Hi Idwer, The flash is on Macbook motherboard and I am using Pomona test clip (next time I think I would buy 3M clip), the same that ISP page on this site shows. The cable length is about 8 inches, so I think it should be pretty safe. I haven't tried to powered on the laptop in order to read the flash. I keep the battery removed. I could desolder the flash but I want to avoid it. Thanks!
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 02:10:59 +0100 From: vidwer@gmail.com To: flashrom@flashrom.org Subject: Re: [flashrom] Issues recognizing Macronics 25L3205D using UM232H-B-WE
2014-02-03 Jay Khan greekhero@hotmail.com:
Thanks Idwer for your quick response.
I changed the HOLD and WP to VCC still no luck; I am attaching the output with -V option; but it now does seem to detect the ID1 and ID2:
Probing for Macronix MX25L3205D/MX25L3208D, 4096 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x7f7f, id2 0x7f
This is where you have to tell us where the chip is connected to, or if it is desoldered :) The wiki page http://flashrom.org/ISP describes "the procedure of writing a flash chip while it is (already/still) attached to the circuit it is to be used with".
Still gives the error as before:
Found Generic flash chip "unknown SPI chip (RDID)" (0 kB, SPI) on ft2232_spi. Probing for Generic unknown SPI chip (REMS), 0 kB: probe_spi_rems: id1 0x7f, id2 0x7f Found Generic flash chip "unknown SPI chip (RDID)" (0 kB, SPI). ===
From the attached log file: ....