I courageously tried to flash my Shuttle xpc SN25P10-H3Ih00-13's bios via flashrom after writing my original bios to a file ("flashrom -r test.img"). Then, I tried to write the most recent flash image provided by Shuttle to the bios, which failed. Writing back the previously saved file failed, too, with a different error message. The machine is still switched on.
Of course, _any_ help is appreciated! Ulf
ulf-pc:~# flashrom flashrom v0.9.1-r706 No coreboot table found. Found chipset "NVIDIA CK804", enabling flash write... OK. This chipset supports the following protocols: Non-SPI. Calibrating delay loop... OK. Found chip "SST SST49LF004A/B" (512 KB, FWH) at physical address 0xfff80000. No operations were specified. ulf-pc:~# flashrom -w /tmp/floppy/fn25s02a.bin flashrom v0.9.1-r706 No coreboot table found. Found chipset "NVIDIA CK804", enabling flash write... OK. This chipset supports the following protocols: Non-SPI. Calibrating delay loop... OK. Found chip "SST SST49LF004A/B" (512 KB, FWH) at physical address 0xfff80000. Flash image seems to be a legacy BIOS. Disabling checks. Writing flash chip... Programming page: 0007 at address: 0x00070000 COMPLETE. Verifying flash... VERIFY FAILED at 0x00005455! Expected=0xff, Read=0xaa, failed byte count from 0x00000000-0x0007ffff: 0x50d2 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! ulf-pc:~# flashrom -w test.img flashrom v0.9.1-r706 No coreboot table found. Found chipset "NVIDIA CK804", enabling flash write... OK. This chipset supports the following protocols: Non-SPI. Calibrating delay loop... OK. Found chip "SST SST49LF004A/B" (512 KB, FWH) at physical address 0xfff80000. Flash image seems to be a legacy BIOS. Disabling checks. Writing flash chip... ERASE FAILED at 0x0006b000! Expected=0xff, Read=0x00, failed byte count from 0x00060000-0x0006ffff: 0x3e21 ERASE FAILED! ERASE FAILED! ERASE 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!