Asus A8N-VM (Pm49FL004) - Flashed OK - flashrom

23 Oct 2010


      Hi,
Thanks loads to developers past and present for flashrom !
I collected the info from my successful attempt on an Asus A8N-VM
m/b which isn't in your list at flashrom.org/Supported_hardware,
if you want to add it.
( http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=nwcuFMseNd3DhmVA )
Session summary:
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dave@K-Matrix:~/BIOS/ASUS_AMI/ROMs/q403$ sudo flashrom -V -r 
0403_flashrom-r_2010-10-23.ROM
flashrom v0.9.2-r1028 on Linux 2.6.35-22-generic (i686), 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... OS timer resolution is 2 usecs, 790M loops per 
second, delay more than 10% too short
                      (got 73% of expected delay),
                      recalculating... 944M loops per second, delay more 
than 10% too short (got 87% of expected delay),
                      recalculating... 899M loops per second, delay more 
than 10% too short (got 83% of expected delay),
                      recalculating... 945M loops per second, delay more 
than 10% too short (got 87% of expected delay),
                      recalculating... 919M loops per second, delay loop 
is unreliable,
                      trying to continue 10 myus = 10 us, 100 myus = 85 
us, 1000 myus = 834 us,
                      10000 myus = 18535 us, 8 myus = 9 us, OK.
Initializing internal programmer
No coreboot table found.
DMI string system-manufacturer: "System manufacturer"
DMI string system-product-name: "System Product Name"
DMI string system-version: "System Version"
DMI string baseboard-manufacturer: "ASUSTeK Computer INC."
DMI string baseboard-product-name: "A8N-VM"
DMI string baseboard-version: "Rev 1.xx"
DMI string chassis-type: "Desktop"
Found chipset "NVIDIA MCP51", enabling flash write... chipset PCI ID is 
10de:0261, OK.
This chipset supports the following protocols: Non-SPI.
Probing for ... <CUT>
Probing for PMC Pm49FL004, 512 KB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0x9d, id2 0x6e
Found chip "PMC Pm49FL004" (512 KB, LPC,FWH) at physical address 0xfff80000.
Probing for ... <CUT>
Reading flash... done.
dave@K-Matrix:~/BIOS/ASUS_AMI/ROMs/q403$
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dave@K-Matrix:/proc/driver$ sudo modprobe nvram
[sudo] password for dave:
### backup nvram
dave@K-Matrix:/media/SGii/MyData/BIOS$ cd 
/media/SGii/MyData/BIOS/ASUS_AMI/nvram
dave@K-Matrix:/media/SGii/MyData/BIOS/ASUS_AMI/nvram$ sudo dd 
if=/dev/nvram of=2010-10-23
0+1 records in
0+1 records out
114 bytes (114 B) copied, 0.000946501 s, 120 kB/s
dave@K-Matrix:/media/SGii/MyData/BIOS/ASUS_AMI/nvram$
#
#---------->   HERE WE GO ... WISH ME LUCK ;)
#
dave@K-Matrix:/media/SGii/MyData/BIOS/ASUS_AMI/ROMs/0702$ sudo flashrom 
-w 0702.ROM   #  write new flash ROM image
flashrom v0.9.2-r1028 on Linux 2.6.35-22-generic (i686), 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... 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... SUCCESS.
Programming page: DONE!ss: 0x0007f000
COMPLETE.
Verifying flash... VERIFIED.
dave@K-Matrix:/media/SGii/MyData/BIOS/ASUS_AMI/ROMs/0702$
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Really valuable work - thanks again !
Best regards,
Dave B