[flashrom] FAILED: Tyan:2915 (Thunder n6650W)

Mon Mar 28 22:34:56 CEST 2011

Hi Ryne,

Am 26.03.2011 02:42 schrieb Ryne Bell:
> I am attempting to update the bios of my Tyan 2915 motherboard, but have encountered an error
> I compiled it myself on a Linux live cd, the file xaa is the first 1MB of the latest bios release from Tyan: version 4.01d_beta.
>
> Thanks,
> Ryne
>
> This is the output I get with one -V
>
> ubuntu at ubuntu:~/Downloads$ sudo flashrom -w xaa -V
> flashrom v0.9.3-r1205 on Linux 2.6.35-22-generic (x86_64), built with libpci 3.1.7, GCC 4.4.5, little endian
> flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org
>
> Calibrating delay loop... OS timer resolution is 2 usecs, 999M loops per second, 10 myus = 12 us, 100 myus = 101 us, 1000 myus = 1000 us, 10000 myus = 10009 us, 8 myus = 10 us, OK.
> Initializing internal programmer
> No coreboot table found.
> DMI string system-manufacturer: "Hewlett-Packard"
> DMI string system-product-name: "HP xw9400 Workstation"
>    

HP xw9400... those need a solder bridge to reflash the whole chip.

> DMI string system-version: " "
> DMI string baseboard-manufacturer: "Hewlett-Packard"
> DMI string baseboard-product-name: "0A1Ch"
> DMI string baseboard-version: "Not Specified"
> DMI string chassis-type: "Mini Tower"
> Found chipset "NVIDIA MCP55", enabling flash write... chipset PCI ID is 10de:0364, OK.
> This chipset supports the following protocols: Non-SPI.
> Disabling flash write protection for board "HP xw9400"... OK.
>    

I guess we should print a warning that only parts of the chip can be 
reflashed unless you solder. Unfortunately it is impossible to detect 
whether someone has soldered the boot block protection line and thus we 
have to assume that the user already did that.

