Flashing M/B Bios (Asus P5LD2-VM) goes wrong

[Emil Sirbu]

Hello,

I have an ASUS P5LD2-VM, and  I try to update bios, first with flashrom 
v0.9.2-r1028 ( http://paste.flashrom.org/view.php?id=489 )
then with 0.9.3 ( http://paste.flashrom.org/view.php?id=490 also, the 
ROM is at http://paste.flashrom.org/uploads/491.bin )
but:

Writing flash chip... Erasing flash chip... Looking at blockwise erase 
function 0... trying... 0x000000-0x000fff, 0x001000-0x001fff, 
0x002000-0x002fff, 0x003000-0xff, 0x004000-0x004fff, 0x005000-0x005fff, 
ERASE FAILED at 0x00005760! Expected=0xff, Read=0x50, failed byte count 
from 0x00005000-0x00005fff: 0x87a
ERASE FAILED!

Can you help whit this?

I'm carco on freenode/#flashrom channel

Thank you,
Emil Sirbu

[Emil Sirbu]

On 04/16/2011 06:37 AM, Emil Sirbu wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have an ASUS P5LD2-VM, and  I try to update bios, first with 
> flashrom v0.9.2-r1028 ( http://paste.flashrom.org/view.php?id=489 )
> then with 0.9.3 ( http://paste.flashrom.org/view.php?id=490 also, the 
> ROM is at http://paste.flashrom.org/uploads/491.bin )
> but:
>
> Writing flash chip... Erasing flash chip... Looking at blockwise erase 
> function 0... trying... 0x000000-0x000fff, 0x001000-0x001fff, 
> 0x002000-0x002fff, 0x003000-0xff, 0x004000-0x004fff, 
> 0x005000-0x005fff, ERASE FAILED at 0x00005760! Expected=0xff, 
> Read=0x50, failed byte count from 0x00005000-0x00005fff: 0x87a
> ERASE FAILED!

I rebooted and BIOS was ok (I flashing with asus afudos utility).
Now, I will replace moterhboard  with the new one but, I collect some 
information from system, maybe helps you to improve flashrom.

I ran all commands from http://www.flashrom.org/Board_Testing_HOWTO

flashrom -V (flashrom.log)
lspci -nnvvxxx (lspci.log)
superiotool -deV (superiotool.log)

also, I ran:

biosdecode (biosdecode.log)
hwinfo --bios (hwinfo-bios.log)
dmidecode --type bios (dmidecode-bios.log)
lshw (lshw.log)

All results are in attached files.

I ran:
flashrom 0.9.2 (flashrom-w.log),
0.9.3 (flashrom-093.log) and
svn version (flashrom-svn.log, this give me a segmentation fault)

Also, I attached original-1303.rom wich is original bios (flashrom -r) 
and new bios P5LD2-VM-1401.rom (wich give me error when try to write).

I hope that this info is enough for improve your great tool.

[Idwer Vollering]

2011/4/16 Emil Sirbu :
> Hello,
>
> I have an ASUS P5LD2-VM, and  I try to update bios, first with flashrom
> v0.9.2-r1028 ( http://paste.flashrom.org/view.php?id=489 )
> then with 0.9.3 ( http://paste.flashrom.org/view.php?id=490 also, the ROM is
> at http://paste.flashrom.org/uploads/491.bin )
> but:
>
> Writing flash chip... Erasing flash chip... Looking at blockwise erase
> function 0... trying... 0x000000-0x000fff, 0x001000-0x001fff,
> 0x002000-0x002fff, 0x003000-0xff, 0x004000-0x004fff, 0x005000-0x005fff,
> ERASE FAILED at 0x00005760! Expected=0xff, Read=0x50, failed byte count from
> 0x00005000-0x00005fff: 0x87a
> ERASE FAILED!
>
> Can you help whit this?

