[flashrom] W836xx : HP Z820 : flashrom -V

[Stefan Tauner]

On Thu, 17 Apr 2014 14:55:16 -0700
Roberto Denis <roberto at godenis.com> wrote:

> BIOS Lock Enable: enabled, BIOS Write Enable: disabled, BIOS_CNTL is 0x2a
> WARNING: BIOS region SMM protection is enabled!

That's the problem IMHO. See SMM_BWP in the chipset documentation
(section 13.1.33 in intel document 326200). Short version: if you want
to write there easily, use an external programmer.

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Kind regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Stefan Tauner