problem

[Stefan Tauner]

On Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:11:18 -0600
Cameron Just  wrote:
> cjust@tech1:~/Desktop$ sudo flashrom -w 0506.ROM
> flashrom v0.9.2-r1028 on Linux 2.6.35-28-generic (x86_64), built with
> libpci 3.0.0, GCC 4.4.4, little endian flashrom is free software, get
> the source code at http://www.flashrom.org
>
> Calibrating delay loop... delay loop is unreliable, trying to
> continue OK. No coreboot table found.
> Found chipset "NVIDIA MCP51", enabling flash write... OK.
> This chipset supports the following protocols: Non-SPI.
> Found chip "PMC Pm49FL004" (512 KB, LPC,FWH) at physical address
> 0xfff80000. Flash image seems to be a legacy BIOS. Disabling checks.
> Writing flash chip... Erasing flash chip... ERASE FAILED at
> 0x00000008! Expected=0xff, Read=0x24, failed byte count from
> 0x00000000-0x00000fff: 0xfe9 ERASE FAILED!
> ...

hello

can you please tell us what motherboard this is?
did you make a backup?
also a log of "sudo flashrom -V" would be handy.
please upload it to http://paste.flashrom.org.
can you please try a newer version of flashrom?
either 0.9.3 or the current one built from source.
instructions: http://flashrom.org/Downloads