[flashrom] NEED help for programing the EEPROM on intel NIC 9400PT

[Idwer Vollering]

2012/10/16 zz z <ennory at gmail.com>:
> Hello flashrom's developers:
>
> I want to save my ethernet adapter.
>
> I have an Intel 9400PT nic, the controller is 82572EI which was on your
> supported list, but the PCI ID is not match, mine is 8086-107D, and your
> list show 8086-10B9.And these two NIC is totally identical in hardware, just
> different eeprom contents.
>
> My problem is I used "eeupdate" clear the PCI Vendor ID to 0000 by my
> mistake. Now the PCI device id is 0000-107D.
>
> As the result BIOS & OS can't recognise it at all, even eeupdate itself !
> But some software (like AIDA64 ) can recognise it as a unknown device which
> pci vendor id is 0000.
> So I google that flashrom can help me ,(I have the original eep file.) I
> download it and run it in DOS. I used command "flashrom -w 9400pt.eep -p
> -nicintel_spi", then flashrom told me:
>>
>> Calibrating delay loop... OK.
>> No EEPROM/flash device found.
>> Note: flashrom can never write if the flash chip isn't found
>> automatically.
>
>
> So I need help how to using flashrom to program the eeprom on NIC. And can
> flashrom use SMBUS address to flash?(I know the SMBUS address of this NIC.)

http://blog.vodkamelone.de/archives/146-Unbricking-an-Intel-Pro1000-e1000-network-interface.html

>
>
> Thanks a lot.
> yours sincerely
>
>
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