[flashrom] oops ! - everything went fine, until...

[Idwer Vollering]

2011/2/20 Jules Gosnell <jules_gosnell at yahoo.com>:
> On 02/20/2011 12:55 AM, Idwer Vollering wrote:
>>
>> 2011/2/20 Jules Gosnell<jules_gosnell at yahoo.com>:
>>>
>>> late night session...
>>>
>>> feeling a little cavalier with some old hardware...
>>>
>>> ran 'flashrom' - seemed to be happy...
>>>
>>> made a backup of my existing bios - still happy...
>>>
>>> wrote my new bios - flashrom reported job done no problems...still
>>> happy...
>>>
>>> I reboot, kicking myself for hours of messing around with various
>>> versions
>>> of windows trying and failing to update my bios that way...
>>>
>>> suddenly - box NOT happy :-(
>>>
>>> three short beeps, pause, three short beeps...
>>>
>>> I power down, power up  - three short beeps repeating - argh !!!
>>
>> Tyan's support page 'demands' that you reset the CMOS after flashing,
>> here's how you do that:
>> http://www.tyan.com/archive/support/html/clear_cmos.html
>
> Thanks - I did this and my box came up again !

Good.

>
> What's more, it now recognises my 2TB sata drive :-)

:)

>
> Panic over - I should have RTFM-ed ...
>
> Thanks for all your help - and for flashrom - it performed perfectly - I
> just wish I could say the same for myself.

I am curious where you pulled this image, 2885V208.rom, from. Is it a
*stable* (non-beta) BIOS ?

>
> Calling it a night now.
>
>
> Jules
>
>>
>> Three beeps indicate memory problems, see chapter 8:
>>
>> http://www.ami.com/support/doc/AMIBIOS8_Checkpoint_and_Beep_Code_List_PUB.pdf
>>
>> If the CMOS reset doesn't work, hopefully a bootblock recovery will
>> help you out (chapter 3):
>> http://www.ami.com/support/doc/AMIBIOS8_Flash_Recovery_Whitepaper_v10.pdf
>>
>>>
>>> M/B is/was? a Tyan Thunder, with a pair of old opterons on it.
>>>
>>> New bios version, carefully hunted down online was - 2885V208.rom.
>>>
>>> flashrom worked flawlessly, so no doubt this is pilot error - most likely
>>> I
>>> have installed the wrong image.
>>
>> Latest version is V2.07:
>> http://www.tyan.com/archive/support/html/b_s2885.html
>>
>>>
>>> Do I chuck the m/b and  get another on eBay, or is it salvageable ?
>>> I think I saw someone online selling BIOS chips
>>
>> This wiki page is what you are looking for, it lists some companies
>> that offer replacement chips:
>>
>> http://www.coreboot.org/FAQ#Where_can_I_buy_BIOS_chips_.28empty_or_pre-flashed.29.3F
>>
>>  - maybe, if I knew which chip it
>>>
>>> was, I could unplug mine and plug a new one in - if it's not all soldered
>>> down...
>>
>> (Reference) image of the board:
>> http://www.tyan.com/archive/support/assets/images/s2885_revID.jpg
>>
>>>
>>> I'm afraid I don't know much about BIOSes. They are not something I play
>>> with every day. I was just trying to persuade my old box to see a new 2TB
>>> SATA drive so it could retire into my loft to run mythtvbackend...
>>>
>>> any help appreciated,
>>>
>>> regards.
>>>
>>>
>>> Jules
>>>
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