Hello there...,
My name is ilhan and I have just started to use a linux operating system, so I am new to all of these linux applications... While I am using this operating system, my self-confidence about diving into more tough stuff like *flashtom-0.9.4. *, has pushed me a downgrade flashing attempt on my motherboard, *Asus M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3*.
Actually, I have tried a downgrade flashing whit my mobo's official applications, such as *asus update and bupdater, *in both FreeDos and * *Win7 environments but, this did not help me and kept saying that " you are trying to load an old version of bios"...
So, I downloaded flashrom-0.9.4 source, installed it according to README file, read its manual (http://www.flashrom.org/trac/flashrom/browser/trunk/flashrom.8) and finally *I made a backup file*.
While playing around these linux applications and procrastinating my bios flashing, days gone by... Then one day :)... I just decided to flash my bios because of increased freezings and shutdowns in Win7, without being aware of that I have lost my usb stick in which I backup my mobos image whit using:
sudo flashrom -r m4a88tdbackup
In other words; I, unconsciously, started the flashing whit out having a backup file...
I simbly downloaded my old bios to my desktop (M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3 BIOS 1601)from: http://support.asus.com/download/download_item_mkt.aspx?slanguage=en-us&...
I named this file as m4a88tdnew.ROM
and continue with ...
ilhan@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ >> sudo flashrom -E ilhan@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ >> sudo flashrom -w m4a88tdnew.ROM
After flashrom *verified that the chip (winbond W25Q16) content and the file content was same*, I hit the re-start button and this was the end of my computer :) It has not respond anything after that, not even any fan has cycled... I have already tried the firmware CD and usb which both contains the m4a88tu3.rom ( I think its the equivalent of the amitool.rom in the asus due to user guide instructions), have clear the cmos without its battery and have un-plugged everything (expect cpu) in various combinations... All I have now, at start, CD-rom trying to read the CDs but it gives up quickly and the most important the cpu fan and the cpu ( I guess) does not work...
Trying all of this with out any luck, I decided to buy a new but cheaper mobo. I bought a Asus M4N68T-M ( *with Nvidia MCP61 chipset (un-tested) and Eon EN25F80 flash chip*). I plugged everything on this mobo and it just working like a charm.
With this new card I continued my attempts to flash my old cards chip but, I realized that I have no enough skills even making a simple confirmation of that: did I succeed it, in a right way. I decided to go in short way, made a simple search on the issue and found the* yann's report *( http://paste.flashrom.org/view.php?id=687) about my old card. I requested from him to send me his back up image file via e-mail and he, kindly, said that he hadn't got any backup and directed me to the Asus support site which I already tried.
*After all of this, as a last resort, I decided to stole your precious time for my unimportant problem... Can you help me about it. Can I resque my old card and how? I thought, if you can help me, in return of this help; I could contribute by sending you a report about both my new and old mobos :) I thing it is a good deal...:))
So How can I flash my old card's chip in my new card and verify its flashed in a right way?
I thank you very much by now for just reading this long. *
Have a good day....