flashrom v0.9.8-r1888 on Linux 4.0.5-1-desktop (x86_64) flashrom was built with libpci 3.3.0, GCC 4.8.3 20141208 [gcc-4_8-branch revision 218481], little endian Command line (5 args): /usr/sbin/flashrom -p internal -V -o Hewlett-PackardHPProBook6450b_146D_BIOS68CDEVer.F.0601_11_2011__20150817140257.txt Calibrating delay loop... OS timer resolution is 3 usecs, 1458M loops per second, 10 myus = 10 us, 100 myus = 109 us, 1000 myus = 1009 us, 10000 myus = 10039 us, 12 myus = 12 us, OK. Initializing internal programmer No coreboot table found. Using Internal DMI decoder. DMI string chassis-type: "Notebook" Laptop detected via DMI. DMI string system-manufacturer: "Hewlett-Packard" DMI string system-product-name: "HP ProBook 6450b" DMI string system-version: " " DMI string baseboard-manufacturer: "Hewlett-Packard" DMI string baseboard-product-name: "146D" DMI string baseboard-version: "KBC Version 73.13" ======================================================================== WARNING! You seem to be running flashrom on an unsupported laptop. Laptops, notebooks and netbooks are difficult to support and we recommend to use the vendor flashing utility. The embedded controller (EC) in these machines often interacts badly with flashing. See the manpage and http://www.flashrom.org/Laptops for details. If flash is shared with the EC, erase is guaranteed to brick your laptop and write may brick your laptop. Read and probe may irritate your EC and cause fan failure, backlight failure and sudden poweroff. You have been warned. ======================================================================== Aborting. Error: Programmer initialization failed.