Re: [flashrom] Asus P5W-DH board enable problem

[Stefan Tauner]

On Thu, 19 Feb 2015 01:04:34 +0300
"nicolae788 ."  wrote:
> Thank you very much for your response. I will check the link and hope to
> manage and enable it. One last question: if a board recognizes a 512kb chip
> is it normal to not recognize the above described ( SST 49LF008A ) 1Mb chip
> ??? I have a board with which i could do the flash procedure, it is
> fully supported by flashrom, flash chip, chipset, board, but it doesn;t
> seem to find the chip i want to flash. The original 512 Kb chip it's listed
> when i run flashrom, but when i change chips with the 1Mb one and run again
> flashrom the new chip it's not recognized...

There are different kinds of protocols involved and it is possible that
chips with the same form factor/package are not compatible.
http://flashrom.org/Technology#Communication_bus_protocol
You should state more facts and/or post logs if you need more help.

Asus P5W-DH board enable problem

[nicolae788 .]

Ok, i will try to document better this problem and see what i can find. In
the mean time i sent you a new board that i just tested and works ok.

Thank you for the help. Keep in touch

On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 12:38 AM, Stefan Tauner <
[e-mail]> wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Feb 2015 01:04:34 +0300
> "nicolae788 ."  wrote:
> > Thank you very much for your response. I will check the link and hope to
> > manage and enable it. One last question: if a board recognizes a 512kb
>
> chip
> > is it normal to not recognize the above described ( SST 49LF008A ) 1Mb
>
> chip
> > ??? I have a board with which i could do the flash procedure, it is
> > fully supported by flashrom, flash chip, chipset, board, but it doesn;t
> > seem to find the chip i want to flash. The original 512 Kb chip it's
>
> listed
> > when i run flashrom, but when i change chips with the 1Mb one and run
>
> again
> > flashrom the new chip it's not recognized...
>
> There are different kinds of protocols involved and it is possible that
> chips with the same form factor/package are not compatible.
> http://flashrom.org/Technology#Communication_bus_protocol
> You should state more facts and/or post logs if you need more help.