Testing Dell Dimension 4100 : Pentium III and Intel 815 (82815 + 82801BA, ICH2) based desktop machine from ca yr 2000.
This chipset should be supported IIUC, but flash chip is not detected :(
Flashrom was run under MS-DOS (log appended) - notice how I had to specify the "not-a-laptop" override because of insufficient DMI tables. Please notice also the "warning" about being unable to set Bios Control at 0x4e : thus the question arises, is that Intel chipset variant supported or is it not ?
Additionally I ran 'Linux/sensors-detct' FWIW : "probing for Super-I/O at 0x2e/2f", "SMSC LPC47M10x/112/13x" fan sensors were found.
Any further software probe I can try before opening up the box in the hope of finding what BIOS chip was used by visual inspection ?
Regards... __________________________________________________________________ flashrom v0.9.6.1-r1624 on MS-DOS 7 (i686) flashrom was built with libpci 3.1.5, GCC 4.4.4, little endian Command line (7 args): c:/flashrom/flashrom.exe -p internal:laptop=this_is_not_a_laptop -V -r DELL.BIN -o READ.LOG Calibrating delay loop... OS timer resolution is 50000 usecs, 486M loops per second, 10 myus = 0 us, 100 myus = 0 us, 1000 myus = 0 us, 10000 myus = 0 us, 200000 myus = 270000 us, OK. Initializing internal programmer No coreboot table found. DMI string system-manufacturer: "Dell Computer Corporation " DMI string system-product-name: "XPS-Z " DMI string system-version: " " DMI string baseboard-manufacturer: "Intel Corporation " DMI string baseboard-product-name: "D815EEA " DMI string baseboard-version: "AAA10383-402 " DMI string chassis-type: "Unknown" DMI chassis-type is not specific enough. ======================================================================== WARNING! You may be running flashrom on an unsupported laptop.(....) You have been warned. ======================================================================== Proceeding anyway because user forced us to. Found chipset "Intel ICH2" with PCI ID 8086:2440. Enabling flash write... BIOS_CNTL = 0x02: BIOS Lock Enable: enabled, BIOS Write Enable: disabled WARNING: Setting Bios Control at 0x4e from 0x02 to 0x03 on ICH2 failed. New value is 0x02. FAILED! The following protocols are supported: FWH. Probing for Atmel AT49LH002, 256 kB: probe_82802ab: id1 0x93, id2 0x26, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content Probing for Intel 82802AB, 512 kB: probe_82802ab: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content Probing for Intel 82802AC, 1024 kB: probe_82802ab: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content Probing for PMC Pm49FL002, 256 kB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0x93, id2 0x26, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content Probing for PMC Pm49FL004, 512 kB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content Probing for Sharp LHF00L04, 1024 kB: probe_82802ab: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content Probing for SST SST49LF002A/B, 256 kB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0x93, id2 0x26, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content Probing for SST SST49LF003A/B, 384 kB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0xb2, id2 0xf1, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content Probing for SST SST49LF004A/B, 512 kB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content Probing for SST SST49LF004C, 512 kB: probe_82802ab: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content Probing for SST SST49LF008A, 1024 kB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content Probing for SST SST49LF008C, 1024 kB: probe_82802ab: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content Probing for SST SST49LF016C, 2048 kB: probe_82802ab: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content Probing for ST M50FLW040A, 512 kB: probe_82802ab: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content Probing for ST M50FLW040B, 512 kB: probe_82802ab: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content Probing for ST M50FLW080A, 1024 kB: probe_82802ab: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content Probing for ST M50FLW080B, 1024 kB: probe_82802ab: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content Probing for ST M50FW002, 256 kB: probe_82802ab: id1 0x93, id2 0x26, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content Probing for ST M50FW016, 2048 kB: probe_82802ab: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content Probing for ST M50FW040, 512 kB: probe_82802ab: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content Probing for ST M50FW080, 1024 kB: probe_82802ab: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content Probing for Winbond W39V040FA, 512 kB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content Probing for Winbond W39V040FB, 512 kB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content Probing for Winbond W39V040FC, 512 kB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content Probing for Winbond W49V002FA, 256 kB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0x93, id2 0x26, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content Probing for Winbond W39V080FA, 1024 kB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content Probing for Winbond W39V080FA (dual mode), 512 kB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content No EEPROM/flash device found. Note: flashrom can never write if the flash chip isn't found automatically. Restoring PCI config space for 00:1f:0 reg 0x4e _________________________________________________________________