[flashrom] Flash chip in unknown state - erase failed

Dan Kern Photo dankernphoto at gmail.com
Sun Apr 22 21:59:00 CEST 2012


Hello,

I received the following while trying to use flashrom to install an
updated bios.
I'm running Ubuntu 10.04. I have an ASUS M2NBP-VM CSM motherboard.


        desktop2 at Desktop2:~/Downloads$ sudo flashrom -w 1101.BIN
        flashrom v0.9.1-r946
        No coreboot table found.
        Found ITE Super I/O, id 8716
        Found chipset "NVIDIA MCP51", enabling flash write... OK.
        This chipset supports the following protocols: Non-SPI.
        Disabling flash write protection for board "ASUS M2NBP-VM
        CSM"... OK.
        Calibrating delay loop... OK.
        Found chip "SST SST49LF040B" (512 KB, LPC) at physical address
        0xfff80000.
        ===
        This flash part has status UNTESTED for operations: PROBE READ
        ERASE WRITE
        Please email a report to flashrom at flashrom.org if any of the
        above operations
        work correctly for you with this flash part. Please include the
        flashrom
        output with the additional -V option for all operations you
        tested (-V, -rV,
        -wV, -EV), and mention which mainboard or programmer you tested.
        Thanks for your help!
        ===
        Flash image seems to be a legacy BIOS. Disabling checks.
        Writing flash chip... Erasing flash chip... ERASE FAILED at
        0x00000000! Expected=0xff, Read=0x21, failed byte count from
        0x00000000-0x00000fff: 0xfef
        ERASE FAILED!
        ERASE FAILED at 0x00000000! Expected=0xff, Read=0x21, failed
        byte count from 0x00000000-0x0000ffff: 0xff16
        ERASE FAILED!
        FAILED!
        ERASE FAILED!
        FAILED!
        Your flash chip is in an unknown state.
        Get help on IRC at irc.freenode.net (channel #flashrom) or
        mail flashrom at flashrom.org!
        -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        DO NOT REBOOT OR POWEROFF!


What should I do now?

Thanks!
~Dan
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