Re: [flashrom] flashrom -V

[Stefan Tauner]

On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:20:25 +0100
Vince S  wrote:
> Hello

hello and sorry for your loss!
to spare others from experiencing what you have done today, i would
like to know the reason WHY you did execute flashrom -E?
what would have stopped you? do you think a message printed by
flashrom like "The flash chip is now empty, do not turn off the PC!"
would have helped you i.e. would have stopped you from powering off?

to recover your board the flash chip has to be written with the correct
image. as this can not be done from the PC itself it has to be done
by an external programmer. maybe you know some hardware guys or a fablab
in your area that could help. if the flash chip is in a socket you can
also easily order a replacement and put it in yourself.

Aspire T180: recover erased chip (was: flashrom -V)

[Paul Menzel]

Dear Vince,

Am Donnerstag, den 12.01.2012, 01:01 +0100 schrieb Stefan Tauner:
> On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:20:25 +0100 Vince S  wrote:
> hello and sorry for your loss!
> to spare others from experiencing what you have done today, i would
> like to know the reason WHY you did execute flashrom -E?
> what would have stopped you? do you think a message printed by
> flashrom like "The flash chip is now empty, do not turn off the PC!"
> would have helped you i.e. would have stopped you from powering off?
>
> to recover your board the flash chip has to be written with the correct
> image. as this can not be done from the PC itself it has to be done
> by an external programmer. maybe you know some hardware guys or a fablab
> in your area that could help. if the flash chip is in a socket you can
> also easily order a replacement and put it in yourself.

if I am not mistaken you can also find a system similar to yours (same
socket and protocol [1]). Maybe you have other systems lying around or
just ask around for example your family or friends.

Boot that system, then when it is running, take out their chip [2], put
yours in and flash the original image to it using Flashrom or the vendor
tool. Swap the chips again, put it back in your system and you should be
good to go. This is known as hot flashing.

Thanks,

Paul

[1] http://flashrom.org/Technology
[2] http://flashrom.org/File:Pushpin_roms_2.jpg

flashrom -V

[Vince S]

I think I made a keyboard mistake because I just wanted to run "flashrom-Vr"
I were in a hurry and I've just copied the output of commands without
reading for you before sending them off the pc
I found a new bios for 16$ with thé tool for extract the old
So it's my fault
Le 12 janv. 2012 01:02, "Stefan Tauner" 
a écrit :
> On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:20:25 +0100
> Vince S  wrote:
> > Hello
>
> hello and sorry for your loss!
> to spare others from experiencing what you have done today, i would
> like to know the reason WHY you did execute flashrom -E?
> what would have stopped you? do you think a message printed by
> flashrom like "The flash chip is now empty, do not turn off the PC!"
> would have helped you i.e. would have stopped you from powering off?
>
> to recover your board the flash chip has to be written with the correct
> image. as this can not be done from the PC itself it has to be done
> by an external programmer. maybe you know some hardware guys or a fablab
> in your area that could help. if the flash chip is in a socket you can
> also easily order a replacement and put it in yourself.