[flashrom] ASUS

[mindzeebeez]

..so I just add

-p internal:laptop=force_I_want_a_brick

..after the normal command to install the new bios?

Just out of interest, how does the program find the new BIOS file (.ROM)?
It is currently on my desk top. Please, do I need to specify the file path, and if so please can you give me an example of this?

Chris Hudson BA(Hons.)


On 21 Oct, 2011,at 12:57 PM, Stefan Tauner <stefan.tauner at student.tuwien.ac.at> wrote:

> On Thu, 20 Oct 2011 23:39:47 +0100
> Chris <mindzeebeez at me.com> wrote:
>
> > By the way I have contacted ASUS about the problem, but no answer.
> > I would be only too willing to make a donation to the project if we can
> > get this sorted out!
>
> hello!
>
> i am not sure why, but we have not received your first mail. we had
> some maintenance yesterday so...
>
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: error message: flashrom
> > Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 23:34:52 +0100
> > From: Chris <mindzeebeez at me.com>
> > To: flashrom at flashrom.org
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> > Please help me, I get the message below when I try and flash the bios
> > with flashrom.
> >
> > I have the new ROM file on my desktop waiting to install. It may have a
> > compatibility issue because although it is the correct one, it is for
> > motherboard ASUS P5L-VM-1394 and I have the P5L-VM-1394 (V-P5945G).
> > Which is why the built in system BIOS updater wouldn't work.
>
> this reads a bit like this
> http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?id=20090425024409002&board_id=1&model=P5L-VM+1394&page=1&SLanguage=en-us
>
> maybe this is just an error in the flash programs or the image... i
> cant find a barebone pc with the name V-P5945G... did the mainboard
> come with a barebone pc from asus like this one
> http://www.asus.com/Barebone_PC/V_Series_2530L/V2P5945G/
> or did you buy the board alone?
>
> > I also tried AFUDOS (didn't have motherboard DVD) and the proprietory
> > ASUS updater ((which runs in Windows partition)- same problem re: new
> > BIOS "compatibility").
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any assistance!
>
> you did not mention which version of flashrom you were using, please
> provide the full verbose log (flashrom -V).
>
> >
> > Calibrating delay loop... OK.
> > ========================================================================
> > WARNING! You may be running flashrom on an unsupported laptop. We could
> > not detect this for sure because your vendor has not setup the SMBIOS
> > tables correctly. You can enforce execution by adding
> > '-p internal:laptop=force_I_want_a_brick' to the command line, but
> > please read the following warning if you are not sure.
> >
> > Laptops, notebooks and netbooks are difficult to support and we
> > recommend to use the vendor flashing utility. The embedded controller
> > (EC) in these machines often interacts badly with flashing.
> > See http://www.flashrom.org/Laptops for details.
> >
> > If flash is shared with the EC, erase is guaranteed to brick your laptop
> > and write may brick your laptop.
> > Read and probe may irritate your EC and cause fan failure, backlight
> > failure and sudden poweroff.
> > You have been warned.
> > ========================================================================
>
> obviously you are not using a laptop here, so there is no problem. just
> use the additional parameter as described above please.
>
> -- 
> Kind regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Stefan Tauner
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