I get the long error message shown below but I can't find the log file to show you I don't know where it is, it's not in /var/log I assume there's only one Winbond chip on the board I found the Winbond chip and assume it's the bios chip
This flash part has status NOT WORKING for operations: PROBE READ ERASE WRITE The test status of this chip may have been updated in the latest development version of flashrom. If you are running the latest development version, please email a report to flashrom at flashrom.org if any of the above operations work correctly for you with this flash chip. Please include the flashrom log file for all operations you tested (see the man page for details), and mention which mainboard or programmer you tested in the subject line. Thanks for your help! Read is not working on this chip. Aborting. [florin at stick flashrom]$ sudo ./flashrom -p ch341a_spi -r ~/Desktop/bios.bin flashrom v0.9.9-r1954 on Linux 4.10.11-1-ARCH (x86_64) flashrom is free software, get the source code at https://flashrom.org
Calibrating delay loop... ^[[AOK.
Found Generic flash chip "unknown SPI chip (RDID)" (0 kB, SPI) on ch341a_spi. === This flash part has status NOT WORKING for operations: PROBE READ ERASE WRITE The test status of this chip may have been updated in the latest development version of flashrom. If you are running the latest development version, please email a report to flashrom at flashrom.org if any of the above operations work correctly for you with this flash chip. Please include the flashrom log file for all operations you tested (see the man page for details), and mention which mainboard or programmer you tested in the subject line. Thanks for your help! Read is not working on this chip. Aborting.