[flashrom] Problems flashing bios

Feldi alias aXl feldi.axl at googlemail.com
Sun Jan 8 12:07:31 CET 2012


Hello all,
i have problems flashing my bios with your utility.

i have rented a small root-server in germany
(http://www.hetzner.de/hosting/produkte_rootserver/x2) and wanted to
update the bios.

at the moment the hetzner rescue system is booted. infos:

root at rescue ~ # uname -a
Linux rescue 2.6.39.2 #1 SMP Mon Jul 25 18:36:18 CEST 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux

its a small debian system.

flashrom is installed via apt:

root at rescue ~ # flashrom --version
flashrom v0.9.2-r1141 on Linux 2.6.39.2 (x86_64), built with libpci
3.1.7, GCC 4.4.5 20100728 (prerelease), little endian
flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org

hwinfo says this about my mainboard:

root at rescue ~ # hwinfo --bios | grep "Board Info" -A 10
  Board Info: #2
    Manufacturer: "MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD"
    Product: "MS-7094"
    Version: "1.00"
  Chassis Info: #3
    Type: 0x03 (Desktop)
    Bootup State: 0x02 (Unknown)
    Power Supply State: 0x02 (Unknown)
    Thermal State: 0x02 (Unknown)
    Security Status: 0x02 (Unknown)
  Processor Info: #4

so i entered "ms-7094" on the msi page and getted this site:
http://www.msi-computer.de/product/mb/K8T-Neo2-F-V2-0.html#/?div=BIOS

first i backuped the old bios with "flashrom --read bios.bak" and then
tried to write the new bios with "flashrom --write W7094vms.360" ....
then i get this error:

root at rescue ~ # flashrom --write W7094vms.360
flashrom v0.9.2-r1141 on Linux 2.6.39.2 (x86_64), built with libpci
3.1.7, GCC 4.4.5 20100728 (prerelease), little endian
flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org

Calibrating delay loop... OK.
No coreboot table found.
Found chipset "VIA VT8237", enabling flash write... OK.
This chipset supports the following protocols: Non-SPI.
Found chip "Winbond W39V040A" (512 KB, LPC) at physical address 0xfff80000.
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This flash part has status UNTESTED for operations: ERASE
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.
Thanks for your help!
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Flash image seems to be a legacy BIOS. Disabling checks.
Writing flash chip... Erasing flash chip... ERASE FAILED at
0x00000000! Expected=0xff, Read=0x49, failed byte count from
0x00000000-0x0000ffff: 0x4c4
ERASE FAILED!
ERASE FAILED at 0x00000000! Expected=0xff, Read=0x49, failed byte
count from 0x00000000-0x0007ffff: 0x48ec4
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!
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what to do now?

thanks for any help!

p.s.: sorry for my bad english :)

greetz from germany,
axel




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