[flashrom] flashrom failure on Shuttle barebone

[Ulf Mehlig]

I courageously tried to flash my Shuttle xpc SN25P10-H3Ih00-13's
bios via flashrom after writing my original bios to a file ("flashrom -r
test.img"). Then, I tried to write the most recent flash image provided
by Shuttle to the bios, which failed. Writing back the previously saved
file failed, too, with a different error message. The machine is still
switched on.

Of course, _any_ help is appreciated!
Ulf


ulf-pc:~# flashrom
flashrom v0.9.1-r706
No coreboot table found.
Found chipset "NVIDIA CK804", enabling flash write... OK.
This chipset supports the following protocols: Non-SPI.
Calibrating delay loop... OK.
Found chip "SST SST49LF004A/B" (512 KB, FWH) at physical address
0xfff80000.
No operations were specified.
ulf-pc:~# flashrom -w /tmp/floppy/fn25s02a.bin 
flashrom v0.9.1-r706
No coreboot table found.
Found chipset "NVIDIA CK804", enabling flash write... OK.
This chipset supports the following protocols: Non-SPI.
Calibrating delay loop... OK.
Found chip "SST SST49LF004A/B" (512 KB, FWH) at physical address
0xfff80000.
Flash image seems to be a legacy BIOS. Disabling checks.
Writing flash chip... Programming page: 0007 at address: 0x00070000
COMPLETE.
Verifying flash... VERIFY FAILED at 0x00005455! Expected=0xff,
Read=0xaa, failed byte count from 0x00000000-0x0007ffff: 0x50d2
Your flash chip is in an unknown state.
Get help on IRC at irc.freenode.net channel #flashrom or
mail flashrom at flashrom.org
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DO NOT REBOOT OR POWEROFF!
ulf-pc:~# flashrom -w test.img 
flashrom v0.9.1-r706
No coreboot table found.
Found chipset "NVIDIA CK804", enabling flash write... OK.
This chipset supports the following protocols: Non-SPI.
Calibrating delay loop... OK.
Found chip "SST SST49LF004A/B" (512 KB, FWH) at physical address
0xfff80000.
Flash image seems to be a legacy BIOS. Disabling checks.
Writing flash chip... ERASE FAILED at 0x0006b000! Expected=0xff,
Read=0x00, failed byte count from 0x00060000-0x0006ffff: 0x3e21
ERASE FAILED!
ERASE FAILED!
ERASE FAILED!
ERASE FAILED!
FAILED!
Your flash chip is in an unknown state.
Get help on IRC at irc.freenode.net channel #flashrom or
mail flashrom at flashrom.org
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DO NOT REBOOT OR POWEROFF!

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 Dr. Ulf Mehlig · Laboratório de Biologia Vegetal
 Instituto de Estudos Costeiros (IECOS)
 Universidade Federal do Pará, Campus Bragança · Brazil
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