Right, I think it is just a question of labelling. The file I am trying
to flash the BIOS with is for the ASUS motherboard designated "P5L- VM -
1394" whereas I have motherboard designated
"P5L- VM - 1394 (V-P5945G)". Is there a way to turn off the checking
mechanism if I am certain I have the correct replacement BIOS ROM file?
Thanks in advance.
On 10/21/2011 06:08 PM, Idwer Vollering wrote:
Can you use reply-to-all or reply to [email protected]? Thanks.
2011/10/21 mindzeebeez<[email protected]>:
I definitely have the correct BIOS upgrade for my system, but normal BIOS
updaters reject it because of the appendage on my motherboard system spec.
Please, does flashrom check for compatibility of the new BIOS ROM file before
installing?
The ASUS updater most likely does some DMI table checking and demands
to stop continuing when the file contents don't match one or more of
the DMI entries.
Only when specific code is needed to disable a erase/write protection
does flashrom perform a PCI ID/DMI table check:
http://flashrom.org/Board_Enable
flashrom does not look at file contents, it only compares the chip
size to the file size and quits when those do not match.
I am using the latest version of flashrom (not the developer's version)
freely available on your webpages.
Chris Hudson BA(Hons.)
On 21 Oct, 2011,at 12:16 PM, Idwer Vollering<[email protected]> wrote:
Hi, my comment(s) are inline:
2011/10/21 Chris<[email protected]>
By the way I have contacted ASUS about the problem, but no answer.
I would be only too willing to make a donation to the project if we can
get this sorted out!
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: error message: flashrom
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 23:34:52 +0100
From: Chris<[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Hi,
Please help me, I get the message below when I try and flash the bios
with flashrom.
I have the new ROM file on my desktop waiting to install. It may have a
compatibility issue because although it is the correct one, it is for
motherboard ASUS P5L-VM-1394 and I have the P5L-VM-1394 (V-P5945G).
Which is why the built in system BIOS updater wouldn't work
I also tried AFUDOS (didn't have motherboard DVD) and the proprietory
ASUS updater ((which runs in Windows partition)- same problem re: new
BIOS "compatibility").
Thanks in advance for any assistance!
Chris Hudson
Calibrating delay loop.. OK.
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WARNING! You may be running flashrom on an unsupported laptop. We could
not detect this for sure because your vendor has not setup the SMBIOS
tables correctly.
This happens when a board's DMI table is incomplete, flashrom looks
for the chassis type in that table ("Desktop", for example, is a valid
type).
Unfortunately you haven't mentioned which version of flashrom you are
using, but when you use the latest code [1] you should be able to run
flashrom like this: flashrom -V -w<new_bios_file.extension> -p
internal:this_is_not_a_laptop
[1]: http://flashrom.org/Downloads
You can enforce execution by adding
'-p internal:laptop=force_I_want_a_brick' to the command line, but
please read the following warning if you are not sure.
Laptops, notebooks and netbooks are difficult to support and we
recommend to use the vendor flashing utility. The embedded controller
(EC) in these machines often interacts badly with flashing.
See http://www.flashrom.org/Laptops for details.
If flash is shared with the EC, erase is guaranteed to brick your laptop
and write may brick your laptop.
Read and probe may irritate your EC and cause fan failure, backlight
failure and sudden poweroff.
You have been warned.
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