Hi Flashrom, I have a PCB of a HDD which is damaged by heat, but I was trying to read the bios chip. I have tried with CH341a Programmer 1.29 and 1.41, but I cannot find my bios 25S40A 00 LFGC. I have tried second option with Ubuntu command (installed as a subsystem of Windows). So, I am using this command sudo flashrom --programmer ch341a_spi -r bCouldn't open device 1a86:5512. Error: Programmer initialization failed. It is a because I run Ubuntu as described, the cleat not touching the pins enough or my chip is burned too? I would appreciate any help.
Kind regards, Vasile
If this HDD board is too power hungry - the surrounding elements of a BIOS chip are trying to "eat" too much current through a programmer - then a programmer could become unresponsive and even overheat. Had such a problem while trying to read a firmware of a HDMI capturer device. Could you detect your programmer at Ubuntu when it's not connected to a HDD board?
On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 9:25 AM Hîj Vasile via flashrom flashrom@flashrom.org wrote:
Hi Flashrom,
I have a PCB of a HDD which is damaged by heat, but I was trying to read the bios chip. I have tried with CH341a Programmer 1.29 and 1.41, but I cannot find my bios 25S40A 00 LFGC. I have tried second option with Ubuntu command (installed as a subsystem of Windows).
So, I am using this command sudo flashrom --programmer ch341a_spi -r b Couldn't open device 1a86:5512. Error: Programmer initialization failed.
It is a because I run Ubuntu as described, the cleat not touching the pins enough or my chip is burned too?
I would appreciate any help.
Kind regards,
Vasile
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