[flashrom] Error reading Winbond W25x16 on Intel DX48BT2

Carl-Daniel Hailfinger c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006 at gmx.net
Wed Feb 3 23:01:47 CET 2010


Hi Finnbarr,

On 03.02.2010 19:13, Finnbarr Murphy wrote:
> Thanks for the fast feedback.  This BIOS has a UEFI boot option which
> isupports EFI booting an OS.  Got it to work for a while and then
> somehow it managed to hose itself by adding one too many boot options.
> I suspect a buggy implementation of an EFI boot manager but Intel will
> not provide any support because (1) I was using Linux and (2) it is
> a desktop motherboard.  I wanted to clean out the EFI boot options.
>
> Guess I will just have to demand a replacement motherboard under 
> warranty.
>   

If the flahs chip is socketed, you could read and reflash it in another
motherboard or with the help of an external cheap SPI programmer
(depending on your soldering skills, you can even use a $3 USB parport
cable).

Regards,
Carl-Daniel

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