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

[Jules Gosnell]

On 02/20/2011 01:35 AM, Idwer Vollering wrote:
> 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 ?
>

http://www.tyan.com/support_download_bios.aspx?model=S.S2885

thanks again

Jules

>>
>> 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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