Re: [flashrom] FAILED : mcp61sm -am

[Stefan Tauner]

On Thu, 9 Feb 2012 08:25:51 +0100
Vince S  wrote:
> Hi so the output of my attempt to flash is
>
> sudo flashrom -V -w '/home/vince/Téléchargements/BIOS_R01-C0/61AO615.BIN'
>
> flashrom v0.9.4-r1394 on Linux 3.0.0-15-generic (x86_64), built with libpci
> 3.1.7, GCC 4.6.1, little endian
> flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org
>
> Calibrating delay loop... OS timer resolution is 1 usecs, 736M loops per
> second, 10 myus = 11 us, 100 myus = 101 us, 1000 myus = 1007 us, 10000 myus
> = 10003 us, 4 myus = 5 us, OK.
> Initializing internal programmer
> No coreboot table found.
> DMI string system-manufacturer: "Acer"
> DMI string system-product-name: "Aspire E380"
> DMI string system-version: "R01-A2"
> DMI string baseboard-manufacturer: "Acer"
> DMI string baseboard-product-name: "EM61SM/EM61PM         "
> DMI string baseboard-version: " "
> DMI string chassis-type: "Desktop"
> Found ITE Super I/O, ID 0x8726 on port 0x2e
> Found chipset "NVIDIA MCP61" with PCI ID 10de:03e0.
> This chipset is marked as untested. If you are using an up-to-date version
> of flashrom please email a report to [e-mail] including a
> verbose (-V) log. Thank you!
> Enabling flash write... This chipset is not really supported yet.
> Guesswork...
> ISA/LPC bridge reg 0x8a contents: 0x00, bit 6 is 0, bit 5 is 0
> Flash bus type is LPC
> Found SMBus device 10de:03eb at 00:01:1
> MCP SPI BAR is at 0xfec80000
> Strange. MCP SPI BAR is valid, but chipset apparently doesn't have SPI
> enabled.
> Please send the output of "flashrom -V" to [e-mail] with
> your board name: flashrom -V as the subject to help us finish support for
> your
> chipset. Thanks.
> OK.
> This chipset supports the following protocols: LPC.
> Super I/O ID 0x8726 is not on the list of flash capable controllers.
> Probing for AMIC A49LF040A, 512 kB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0xbf, id2 0x50
> Probing for PMC Pm49FL002, 256 kB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0xbf, id2 0x50
> Probing for PMC Pm49FL004, 512 kB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0xbf, id2 0x50
> Probing for SST SST49LF020, 256 kB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0xbf, id2 0x50
> Probing for SST SST49LF020A, 256 kB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0xbf, id2 0x50
> Probing for SST SST49LF040, 512 kB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0xbf, id2 0x50
> Probing for SST SST49LF040B, 512 kB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0xbf, id2 0x50
> Found SST flash chip "SST49LF040B" (512 kB, LPC) at physical address
> 0xfff80000.
> […]
> ===
> This flash part has status UNTESTED for operations: WRITE
> The test status of this chip may have been updated in the latest development
> version of flashrom. If you are running the latest development version,
> please email a report to [e-mail] if any of the above
> operations
> work correctly for you with this flash part. Please include the flashrom
> output with the additional -V option for all operations you tested (-V, -Vr,
> -Vw, -VE), and mention which mainboard or programmer you tested.
> Please mention your board in the subject line. Thanks for your help!
> Flash image seems to be a legacy BIOS. Disabling coreboot-related checks.
> Reading old flash chip contents... done.
