Hi, I inherited an old PC and decided to try out linux. I've installed the latest version of Ubuntu and all updates. The BIOS on the machine is old so I decided to try and update it using flashrom. However, it said erase failed and to contact you. I should have probably started something easier on my first attempt to use Linux...
I did a backup of the current image. Here's the output: da...@daddy-system-name:~/Desktop/flashrom-0.9.2$ sudo flashrom -w 1018.004 flashrom v0.9.2-r1028 on Linux 2.6.35-22-generic (i686), built with libpci 3.0.0, GCC 4.4.4, 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 VT8233A", enabling flash write... OK. This chipset supports the following protocols: Non-SPI. Found chip "SST SST49LF020" (256 KB, LPC) at physical address 0xfffc0000. Flash image seems to be a legacy BIOS. Disabling checks. Writing flash chip... Erasing flash chip... ERASE FAILED at 0x00000000! Expected=0xff, Read=0x00, failed byte count from 0x00000000-0x00000fff: 0xb04 ERASE FAILED! ERASE FAILED at 0x00000000! Expected=0xff, Read=0x00, failed byte count from 0x00000000-0x00003fff: 0x3ad6 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 flash...@flashrom.org! I think my machine is an ASUS A7V333 Help! Thanks, Matt
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