Yea, tried to discharge the motherboard, taken out CMOS battery too, it didn't help. I don't know if this is programmer related or not, I have reflashed 2 types of BIOS SPI chips with it, EN25QH16 and W25Q32BV. But these chips are maybe different from KB9012's debug interface. I can't get a CH341A for now, maybe some months later. It would be good to recover the laptop if it's possible with the tools I have currently, but not very urgent. Here is the programmer's config, if it helps: https://github.com/flashrom/flashrom/blob/master/rayer_spi.c

Mike Banon <mikebdp2@gmail.com> ezt írta (időpont: 2019. jan. 9., Sze, 18:59):
Just to double-check: please discharge the motherboard completely by
trying to turn it on while there is no power adapter connected, then
unite three grounds (KB9012 / programmer / motherboard ) and only then
connect the board's power adapter . After doing all that, please check
if you could read it now. Also, what if your issues are programmer
related? Is it possible for you to try another programmer, like CH341A
? (because it costs like $2-$3 with free shipping from china, just
prefer to get a green PCB version because there were some 3.3/5V
issues with some black PCB CH341A , and blue PCB version costs the
same low price while having fewer pins) Or maybe you could get it
locally for a (hopefully) small premium if you're in hurry

On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 3:20 PM Nyúlós Lónyál <udpsendtofailed@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Mike!
>
> I've followed the linked guide, it gave me these results. The grounds are united, still the same error happens. I have tried to GND pin 42 of KB9012 as mentioned in the guide, and tried to connect both pin 41 and 42 to GND, as in KBC's datasheet at EDI related part, still no success, flashrom doesn't detect it.
>
> Mike Banon <mikebdp2@gmail.com> ezt írta (időpont: 2019. jan. 8., K, 16:08):
>>
>> Hi Nyulos,
>> Have you tried following the KB9012 flashing instructions at
>> DangerousPrototypes wiki?
>> http://dangerousprototypes.com/docs/Flashing_KB9012_with_Bus_Pirate
>> Although that is for Bus Pirate / CH341A programmers and LA-A091P,
>> should be similar for your Rayer programmer and LA-8241P motherboard.
>> Most importantly, before plugging the power adapter you should unite
>> three grounds:
>> 1) GND of laptop's motherboard
>> 2) GND of your programmer
>> 3) GND of KB9012
>> Best regards,
>> Mike Banon
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 8, 2019 at 3:30 PM Nyúlós Lónyál <udpsendtofailed@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi!
>> >
>> > I'm trying to flash an ENE KB9012QF A3 KBC on LA-8241P motherboard. The problem is flashrom can't detect the internal SPI of it, fails with error.
>> >
>> > flashrom p1.0-141-g9cecc7e on Linux 4.15.0-20-generic (x86_64)
>> > flashrom is free software, get the source code at https://flashrom.org
>> >
>> > flashrom was built with libpci 3.5.2, GCC 7.3.0, little endian
>> > Command line (5 args): ./flashrom -p rayer_spi -c KB9012 (EDI) -V
>> > Using clock_gettime for delay loops (clk_id: 1, resolution: 1ns).
>> > Initializing rayer_spi programmer
>> > Using address 0x378 as I/O base for parallel port access.
>> > Using RayeR SPIPGM pinout.
>> > The following protocols are supported: SPI.
>> > Probing for ENE KB9012 (EDI), 128 kB: edi_chip_probe: reading hwversion failed
>> > No EEPROM/flash device found.
>> > Note: flashrom can never write if the flash chip isn't found automatically.
>> >
>> > How to get it working? Thanks a lot for help!
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