2011/10/27 Arup Basak <[email protected]>: > I have the 512KB bios file, and was trying to program it with flashrom and > buspirate. > Looks like one version of flashrom says "missing libftdi.dll" while another > version says programmer buspirate_spi not supported.
Can you find out which version/build showed those messages? > Can you give me link of any latest version. I have tried to copy the > libftdi.dll into the flashrom directory, also tried 'regsrv32 libftdi.dll' > in a command-box (where regsrv32 looks to be absent in Windows 7) This 7z file has (should have) the required dependencies: http://ra.openbios.org/~idwer/flashrom/flashrom_v0.9.4-r1457_mingw_win32_libftdi_libusb.7z If that does not work, install libusb-win32: http://www.libusb.org/wiki/libusb-win32 > > One more thing, when I hooked up the SPI chip to buspirate, if I use > terminal mode of buspirate and set correct mode, then if I try to read some > block using CS enables, I get 0x00 and if I keep CS disabled I get 0xFF. > I've tried to write anything with both CS enabled and disabled. But values > are read as above. > Maybe I've settled up wrong mode while trying to access EEPROM from > buspirate terminal mode. . I've worked with mode 5 spi, 125khz, Clock > polarity:Idle low , Output clock edge:Active to idle, Input sample > phase:middle, Output mode: Normal (H=3.3V, L=GND), W(power supplies on). > I didn't need to do so because for flashing my BIOS chip, I am trying to use > flashrom. > This is the fresh chip I bought for recovery. > http://in.rsdelivers.com/product/amic-technology/a25l040m-f/spi-flash-4mb-sop8-3v-4mx1/0573498.asp > Note: The BIOS chips is of my tablet, and not PC, so no problem if it takes > few days to resolve issues and program it. It isn't much serious case when > someone corrupts motherboard's BIOS. I know flashrom's support is free and > takes few hours to get reply. It's not an issue in my case. > > _______________________________________________ > flashrom mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.flashrom.org/mailman/listinfo/flashrom > _______________________________________________ flashrom mailing list [email protected] http://www.flashrom.org/mailman/listinfo/flashrom