> Probing for SST SST49LF080A, 1024 KB: Chip lacks correct probe timing information, using default 10mS/40uS. probe_jedec_common: id1 0xbf, id2 0x5b
> Found chip "SST SST49LF080A" (1024 KB, LPC) at physical address 0xfff00000.
> Flash image seems to be a legacy BIOS. Disabling checks.
> Writing flash chip... Erasing flash chip... Looking at blockwise erase function 0... trying... 0x000000-0x000fff, 0x001000-0x001fff, 0x002000-0x002fff, 0x003000-0x003fff, 0x004000-0x004fff, 0x005000-0x005fff, 0x006000-0x006fff, 0x007000-0x007fff, 0x008000-0x008fff, 0x009000-0x009fff, 0x00a000-0x00afff, 0x00b000-0x00bfff, 0x00c000-0x00cfff, 0x00d000-0x00dfff, 0x00e000-0x00efff, 0x00f000-0x00ffff, 0x010000-0x010fff, 0x011000-0x011fff, 0x012000-0x012fff, 0x013000-0x013fff, 0x014000-0x014fff, 0x015000-0x015fff, 0x016000-0x016fff, 0x017000-0x017fff, 0x018000-0x018fff, 0x019000-0x019fff, 0x01a000-0x01afff, 0x01b000-0x01bfff, 0x01c000-0x01cfff, 0x01d000-0x01dfff, 0x01e000-0x01efff, 0x01f000-0x01ffff, 0x020000-0x020fff, 0x021000-0x021fff, 0x022000-0x022fff, 0x023000-0x023fff, 0x024000-0x024fff, 0x025000-0x025fff, 0x026000-0x026fff, 0x027000-0x027fff, 0x028000-0x028fff, 0x029000-0x029fff, 0x02a000-0x02afff, 0x02b000-0x02bfff, 0x02c000-0x02cfff, 0x02d000-0x02dfff, 0x02e000-0x02efff, 0x02f000-0x02ffff, 0x030000-0x030fff, 0x031000-0x031fff, 0x032000-0x032fff, 0x033000-0x033fff, 0x034000-0x034fff, 0x035000-0x035fff, 0x036000-0x036fff, 0x037000-0x037fff, 0x038000-0x038fff, 0x039000-0x039fff, 0x03a000-0x03afff, 0x03b000-0x03bfff, 0x03c000-0x03cfff, 0x03d000-0x03dfff, 0x03e000-0x03efff, 0x03f000-0x03ffff, 0x040000-0x040fff, 0x041000-0x041fff, 0x042000-0x042fff, 0x043000-0x043fff, 0x044000-0x044fff, 0x045000-0x045fff, 0x046000-0x046fff, 0x047000-0x047fff, 0x048000-0x048fff, 0x049000-0x049fff, 0x04a000-0x04afff, 0x04b000-0x04bfff, 0x04c000-0x04cfff, 0x04d000-0x04dfff, 0x04e000-0x04efff, 0x04f000-0x04ffff, 0x050000-0x050fff, 0x051000-0x051fff, 0x052000-0x052fff, 0x053000-0x053fff, 0x054000-0x054fff, 0x055000-0x055fff, 0x056000-0x056fff, 0x057000-0x057fff, 0x058000-0x058fff, 0x059000-0x059fff, 0x05a000-0x05afff, 0x05b000-0x05bfff, 0x05c000-0x05cfff, 0x05d000-0x05dfff, 0x05e000-0x05efff, 0x05f000-0x05ffff, 0x060000-0x060fff, 0x061000-0x061fff, 0x062000-0x062fff, 0x063000-0x063fff, 0x064000-0x064fff, 0x065000-0x065fff, 0x066000-0x066fff, 0x067000-0x067fff, 0x068000-0x068fff, 0x069000-0x069fff, 0x06a000-0x06afff, 0x06b000-0x06bfff, 0x06c000-0x06cfff, 0x06d000-0x06dfff, 0x06e000-0x06efff, 0x06f000-0x06ffff, 0x070000-0x070fff, 0x071000-0x071fff, 0x072000-0x072fff, 0x073000-0x073fff, 0x074000-0x074fff, 0x075000-0x075fff, 0x076000-0x076fff, 0x077000-0x077fff, 0x078000-0x078fff, 0x079000-0x079fff, 0x07a000-0x07afff, 0x07b000-0x07bfff, 0x07c000-0x07cfff, 0x07d000-0x07dfff, 0x07e000-0x07efff, 0x07f000-0x07ffff, 0x080000-0x080fff, 0x081000-0x081fff, 0x082000-0x082fff, 0x083000-0x083fff, 0x084000-0x084fff, 0x085000-0x085fff, 0x086000-0x086fff, 0x087000-0x087fff, 0x088000-0x088fff, 0x089000-0x089fff, 0x08a000-0x08afff, 0x08b000-0x08bfff, 0x08c000-0x08cfff, 0x08d000-0x08dfff, 0x08e000-0x08efff, 0x08f000-0x08ffff, 0x090000-0x090fff, 0x091000-0x091fff, 0x092000-0x092fff, 0x093000-0x093fff, 0x094000-0x094fff, 0x095000-0x095fff, 0x096000-0x096fff, 0x097000-0x097fff, 0x098000-0x098fff, 0x099000-0x099fff, 0x09a000-0x09afff, 0x09b000-0x09bfff, 0x09c000-0x09cfff, 0x09d000-0x09dfff, 0x09e000-0x09efff, 0x09f000-0x09ffff, 0x0a0000-0x0a0fff, 0x0a1000-0x0a1fff, 0x0a2000-0x0a2fff, 0x0a3000-0x0a3fff, 0x0a4000-0x0a4fff, 0x0a5000-0x0a5fff, 0x0a6000-0x0a6fff, 0x0a7000-0x0a7fff, 0x0a8000-0x0a8fff, 0x0a9000-0x0a9fff, 0x0aa000-0x0aafff, 0x0ab000-0x0abfff, 0x0ac000-0x0acfff, 0x0ad000-0x0adfff, 0x0ae000-0x0aefff, 0x0af000-0x0affff, 0x0b0000-0x0b0fff, 0x0b1000-0x0b1fff, 0x0b2000-0x0b2fff, 0x0b3000-0x0b3fff, 0x0b4000-0x0b4fff, 0x0b5000-0x0b5fff, 0x0b6000-0x0b6fff, 0x0b7000-0x0b7fff, 0x0b8000-0x0b8fff, 0x0b9000-0x0b9fff, 0x0ba000-0x0bafff, 0x0bb000-0x0bbfff, 0x0bc000-0x0bcfff, 0x0bd000-0x0bdfff, 0x0be000-0x0befff, 0x0bf000-0x0bffff, 0x0c0000-0x0c0fff, 0x0c1000-0x0c1fff, 0x0c2000-0x0c2fff, 0x0c3000-0x0c3fff, 0x0c4000-0x0c4fff, 0x0c5000-0x0c5fff, 0x0c6000-0x0c6fff, 0x0c7000-0x0c7fff, 0x0c8000-0x0c8fff, 0x0c9000-0x0c9fff, 0x0ca000-0x0cafff, 0x0cb000-0x0cbfff, 0x0cc000-0x0ccfff, 0x0cd000-0x0cdfff, 0x0ce000-0x0cefff, 0x0cf000-0x0cffff, 0x0d0000-0x0d0fff, 0x0d1000-0x0d1fff, 0x0d2000-0x0d2fff, 0x0d3000-0x0d3fff, 0x0d4000-0x0d4fff, 0x0d5000-0x0d5fff, 0x0d6000-0x0d6fff, 0x0d7000-0x0d7fff, 0x0d8000-0x0d8fff, 0x0d9000-0x0d9fff, 0x0da000-0x0dafff, 0x0db000-0x0dbfff, 0x0dc000-0x0dcfff, 0x0dd000-0x0ddfff, 0x0de000-0x0defff, 0x0df000-0x0dffff, 0x0e0000-0x0e0fff, 0x0e1000-0x0e1fff, 0x0e2000-0x0e2fff, 0x0e3000-0x0e3fff, 0x0e4000-0x0e4fff, 0x0e5000-0x0e5fff, 0x0e6000-0x0e6fff, 0x0e7000-0x0e7fff, 0x0e8000-0x0e8fff, 0x0e9000-0x0e9fff, 0x0ea000-0x0eafff, 0x0eb000-0x0ebfff, 0x0ec000-0x0ecfff, 0x0ed000-0x0edfff, 0x0ee000-0x0eefff, 0x0ef000-0x0effff,