> Erasing and writing flash chip... Trying erase function 0...
> 0x000000-0x000fff:W, 0x001000-0x001fff:S, 0x002000-0x002fff:S,
> 0x003000-0x003fff:S, 0x004000-0x004fff:S, 0x005000-0x005fff:S,
> 0x006000-0x006fff:S, 0x007000-0x007fff:S, 0x008000-0x008fff:S,
> 0x009000-0x009fff:S, 0x00a000-0x00afff:S, 0x00b000-0x00bfff:S,
> 0x00c000-0x00cfff:S, 0x00d000-0x00dfff:S, 0x00e000-0x00efff:S,
> 0x00f000-0x00ffff:S, 0x010000-0x010fff:W, 0x011000-0x011fff:W,
> 0x012000-0x012fff:W, 0x013000-0x013fff:W, 0x014000-0x014fff:W,
> 0x015000-0x015fff:W, 0x016000-0x016fff:W, 0x017000-0x017fff:W,
> 0x018000-0x018fff:W, 0x019000-0x019fff:W, 0x01a000-0x01afff:W,
> 0x01b000-0x01bfff:W, 0x01c000-0x01cfff:W, 0x01d000-0x01dfff:W,
> 0x01e000-0x01efff:W, 0x01f000-0x01ffff:W, 0x020000-0x020fff:W,
> 0x021000-0x021fff:W, 0x022000-0x022fff:W, 0x023000-0x023fff:W,
> 0x024000-0x024fff:W, 0x025000-0x025fff:W, 0x026000-0x026fff:W,
> 0x027000-0x027fff:W, 0x028000-0x028fff:W, 0x029000-0x029fff:W,
> 0x02a000-0x02afff:W, 0x02b000-0x02bfff:W, 0x02c000-0x02cfff:W,
> 0x02d000-0x02dfff:W, 0x02e000-0x02efff:W, 0x02f000-0x02ffff:W,
> 0x030000-0x030fff:W, 0x031000-0x031fff:W, 0x032000-0x032fff:W,
> 0x033000-0x033fff:W, 0x034000-0x034fff:W, 0x035000-0x035fff:W,
> 0x036000-0x036fff:W, 0x037000-0x037fff:W, 0x038000-0x038fff:W,
> 0x039000-0x039fff:W, 0x03a000-0x03afff:W, 0x03b000-0x03bfff:W,
> 0x03c000-0x03cfff:W, 0x03d000-0x03dfff:W, 0x03e000-0x03efff:W,
> 0x03f000-0x03ffff:W, 0x040000-0x040fff:W, 0x041000-0x041fff:W,
> 0x042000-0x042fff:W, 0x043000-0x043fff:W, 0x044000-0x044fff:W,
> 0x045000-0x045fff:W, 0x046000-0x046fff:W, 0x047000-0x047fff:W,
> 0x048000-0x048fff:W, 0x049000-0x049fff:W, 0x04a000-0x04afff:W,
> 0x04b000-0x04bfff:W, 0x04c000-0x04cfff:W, 0x04d000-0x04dfff:W,
> 0x04e000-0x04efff:W, 0x04f000-0x04ffff:W, 0x050000-0x050fff:W,
> 0x051000-0x051fff:W, 0x052000-0x052fff:W, 0x053000-0x053fff:W,
> 0x054000-0x054fff:W, 0x055000-0x055fff:W, 0x056000-0x056fff:S,
> 0x057000-0x057fff:S, 0x058000-0x058fff:S, 0x059000-0x059fff:S,
> 0x05a000-0x05afff:S, 0x05b000-0x05bfff:S, 0x05c000-0x05cfff:S,
> 0x05d000-0x05dfff:S, 0x05e000-0x05efff:S, 0x05f000-0x05ffff:S,
> 0x060000-0x060fff:S, 0x061000-0x061fff:S, 0x062000-0x062fff:S,
> 0x063000-0x063fff:S, 0x064000-0x064fff:S, 0x065000-0x065fff:S,
> 0x066000-0x066fff:S, 0x067000-0x067fff:S, 0x068000-0x068fff:S,
> 0x069000-0x069fff:S, 0x06a000-0x06afff:W, 0x06b000-0x06bfff:W,
> 0x06c000-0x06cfff:W, 0x06d000-0x06dfff:W, 0x06e000-0x06efff:W,
> 0x06f000-0x06ffff:W, 0x070000-0x070fff:W writing sector at 0x7f28ed976000
> failed!
> Reading current flash chip contents... done. Looking for another erase
> function.
> Trying erase function 1... 0x000000-0x00ffff:S, 0x010000-0x01ffff:S,
> 0x020000-0x02ffff:S, 0x030000-0x03ffff:S, 0x040000-0x04ffff:S,
> 0x050000-0x05ffff:S, 0x060000-0x06ffff:S, 0x070000-0x07ffff:W writing
> sector at 0x7f28ed976000 failed!
> Looking for another erase function.
> No usable erase functions left.
> FAILED!
> Uh oh. Erase/write failed. Checking if anything changed.
> Your flash chip is in an unknown state.
> Get help on IRC at irc.freenode.net (channel #flashrom) or
> mail [e-mail] with FAILED: your board name in the subject line!
>
> DO NOT REBOOT OR POWEROFF!
> Restoring PCI config space for 00:01:0 reg 0x6d
> Restoring PCI config space for 00:01:0 reg 0x90
> Restoring PCI config space for 00:01:0 reg 0x8c
> Restoring PCI config space for 00:01:0 reg 0x88

