My mobo flash is in an unknown state.

[Peter Silva]

ASUS P4C800 Deluxe.

Help!

root@alu:/home/informavore# flashrom -r p4c_b4_update.rom
flashrom v0.9.1-r706
No coreboot table found.
Found chipset "Intel ICH5/ICH5R", enabling flash write... OK.
This chipset supports the following protocols: Non-SPI.
Calibrating delay loop... OK.
Found chip "PMC Pm49FL004" (512 KB, LPC,FWH) at physical address 0xfff80000.
Reading flash... done.
root@alu:/home/informavore# flashrom -v p4c_b4_update.rom
flashrom v0.9.1-r706
No coreboot table found.
Found chipset "Intel ICH5/ICH5R", enabling flash write... OK.
This chipset supports the following protocols: Non-SPI.
Calibrating delay loop... OK.
Found chip "PMC Pm49FL004" (512 KB, LPC,FWH) at physical address 0xfff80000.
Flash image seems to be a legacy BIOS. Disabling checks.
Verifying flash... VERIFIED.
root@alu:/home/informavore#

root@alu:/home/informavore# flashrom -w P4C81019.rom
flashrom v0.9.1-r706
No coreboot table found.
Found chipset "Intel ICH5/ICH5R", enabling flash write... OK.
This chipset supports the following protocols: Non-SPI.
Calibrating delay loop... OK.
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... Programming page: ERASE FAILED at 0x000047e8!
Expected=0xff, Read=0x44, failed byte count from 0x00000000-0x0000ffff:
0xb74c
ERASE FAILED!
ERASE FAILED!
FAILED!
Your flash chip is in an unknown state.
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[Carl-Daniel Hailfinger]

Hi Peter,

On 07.02.2010 23:23, Peter Silva wrote:
> ASUS P4C800 Deluxe.
>
> root@alu:/home/informavore# flashrom -w P4C81019.rom
> flashrom v0.9.1-r706
> No coreboot table found.
> Found chipset "Intel ICH5/ICH5R", enabling flash write... OK.
> This chipset supports the following protocols: Non-SPI.
> Calibrating delay loop... OK.
> 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... Programming page: ERASE FAILED at 0x000047e8!
> Expected=0xff, Read=0x44, failed byte count from 0x00000000-0x0000ffff:
> 0xb74c
> ERASE FAILED!
> ERASE FAILED!
> FAILED!
> Your flash chip is in an unknown state.

Is your problem fixed or do you still need help?

Regards,
Carl-Daniel