Re: [flashrom] FAILED: NVIDIA MCP61

[William Speirs]

So if restoring the backup ROM worked am I safe to power cycle my machine?

Any ideas on what would be wrong with that ROM?

Thanks...

Bill-
On Jul 17, 2012 8:49 PM, "William Speirs"  wrote:
> I was able to write the backup and run verify and it worked. I still
> haven't and won't restart my machine.
>
> After restoring the backup, I tried again with the new BIOS and got the
> same error/issue. I was able to backup yet again without issue.
>
> So I'm guessing it's more of a problem with the ROM image than the program
> writing the ROM. I've attached the ROM to see if that provides any insight.
>
> Thanks again for the help!
>
> Bill-
>
> On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 8:22 PM, William Speirs wrote:
> > I will try writing the backup and certainly leave the machine on.
> >
> > Thanks, and get some sleep ;-)
> >
> > Bill-
> > On Jul 17, 2012 8:20 PM, "Stefan Tauner" <
> > [e-mail]> wrote:
> > > On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 19:39:31 -0400
> > > William Speirs  wrote:
> > > > I tried a flashrom -r and compared it to the backup I made and it's
> > > > different. It is also different from the ROM I tried to install.
> > > >
> > > > Any thoughts?
> > >
> > > Most importantly: dont reboot or shutdown that computer. (we really
> > > mean it... but some users do it anyway, and brick their boards that
> > > way)
> > >
> > > i would try writing the backup image again to get to a safe state
> > > again. the reason why it failed in the first place is not obvious to
> > > me, but it is 2:00 AM here, so i might be overlooking something.
> > > --
> > > Kind regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Stefan Tauner