that's interesting. it always fails at the same address (0x070000).
this is where the boot block protection of that chip begins. the boot
block protection is enabled by setting a pin to low and can not be
disabled directly by software. usually the pin is connected to a
general output pin of the southbridge (or another chip) on the mainboard
and can be controlled by that. adding support for this requires some
reverse engineering of various difficulty.

the interesting question is something different: why were we able to
erase that block a month ago...
can you confirm that the two chips you are using are the same model?
> what can i do??

since you have a replacement chip, you could just throw the old one
away... i would really like to know what happened though. maybe my
colleagues can shed some light onto this...

FAILED : mcp61sm -am

[Vince S]

This is curious because it is always possible to clear the bios :

vince@Bob:~$ sudo flashrom -VE
flashrom v0.9.4-r1394 on Linux 3.0.0-15-generic (x86_64), built with libpci
3.1.7, GCC 4.6.1, little endian
flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org

Calibrating delay loop... OS timer resolution is 1 usecs, 730M loops per
second, 10 myus = 11 us, 100 myus = 100 us, 1000 myus = 992 us, 10000 myus
= 10064 us, 4 myus = 5 us, OK.
Initializing internal programmer
No coreboot table found.
DMI string system-manufacturer: "Acer"
DMI string system-product-name: "Aspire E380"
DMI string system-version: "R01-A2"
DMI string baseboard-manufacturer: "Acer"
DMI string baseboard-product-name: "EM61SM/EM61PM         "
DMI string baseboard-version: " "
DMI string chassis-type: "Desktop"
Found ITE Super I/O, ID 0x8726 on port 0x2e
Found chipset "NVIDIA MCP61" with PCI ID 10de:03e0.
This chipset is marked as untested. If you are using an up-to-date version
of flashrom please email a report to [e-mail] including a
verbose (-V) log. Thank you!
Enabling flash write... This chipset is not really supported yet.
Guesswork...
ISA/LPC bridge reg 0x8a contents: 0x00, bit 6 is 0, bit 5 is 0
Flash bus type is LPC
Found SMBus device 10de:03eb at 00:01:1
MCP SPI BAR is at 0xfec80000
Strange. MCP SPI BAR is valid, but chipset apparently doesn't have SPI
enabled.
Please send the output of "flashrom -V" to [e-mail] with
your board name: flashrom -V as the subject to help us finish support for
your
chipset. Thanks.
OK.
This chipset supports the following protocols: LPC.
Super I/O ID 0x8726 is not on the list of flash capable controllers.
Probing for AMIC A49LF040A, 512 kB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0xbf, id2 0x50
Probing for PMC Pm49FL002, 256 kB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0xbf, id2 0x50,
id1 is normal flash content
Probing for PMC Pm49FL004, 512 kB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0xbf, id2 0x50
Probing for SST SST49LF020, 256 kB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0xbf, id2 0x50,
id1 is normal flash content
Probing for SST SST49LF020A, 256 kB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0xbf, id2
0x50, id1 is normal flash content
Probing for SST SST49LF040, 512 kB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0xbf, id2 0x50
Probing for SST SST49LF040B, 512 kB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0xbf, id2 0x50
Found SST flash chip "SST49LF040B" (512 kB, LPC) at physical address
0xfff80000.
Probing for SST SST49LF080A, 1024 kB: Chip lacks correct probe timing
information, using default 10mS/40uS. probe_jedec_common: id1 0xff, id2
0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal
flash content
Probing for SST SST49LF160C, 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 0xa4, id2 0x63, id1
is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content
Probing for ST M50FLW040B, 512 kB: probe_82802ab: id1 0xa4, id2 0x63, 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 M50LPW116, 2048 kB: probe_82802ab: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, id1
parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content
Probing for Winbond W39V040A, 512 kB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0xbf, id2 0x50