There is a patch for a different version of the P5LD2:
http://www.flashrom.org/pipermail/flashrom/2010-October/005106.html

Can you show the output of "lspci -nnvvvxxx" (as root) ? Either upload
it to http://paste.flashrom.org of add the output as an attachment.
> I'm carco on freenode/#flashrom channel
>
> Thank you,
> Emil Sirbu
>
> flashrom mailing list
> [e-mail]
> http://www.flashrom.org/mailman/listinfo/flashrom

[Idwer Vollering]

2011/4/16 Emil Sirbu :
> On 04/16/2011 06:37 AM, Emil Sirbu wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have an ASUS P5LD2-VM, and  I try to update bios, first with flashrom
> > v0.9.2-r1028 ( http://paste.flashrom.org/view.php?id=489 )
> > then with 0.9.3 ( http://paste.flashrom.org/view.php?id=490 also, the ROM
> > is at http://paste.flashrom.org/uploads/491.bin )
> > but:
> >
> > Writing flash chip... Erasing flash chip... Looking at blockwise erase
> > function 0... trying... 0x000000-0x000fff, 0x001000-0x001fff,
> > 0x002000-0x002fff, 0x003000-0xff, 0x004000-0x004fff, 0x005000-0x005fff,
> > ERASE FAILED at 0x00005760! Expected=0xff, Read=0x50, failed byte count from
> > 0x00005000-0x00005fff: 0x87a
> > ERASE FAILED!
>
> I rebooted and BIOS was ok (I flashing with asus afudos utility).
> Now, I will replace moterhboard  with the new one but, I collect some
> information from system, maybe helps you to improve flashrom.
>
> I ran all commands from http://www.flashrom.org/Board_Testing_HOWTO
>
> flashrom -V (flashrom.log)
> lspci -nnvvxxx (lspci.log)
> superiotool -deV (superiotool.log)
>
> also, I ran:
>
> biosdecode (biosdecode.log)
> hwinfo --bios (hwinfo-bios.log)
> dmidecode --type bios (dmidecode-bios.log)
> lshw (lshw.log)
>
> All results are in attached files.
>
> I ran:
> flashrom 0.9.2 (flashrom-w.log),
> 0.9.3 (flashrom-093.log) and
> svn version (flashrom-svn.log, this give me a segmentation fault)
>
> Also, I attached original-1303.rom wich is original bios (flashrom -r) and
> new bios P5LD2-VM-1401.rom (wich give me error when try to write).

It looks like the PCI IDs in the patch attached to this message can be
used for your board too:
http://www.flashrom.org/pipermail/flashrom/2010-October/005106.html

Can you try the attached patch ?
Apply to svn code, r1288, with "patch -p0 <
/path/to/board_enable_asus_p5ld2-vm.diff", recompile and try writing
with the patched binary: "./flashrom -w /path/to/P5LD2-VM-1401.ROM".
After you have done that, please report back here.

Signed-off-by: Idwer Vollering

Index: print.c
===================================================================
--- print.c     (revision 1288)
+++ print.c     (working copy)
@@ -430,6 +430,7 @@
        B("ASUS",       "P5GDC Deluxe",         1,
"http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=AbeoopyNpI2TZixg", NULL),
        B("ASUS",       "P5KC",                 1,
"http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=fFZ8oUIGmLpwNMjj", NULL),
        B("ASUS",       "P5L-MX",               1,
"http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=X70d3NCzH2DE9vWH", NULL),
+       B("ASUS",       "P5LD2-VM",             1,
"http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=orjq7G3HX3F0tRrN", NULL),
        B("ASUS",       "P5GD1 Pro",            1,
"http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=50M49xQh71EZOeM1", NULL),
        B("ASUS",       "P5ND2-SLI Deluxe",     1,
"http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=WY7XroDuUImVbgp5", NULL),
        B("ASUS",       "P5PE-VM",              1,
"http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=k3h0ZFVu9Lo1dUvk", NULL),
Index: board_enable.c
===================================================================
--- board_enable.c      (revision 1288)
+++ board_enable.c      (working copy)
@@ -1462,6 +1462,7 @@
  *  - ASUS P4P800-VM: Intel socket478 + 865PE + ICH5R
  *  - ASUS P5GD1 Pro: Intel LGA 775 + 915P + ICH6R
  *  - ASUS P5GDC Deluxe: Intel socket775 + 915P + ICH6R
+ *  - ASUS P5LD2-VM: Intel LGA 775 + 945G + ICH7
  *  - ASUS P5PE-VM: Intel LGA775 + 865G + ICH5
  *  - Samsung Polaris 32: socket478 + 865P + ICH5
  */
@@ -1945,6 +1946,7 @@
        {0x10B9, 0x1541,      0,      0,  0x10B9, 0x1533,      0,
0, "^P5A$",       "asus",       "p5a",         "ASUS",        "P5A",
                0,   OK, board_asus_p5a},
        {0x8086, 0x266a, 0x1043, 0x80a6,  0x8086, 0x2668, 0x1043,
0x814e, NULL,          NULL,         NULL,          "ASUS",
"P5GD1 Pro",             0,   OK, intel_ich_gpio21_raise},
        {0x8086, 0x266a, 0x1043, 0x80a6,  0x8086, 0x2668, 0x1043,
0x813d, NULL,          NULL,         NULL,          "ASUS",
"P5GDC Deluxe",          0,   OK, intel_ich_gpio21_raise},
+       {0x8086, 0x27da, 0x1043, 0x8179,       0,      0,      0,
0, NULL,          NULL,         NULL,          "ASUS",
"P5LD2-VM",              0,   OK, intel_ich_gpio21_raise},
        {0x10DE, 0x0030, 0x1043, 0x818a,  0x8086, 0x100E, 0x1043,
0x80EE, NULL,          NULL,         NULL,          "ASUS",
"P5ND2-SLI Deluxe",      0,   OK, nvidia_mcp_gpio10_raise},
        {0x8086, 0x24dd, 0x1043, 0x80a6,  0x8086, 0x2570, 0x1043,
0x8157, NULL,          NULL,         NULL,          "ASUS",
"P5PE-VM",               0,   OK, intel_ich_gpio21_raise},
        {0x10b7, 0x9055, 0x1028, 0x0082,  0x8086, 0x7190,      0,
0, NULL,          NULL,         NULL,          "Dell",
"OptiPlex GX1",          0,   OK, intel_piix4_gpo30_lower},
> I hope that this info is enough for improve your great tool.
>
> A non-text attachment has been stripped: original-1303.rom
> A non-text attachment has been stripped: P5LD2-VM-1401.ROM
>
> flashrom mailing list
> [e-mail]
> http://www.flashrom.org/mailman/listinfo/flashrom

