[flashrom] updating BIOS for Shuttle SN21G5
Eduardo de Juan
eduardo.de-juan at adslmail.es
Fri Dec 26 20:20:00 CET 2014
Hi Stefan
Thanks for your feedback.
Please see my extra questions within the mail body further down.
BR, Eduardo
On 12/24/2014 01:43 AM, Stefan Tauner wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Dec 2014 19:46:41 +0100
> Eduardo de Juan <eduardo.de-juan at adslmail.es> wrote:
>
>> Hi Stefan
>>
>> Thanks for your reply.
>>
>> I've verified, as you stated, that the file I downloaded from Shuttle's
>> web page has the same size as the bios file I backed up, exactly the
>> same, 524.288 !
>>
>> I've also found that the versión from the web seems to be the same as I
>> already have installed,
>>
>> BIOS Information
>> Vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
>> Version: 6.00 PG
>> Release Date: 02/14/2006
>> Address: 0xE0000
>> Runtime Size: 128 kB
>> ROM Size: 512 kB
>>
>>
>> Is it normal that the BIOS has not neede to be updated since 2006 ?
> It is normal that manufacturers do not provide updates very long due to
> economical reasons and because they simply don't care... (that's one
> the big advantages of coreboot ;)
You mean I could replace by present BIOS with coreboot ?
Would that provide me with a better (more functional) BIOS (firmware) ?
I.e. would it then be able to boot from USB ?
However I've checked the suported boards but I think mine is not there.
According to the dmidecode output my board is a
Base Board Information
Manufacturer: Shuttle Inc
Product Name: FN21V10
Version:
Serial Number:
............
Processor Information
Socket Designation: Socket 939
Type: Central Processor
Family: Athlon 64
Manufacturer: AMD
Output from flasrom
Found chipset "NVIDIA MCP51".
This chipset is marked as untested. If you are using an up-to-date
version
of flashrom *and* were (not) able to successfully update your
firmware with it,
then please email a report to flashrom at flashrom.org including a
verbose (-V) log.
Thank you!
Enabling flash write... OK.
Found SST flash chip "SST49LF004A/B" (512 kB, FWH) at physical
address 0xfff80000.
No operations were specified.
>
>> Can it be that my box is so old that it's not able to boot from a USB
>> stick ?
>> I've tried to boot my office laptop with the same USB and it booted.
> There are a number of ways to boot from USB devices and compatibility
> problems are (or at least were) quite common. The hardware is able to
> boot from USB for sure, but the firmware might have some quirks...
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