Worked until here.

> 0x0f0000-0x0f0fff, ERASE FAILED at 0x000f0000! Expected=0xff, Read=0xe9, failed byte count from 0x000f0000-0x000f0fff: 0xf56
> ERASE FAILED!
>    

And here the boot block protection kicks in.

> Looking at blockwise erase function 1... trying... 0x000000-0x00ffff, 0x010000-0x01ffff, 0x020000-0x02ffff, 0x030000-0x03ffff, 0x040000-0x04ffff, 0x050000-0x05ffff, 0x060000-0x06ffff, 0x070000-0x07ffff, 0x080000-0x08ffff, 0x090000-0x09ffff, 0x0a0000-0x0affff, 0x0b0000-0x0bffff, 0x0c0000-0x0cffff, 0x0d0000-0x0dffff, 0x0e0000-0x0effff, 0x0f0000-0x0fffff, ERASE FAILED at 0x000f0000! Expected=0xff, Read=0xe9, failed byte count from 0x000f0000-0x000fffff: 0x603c
> ERASE FAILED!
>
> Looking at blockwise erase function 2... eraseblock layout is known, but no matching block erase function found. Looking for another erase function.
> FAILED!
> Your flash chip is in an unknown state.
>    

The easiest way to recover is to locate the old contents (you made a 
backup, right?) of the chip, and then run
flashrom -V -w backup.rom

It should not complain, and everything should work fine again.

We have some documentation somewhere on how to reflash the xw9400 
completely, but I don't remember exactly where. You can also ask on IRC 
in #flashrom on irc.freenode.net. A few users in there might remember. 
Google may find some hits as well. Basically you have to connect two 
solder pads on that board, and that's it.

Regards,
Carl-Daniel

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