[Stefan Tauner]

On Sun, 17 Apr 2011 00:35:59 +0200
Idwer Vollering  wrote:
> 2011/4/16 Emil Sirbu :
> > On 04/16/2011 06:37 AM, Emil Sirbu wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I have an ASUS P5LD2-VM, and  I try to update bios, first with flashrom
> > > v0.9.2-r1028 ( http://paste.flashrom.org/view.php?id=489 )
> > > then with 0.9.3 ( http://paste.flashrom.org/view.php?id=490 also, the ROM
> > > is at http://paste.flashrom.org/uploads/491.bin )
> > > but:
> > >
> > > Writing flash chip... Erasing flash chip... Looking at blockwise erase
> > > function 0... trying... 0x000000-0x000fff, 0x001000-0x001fff,
> > > 0x002000-0x002fff, 0x003000-0xff, 0x004000-0x004fff, 0x005000-0x005fff,
> > > ERASE FAILED at 0x00005760! Expected=0xff, Read=0x50, failed byte count from
> > > 0x00005000-0x00005fff: 0x87a
> > > ERASE FAILED!
> >
> > I rebooted and BIOS was ok (I flashing with asus afudos utility).
> > Now, I will replace moterhboard  with the new one but, I collect some
> > information from system, maybe helps you to improve flashrom.
> >
> > I ran all commands from http://www.flashrom.org/Board_Testing_HOWTO
> >
> > flashrom -V (flashrom.log)
> > lspci -nnvvxxx (lspci.log)
> > superiotool -deV (superiotool.log)
> >
> > also, I ran:
> >
> > biosdecode (biosdecode.log)
> > hwinfo --bios (hwinfo-bios.log)
> > dmidecode --type bios (dmidecode-bios.log)
> > lshw (lshw.log)
> >
> > All results are in attached files.
> >
> > I ran:
> > flashrom 0.9.2 (flashrom-w.log),
> > 0.9.3 (flashrom-093.log) and
> > svn version (flashrom-svn.log, this give me a segmentation fault)
> >
> > Also, I attached original-1303.rom wich is original bios (flashrom -r) and
> > new bios P5LD2-VM-1401.rom (wich give me error when try to write).
>
> It looks like the PCI IDs in the patch attached to this message can be
> used for your board too:
> http://www.flashrom.org/pipermail/flashrom/2010-October/005106.html
>
> Can you try the attached patch ?
> Apply to svn code, r1288, with "patch -p0 <
> /path/to/board_enable_asus_p5ld2-vm.diff", recompile and try writing
> with the patched binary: "./flashrom -w /path/to/P5LD2-VM-1401.ROM".
> After you have done that, please report back here.
>
> Signed-off-by: Idwer Vollering

I have refined/corrected the patch according to Joshua's recommendations
and committed it in r1596, thanks.