Probing for Winbond W39V040B, 512 kB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0xbf, id2 0x50
Probing for Winbond W39V040C, 512 kB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0xbf, id2 0x50
Probing for Winbond W39V080A, 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 W49V002A, 256 kB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0xbf, id2
0x50, id1 is normal flash content
===
This flash part has status UNTESTED for operations: WRITE
The test status of this chip may have been updated in the latest development
version of flashrom. If you are running the latest development version,
please email a report to [e-mail] if any of the above
operations
work correctly for you with this flash part. Please include the flashrom
output with the additional -V option for all operations you tested (-V, -Vr,
-Vw, -VE), and mention which mainboard or programmer you tested.
Please mention your board in the subject line. Thanks for your help!
Erasing and writing flash chip... Trying erase function 0...
0x000000-0x000fff:E, 0x001000-0x001fff:E, 0x002000-0x002fff:E,
0x003000-0x003fff:E, 0x004000-0x004fff:E, 0x005000-0x005fff:E,
0x006000-0x006fff:E, 0x007000-0x007fff:E, 0x008000-0x008fff:E,
0x009000-0x009fff:E, 0x00a000-0x00afff:E, 0x00b000-0x00bfff:E,
0x00c000-0x00cfff:E, 0x00d000-0x00dfff:E, 0x00e000-0x00efff:E,
0x00f000-0x00ffff:E, 0x010000-0x010fff:E, 0x011000-0x011fff:E,
0x012000-0x012fff:E, 0x013000-0x013fff:E, 0x014000-0x014fff:E,
0x015000-0x015fff:E, 0x016000-0x016fff:E, 0x017000-0x017fff:E,
0x018000-0x018fff:E, 0x019000-0x019fff:E, 0x01a000-0x01afff:E,
0x01b000-0x01bfff:E, 0x01c000-0x01cfff:E, 0x01d000-0x01dfff:E,
0x01e000-0x01efff:E, 0x01f000-0x01ffff:E, 0x020000-0x020fff:E,
0x021000-0x021fff:E, 0x022000-0x022fff:E, 0x023000-0x023fff:E,
0x024000-0x024fff:E, 0x025000-0x025fff:E, 0x026000-0x026fff:E,
0x027000-0x027fff:E, 0x028000-0x028fff:E, 0x029000-0x029fff:E,
0x02a000-0x02afff:E, 0x02b000-0x02bfff:E, 0x02c000-0x02cfff:E,
0x02d000-0x02dfff:E, 0x02e000-0x02efff:E, 0x02f000-0x02ffff:E,
0x030000-0x030fff:E, 0x031000-0x031fff:E, 0x032000-0x032fff:E,
0x033000-0x033fff:E, 0x034000-0x034fff:E, 0x035000-0x035fff:E,
0x036000-0x036fff:E, 0x037000-0x037fff:E, 0x038000-0x038fff:E,
0x039000-0x039fff:E, 0x03a000-0x03afff:E, 0x03b000-0x03bfff:E,
0x03c000-0x03cfff:E, 0x03d000-0x03dfff:E, 0x03e000-0x03efff:E,
0x03f000-0x03ffff:E, 0x040000-0x040fff:E, 0x041000-0x041fff:E,
0x042000-0x042fff:E, 0x043000-0x043fff:E, 0x044000-0x044fff:E,
0x045000-0x045fff:E, 0x046000-0x046fff:E, 0x047000-0x047fff:E,
0x048000-0x048fff:E, 0x049000-0x049fff:E, 0x04a000-0x04afff:E,
0x04b000-0x04bfff:E, 0x04c000-0x04cfff:E, 0x04d000-0x04dfff:E,
0x04e000-0x04efff:E, 0x04f000-0x04ffff:E, 0x050000-0x050fff:E,
0x051000-0x051fff:E, 0x052000-0x052fff:E, 0x053000-0x053fff:E,
0x054000-0x054fff:E, 0x055000-0x055fff:E, 0x056000-0x056fff:E,
0x057000-0x057fff:E, 0x058000-0x058fff:E, 0x059000-0x059fff:E,
0x05a000-0x05afff:E, 0x05b000-0x05bfff:E, 0x05c000-0x05cfff:E,
0x05d000-0x05dfff:E, 0x05e000-0x05efff:E, 0x05f000-0x05ffff:E,
0x060000-0x060fff:E, 0x061000-0x061fff:E, 0x062000-0x062fff:E,
0x063000-0x063fff:E, 0x064000-0x064fff:E, 0x065000-0x065fff:E,
0x066000-0x066fff:E, 0x067000-0x067fff:E, 0x068000-0x068fff:E,
0x069000-0x069fff:E, 0x06a000-0x06afff:E, 0x06b000-0x06bfff:E,
0x06c000-0x06cfff:E, 0x06d000-0x06dfff:E, 0x06e000-0x06efff:E,
0x06f000-0x06ffff:E, 0x070000-0x070fff:E, 0x071000-0x071fff:E,
0x072000-0x072fff:E, 0x073000-0x073fff:E, 0x074000-0x074fff:E,
0x075000-0x075fff:E, 0x076000-0x076fff:E, 0x077000-0x077fff:E,
0x078000-0x078fff:E, 0x079000-0x079fff:E, 0x07a000-0x07afff:E,
0x07b000-0x07bfff:E, 0x07c000-0x07cfff:E, 0x07d000-0x07dfff:E,
0x07e000-0x07efff:E, 0x07f000-0x07ffff:E
Erase/write done.
Restoring PCI config space for 00:01:0 reg 0x6d
Restoring PCI config space for 00:01:0 reg 0x90
Restoring PCI config space for 00:01:0 reg 0x8c
Restoring PCI config space for 00:01:0 reg 0x88

My problem is the other bios is'nt mine and i must give back it saturday

what is curious is that last month I managed to flash the bios without any
manual manipulation of mainboard with the acer software from a windows live
cd