000 myus = 976 us, 10000 myus = 10145 us, 4 myus = 5 us, OK.
Initializing internal programmer
No coreboot table found.
DMI string system-manufacturer: "Dell Inc."
DMI string system-product-name: "OptiPlex 980                 "
DMI string system-version: "Not Specified"
DMI string baseboard-manufacturer: "Dell Inc."
DMI string baseboard-product-name: "0D441T"
DMI string baseboard-version: "A01"
DMI string chassis-type: "Mini Tower"
Found chipset "Intel Q57" with PCI ID 8086:3b0a.
This chipset is marked as untested. If you are using an up-to-date version
of flashrom *and* were (not) able to successfully update your firmware with it,
then please email a report to flashrom@flashrom.org including a verbose (-V) log.
Thank you!
Enabling flash write...
0xfff80000/0xffb80000 FWH IDSEL: 0x0
0xfff00000/0xffb00000 FWH IDSEL: 0x0
0xffe80000/0xffa80000 FWH IDSEL: 0x0
0xffe00000/0xffa00000 FWH IDSEL: 0x0
0xffd80000/0xff980000 FWH IDSEL: 0x0
0xffd00000/0xff900000 FWH IDSEL: 0x0
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 enabled
0xffe00000/0xffa00000 FWH decode enabled
0xffd80000/0xff980000 FWH decode enabled
0xffd00000/0xff900000 FWH decode enabled
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: 0x300000 bytes
BIOS Lock Enable: enabled, BIOS Write Enable: disabled, BIOS_CNTL is 0x2
WARNING: Setting 0xdc from 0x2 to 0x3 on Q57 failed. New value is 0x2.
Root Complex Register Block address = 0xfeda8000
GCS = 0xc61: BIOS Interface Lock-Down: enabled, Boot BIOS Straps: 0x3 (SPI)
Top Swap : not enabled
SPIBAR = 0xfeda8000 + 0x3800
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: 0x0000 (HSFC)
HSFC: FGO=0, FCYCLE=0, FDBC=0, SME=0
0x08: 0x00000000 (FADDR)
0x50: 0x00000a0b (FRAP)
BMWAG 0x00, BMRAG 0x00, BRWA 0x0a, BRRA 0x0b
0x54: 0x00000000 FREG0: WARNING: Flash Descriptor region (0x00000000-0x00000fff) is read-only.
0x58: 0x09ff0700 FREG1: BIOS region (0x00700000-0x009fffff) is read-write.
0x5C: 0x06ff0023 FREG2: WARNING: Management Engine region (0x00023000-0x006fffff) is locked.
0x60: 0x00220021 FREG3: Gigabit Ethernet region (0x00021000-0x00022fff) is read-write.
0x64: 0x00200001 FREG4: WARNING: Platform Data region (0x00001000-0x00020fff) is locked.
Please send a verbose log to flashrom@flashrom.org if this board is not listed on
http://flashrom.org/Supported_hardware#Supported_mainboards yet.
Writes have been disabled. You can enforce write support with the
ich_spi_force programmer option, but it will most likely harm your hardware!
If you force flashrom you will get no support if something breaks.
0x90: 0x04 (SSFS)
SSFS: SCIP=0, FDONE=1, FCERR=0, AEL=0
0x91: 0xf84054 (SSFC)
SSFC: SCGO=0, ACS=1, SPOP=0, COP=5, DBC=0, SME=0, SCF=0
0x94: 0x0606     (PREOP)
0x96: 0x4fc8     (OPTYPE)
0x98: 0x029fabab (OPMENU)
0x9C: 0x01050220 (OPMENU+4)
0xA0: 0x00000000 (BBAR)
0xC4: 0x00802005 (LVSCC)
LVSCC: BES=0x1, WG=1, WSR=0, WEWS=0, EO=0x20, VCL=1
0xC8: 0x00002005 (UVSCC)
UVSCC: BES=0x1, WG=1, WSR=0, WEWS=0, EO=0x20, VCL=0
0xD0: 0x00000000 (FPB)

Enabling hardware sequencing due to multiple flash chips detected.
SPI Read Configuration: prefetching disabled, caching enabled, PROBLEMS, continuing anyway
The following protocols are supported: FWH, Programmer-specific.
Probing for Programmer Opaque flash chip, 0 kB: Found 2 attached SPI flash chips with a combined density of 10240 kB.
There is only one partition containing the whole address space (0x000000 - 0x9fffff).
There are 2560 erase blocks with 4096 B each.
Found Programmer flash chip "Opaque flash chip" (10240 kB, Programmer-specific) at physical address 0x0.
Probing for Atmel AT49LH002, 256 kB: probe_82802ab: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content
Probing for Intel 82802AB, 512 kB: probe_82802ab: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, 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 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content
Probing for PMC Pm49FL004, 512 kB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, 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 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content
Probing for SST SST49LF003A/B, 384 kB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content
Probing for SST SST49LF004A/B, 512 kB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content
Probing for SST SST49LF004C, 512 kB: probe_82802ab: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, 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: probe_82802ab: id1 0xdc, id2 0x7a, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content
Probing for ST M50FLW040A, 512 kB: probe_82802ab: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content
Probing for ST M50FLW040B, 512 kB: probe_82802ab: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, 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 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content
Probing for ST M50FW016, 2048 kB: probe_82802ab: id1 0xdc, id2 0x7a, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content
Probing for ST M50FW040, 512 kB: probe_82802ab: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, 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 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content
Probing for Winbond W39V040FB, 512 kB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content
Probing for Winbond W39V040FC, 512 kB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content
Probing for Winbond W49V002FA, 256 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, 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 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content
Found Programmer flash chip "Opaque flash chip" (10240 kB, Programmer-specific).
Write/erase is not working yet on your programmer in its current configuration.
Aborting.
Restoring MMIO space at 0x7f27650948a0
Restoring PCI config space for 00:1f:0 reg 0xdc