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.
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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!
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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!
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DO NOT REBOOT OR POWEROFF!
What should I do now?
Thanks!
~Dan