Hello,
I received the following while trying to use flashrom to install an updated bios. I'm running Ubuntu 10.04. I have an ASUS M2NBP-VM CSM motherboard.
desktop2@Desktop2:~/Downloads$ sudo flashrom -w 1101.BIN flashrom v0.9.1-r946 No coreboot table found. Found ITE Super I/O, id 8716 Found chipset "NVIDIA MCP51", enabling flash write... OK. This chipset supports the following protocols: Non-SPI. Disabling flash write protection for board "ASUS M2NBP-VM CSM"... OK. Calibrating delay loop... OK. Found chip "SST SST49LF040B" (512 KB, LPC) at physical address 0xfff80000. === This flash part has status UNTESTED for operations: PROBE READ ERASE WRITE Please email a report to flashrom@flashrom.org if any of the above operations work correctly for you with this flash part. Please include the flashrom output with the additional -V option for all operations you tested (-V, -rV, -wV, -EV), and mention which mainboard or programmer you tested. Thanks for your help! === Flash image seems to be a legacy BIOS. Disabling checks. Writing flash chip... Erasing flash chip... ERASE FAILED at 0x00000000! Expected=0xff, Read=0x21, failed byte count from 0x00000000-0x00000fff: 0xfef ERASE FAILED! ERASE FAILED at 0x00000000! Expected=0xff, Read=0x21, failed byte count from 0x00000000-0x0000ffff: 0xff16 ERASE FAILED! FAILED! ERASE FAILED! FAILED! Your flash chip is in an unknown state. Get help on IRC at irc.freenode.net (channel #flashrom) or mail flashrom@flashrom.org! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DO NOT REBOOT OR POWEROFF!
What should I do now?
Thanks! ~Dan