[flashrom] Can't write or Erase on Abit IC7

Carl-Daniel Hailfinger c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006 at gmx.net
Wed Jun 2 03:53:17 CEST 2010


Hi,

somehow the CC for Anders got dropped. Resending.

On 02.06.2010 03:49, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
> On 02.06.2010 03:33, Andrew Morgan wrote:
>   
>> On 02/06/10 01:42, Anders Jenbo wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi, i'm trying to use a Abit IC7 to cross flash the BIOS for another
>>> board but neither erase or wirte works.
>>> The chips that i am trying to flash is a SST SST49LF004A, I am able to
>>> read it's content just fine.
>>>
>>> Any ideas what might be the issue here?
>>>
>>>       
>> I don't know how much help this is, but I did notice:
>>
>>
>> Probing for SST SST49LF004A/B, 512 KB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0x9d,
>> id2 0x6e
>> [...]
>> Found chip "PMC Pm49FL004" (512 KB, LPC,FWH) at physical address 0xfff80000
>
> Probing for PMC Pm49FL004, 512 KB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0x9d, id2 0x6e
> Found chip "PMC Pm49FL004" (512 KB, LPC,FWH) at physical address 0xfff80000.
>
>
> That's definitely a PMC ID and it passes all flashrom safety checks, so
> either the chip is mislabeled, something is really confusing flashrom to
> an extent which is thought to be almost impossible, or the chip is
> indeed a PMC Pm49FL004.
>   

Regards,
Carl-Daniel

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