[flashrom] Just asking some basic advice before I flash the BIOS.

[Idwer Vollering]

2012/2/15 Sergio Cipolla <secipolla at gmail.com>:
> Hello. First of all, thank you for flashrom.
> I have an ECS k7vta3 mobo with VT8233A southbridge.

It looks like your board is supported:
http://www.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2009-June/050002.html
http://www.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2009-June/050004.html

Note that there seem to be several PCB revisions: v3.1, v5.0, v6.0,
v8.0: http://www.google.nl/search?&q=site:ecs.com.tw+ECS+k7vta3

>
> # flashrom -r bios.old
> flashrom v0.9.4-r1394 on Linux 3.2.0-1-686-pae (i686), built with
> libpci 3.1.7, GCC 4.6.1, little endian
> flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org
>
> Calibrating delay loop... OK.
> Found chipset "VIA VT8233A". Enabling flash write... OK.
> This chipset supports the following protocols: Non-SPI.
> Found PMC flash chip "Pm29F002T" (256 kB, Parallel) at physical
> address 0xfffc0000.
> ===
> This flash part has status UNTESTED for operations: WRITE
> The test status of this chip may have been updated in the latest development
> version of flashrom. If you are running the latest development version,
> 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, -Vr,
> -Vw, -VE), and mention which mainboard or programmer you tested.
> Please mention your board in the subject line. Thanks for your help!
>
> I have the latest BIOS (k7vta330d.exe) here. To write it I would simply run
>
> # flashrom -wv k7vta330d.exe
>
> right?

No: 1) that file isn't a BIOS file and 2) the filesize won't match the
chip's size. Unzip that .exe file and write "K7V330D.BIN" instead.
The "-v" parameter is for verifying chip content against files (on any
filesystem).

> Should I add any -V just in case too?

Adding "-V" and saving the output would be helpful, yes.

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