Re: [flashrom] Help: trouble when flashing rom - flashrom

19 Apr 2011

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2011/4/19 Cyrille Bartholomée cyrille@bartholomee.com
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Dear Idwer,
First of all thank you for responding so fast and trying to help me!
First of all: DO NOT REBOOT OR POWEROFF YOUR LAPTOP.
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Downloaded and built latest flashrom. Problem remains exactly the same as with previous version.

That is good and not so good.
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I am using an Asus laptop model M6Ne, the exact type of board I don't know.

flashrom doesn't really support laptops. However, adding support *is*
possible but requires a lot of work.
http://flashrom.org/Supported_hardware#Supported_laptops.2Fnotebooks
http://flashrom.org/Laptops
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I have run the commands you mentioned, the results are attached to this mail.

This information is not sane, it should say (and we detect it as such)
"Laptop" or "Notebook":
DMI string chassis-type: "<OUT OF SPEC>"
Don't worry, this is not your fault.
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If there is more information you need, please let me know.
DO NOT REBOOT OR POWEROFF YOUR LAPTOP.
I have uploaded the content of the files you have attached.
flashrom -V: http://paste.flashrom.org/view.php?id=493
lspci -nnvvvxxx: http://paste.flashrom.org/view.php?id=494
superiotool -deV: http://paste.flashrom.org/view.php?id=495
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Again, thanks for your help.
Kind regards,
Cyrille Bartholomée | De Damhouderestraat 20 | 2018 Antwerpen
t. 0032 3 298 4244 | m. 0032 499 711 018 | e. cyrille@bartholomee.com
Op dinsdag 19 april 2011 00:21:28 schreef u:
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2011/4/18 Cyrille Bartholomée cyrille@bartholomee.com:
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Dear,
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I'm facing this problem when flashing my rom:
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flashrom v0.9.2-r1028 on Linux 2.6.35-28-generic (i686), built with libpci
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3.0.0, GCC 4.4.4, little endian
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flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org
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Calibrating delay loop... delay loop is unreliable, trying to continue OK.
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No coreboot table found.
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Found chipset "Intel ICH4-M", enabling flash write... OK.
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This chipset supports the following protocols: Non-SPI.
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Found chip "SST SST49LF004A/B" (512 KB, FWH) at physical address 0xfff80000.
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Flash image seems to be a legacy BIOS. Disabling checks.
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Writing flash chip... Erasing flash chip... ERASE FAILED at 0x00000008!
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Expected=0xff, Read=0x00, failed byte count from 0x00000000-0x00000fff:
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0xfc5
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ERASE FAILED!
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ERASE FAILED at 0x00000008! Expected=0xff, Read=0x00, failed byte count from
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0x00000000-0x0000ffff: 0xfadb
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ERASE FAILED!
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FAILED!
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ERASE FAILED!
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FAILED!
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Your flash chip is in an unknown state.
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Get help on IRC at irc.freenode.net (channel #flashrom) or
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mail flashrom@flashrom.org!
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Can you:
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try a newer release (or build the latest developemt code yourself

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http://www.flashrom.org/Downloads#Installation_from_source)
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mention the exact name of your board (including revision, if there

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are multiple revisions)
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attach the output of 'flashrom -V', 'lspci -nnvvvxxx', 'superiotool

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-deV' (run all commands as root)
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Thanks in advance,
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Idwer
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DO NOT REBOOT OR POWEROFF!
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Regards,
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Cyrille Bartholomée | De Damhouderestraat 20 | 2018 Antwerpen
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t. 0032 3 298 4244 | m. 0032 499 711 018 | e. cyrille@bartholomee.com
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