Re: [flashrom] Are Firmware Hub flash chips in PLCC32 package hot-swappable?

[Uwe Hermann]

Hi,

On Sun, Apr 08, 2012 at 05:26:13PM -0700, Svetoslav Trochev wrote:
> I have old board that uses i82802AB chip to store the BIOS. I found
> spare chip and I am planning to test flashrom and coreboot on it. I am
> still waiting for the adapter to the external programmer I have, so I
> was wondering if I can jump start my work by hot-swapping the chips
> when I kill the firmware with my testing.

Should work in theory, yes. But make sure the chips are really
(electrically) compatible and that you write a "good" image on your
second chip first and boot-test with the second chip successfully.
Then store the second chip away somewhere safe until you need it.

Uwe.

Are Firmware Hub flash chips in PLCC32 package hot-swappable?

[Svetoslav Trochev]

Hi Uwe,

On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 6:33 AM, Uwe Hermann  wrote:
[...]
> Should work in theory, yes. But make sure the chips are really
> (electrically) compatible and that you write a "good" image on your
> second chip first and boot-test with the second chip successfully.
> Then store the second chip away somewhere safe until you need it.

I see. Well the FWH adapter should be here this week. So I will wait a
bit more and once I have good backup plan I will try the short-cut.
Thank you for your reply.

Svetoslav