On Sun, 11 Mar 2012 15:53:27 -0700 Svetoslav Trochev svetoslav.trochev@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Everyone,
I am working on testing flashrom on Zotac ZBOX-AD02-PLUS-U. It uses Winbond W25Q25BV. I tried to get one from Digi-Key and Mouser Electronics, but they don't have it. I scavenge all my surplus boards and laptops, but none of them is using it. Any ideas how to get one?
Hi,
the common 25 series chips of any major flash chip vendor are pretty much interchangeable, even a different may work without problems, but i am not sure if the bios would handle that correctly. please note that you have two times "W25Q25BV" in your mail although the model in your board is "W25Q32(BV)". neither digi-key nor mouser seem to have 32M dip chips though...
rs has two amic chips: https://rs-online.com/web/c/halbleiter/ics-speicher/flash/?sort-by=default&a... they are both untested in flashrom though.. the one with Q in the name has even a non-standard (and unimplemented) unlocking method... might be interesting if you want to code something too :)
farnell seems to also have the same amic chips but not in stock. you could also try local "BIOS repair" shops etc, but they are usually very expensive.
Oh... no. I can't believe how stupid I sounded in my previous e-mail. Sorry. Of course it is W25W32BV chip. I will take a look of amic chips you suggested. I am very rusty in C programming, but I will try.
Thank you, Svetoslav Trochev
On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 7:58 AM, Stefan Tauner stefan.tauner@student.tuwien.ac.at wrote:
On Sun, 11 Mar 2012 15:53:27 -0700 Svetoslav Trochev svetoslav.trochev@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Everyone,
I am working on testing flashrom on Zotac ZBOX-AD02-PLUS-U. It uses Winbond W25Q25BV. I tried to get one from Digi-Key and Mouser Electronics, but they don't have it. I scavenge all my surplus boards and laptops, but none of them is using it. Any ideas how to get one?
Hi,
the common 25 series chips of any major flash chip vendor are pretty much interchangeable, even a different may work without problems, but i am not sure if the bios would handle that correctly. please note that you have two times "W25Q25BV" in your mail although the model in your board is "W25Q32(BV)". neither digi-key nor mouser seem to have 32M dip chips though...
rs has two amic chips: https://rs-online.com/web/c/halbleiter/ics-speicher/flash/?sort-by=default&a... they are both untested in flashrom though.. the one with Q in the name has even a non-standard (and unimplemented) unlocking method... might be interesting if you want to code something too :)
farnell seems to also have the same amic chips but not in stock. you could also try local "BIOS repair" shops etc, but they are usually very expensive. -- Kind regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Stefan Tauner
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