Thanks for the reply. I will do some homework on the coreboot. However I think my chanllenge here is to find a program (I don't have hardware programmer) to flash the chip. I run flashrom.exe -p internal -c MX25L4005(A/C) -VVV and here is what I gotflashrom v0.9.6.1-r1671 on MS-DOS 7 (i686)flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org flashrom was built with libpci 3.1.5, GCC 4.4.4, little endianCommand line (5 args): c:/bios/flashrom.exe -p internal -c MX25L4005(A/C) -VVVCalibrating delay loop... OS timer resolution is 110000 usecs, 298M loops per second, delay more than 10% too short (got 84% of expected delay), recalculating... 347M loops per second, 10 myus = 0 us, 100 myus = 0 us, 1000 myus = 0 us, 10000 myus = 0 us, 440000 myus = 440000 us, OK.Initializing internal programmerNo coreboot table found.DMI string system-manufacturer: ""DMI string system-product-name: ""DMI string system-version: ""DMI string baseboard-manufacturer: ""DMI string baseboard-product-name: ""DMI string baseboard-version: ""DMI string chassis-type: ""DMI chassis-type is not specific enough.Found ITE Super I/O, ID 0x8712 on port 0x2eBad Command or file nameBad Command or file nameBad Command or file nameBad Command or file nameBad Command or file nameBad Command or file name I am not sure which part is wrong. Is it because I don't have a full dos enviroment? Thanks, > Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 22:05:06 +0200 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [flashrom] About flashing mx25l4005 on Itona TC2331 > > 2013/5/14 Bin X <[email protected]>: > > I apologize if it does not make sense at all since this is my first attempt > > to flash a bios with unmatched bios ID. > > > > I was trying to flash bios on a Itona TC2331 to get rid of the limitation > > they put on of any IDE HDD and USB HDD can’t be larger than 64mb. > > coreboot can do that, but you have to spend 'some' time on adding > support for your particular mainboard. > > See http://b2b.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3215#sp > ("Chipset VIA CN700 chipset with VIA VT8237R Plus") and > http://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Chipsets_and_Devices > > > > > The current bios rom, flash program and documentation can be found here: > > > > ftp://ftpguest:[email protected]/../Utilities/BIOS/TC23YY/ > > > > Since I don’t have any working rom so I am hoping to use the file from this > > board > > > > http://b2b.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3215#dl > > > > Because they are from the same vendor and used the same chipset. I > > understand it may not work at all but decide to take the risk. > > > > However, I can’t find any program to flash the bios that can ignore the bios > > ID. The vendor provided one can flash the bios but does not have the option > > to ignore the unmatched bios ID. Flashrom failed at probing the chipset. > > > > The building Q-Flash tells that it is MX25L4005 which should be supported by > > Flashrom. I also tried “internal:laptop=this_is_not_a_laptop” and still no > > success. > > It's very good that you found that programmer parameter. However, the > Gigabyte product picture shows that this (non-VXL) board uses LPC > flash instead of SPI. > > What we're interested in is what flashrom's output looks like when > there is - your words - no success. Does its output end with many > times "<hexadecimal value>:S"? > > > > > So I am not sure what else I should try to make Flashrom work. > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > flashrom mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.flashrom.org/mailman/listinfo/flashrom > > _______________________________________________ > flashrom mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.flashrom.org/mailman/listinfo/flashrom
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