No, it didn't give any errors. And No, bupdater identifies the bios of m4a.... and gives an error mesage because it knows the board is not appropriate for the bios of m4a.... So I have to do it with flashrom. Yes I can do hot swap as I mention in prev. mail. Same protocol same voltages...
The one thing that I totally confused that: *the flashing*. Is it just a " sudo flashrom -w any.rom " process or more complicated than that like: updating some part of the chip with -- layout or -- image options and leaving other parts of the chip whit its original contents (like boot block) or something like that? And I do not really know if this process can affect the amd chipset of my board or its only effective on the flash chip? İf its just a writing process of any .ROM file I thing I can try forcing it to writing operation with internal programer... Thanks for Luck :)) 8 Ocak 2012 19:37 tarihinde Marcos Felipe Rasia de Mello < [email protected]> yazdı: > 2012/1/8 İlhan Kahraman <[email protected]> > > > > Hello there..., > > > > My name is ilhan and I have just started to use a linux > operating system, so I am new to all of these linux applications... > > While I am using this operating system, my self-confidence about diving > into more tough stuff like flashtom-0.9.4. , has pushed > > me a downgrade flashing attempt on my motherboard, Asus M4A88TD-V > EVO/USB3. > > > > Actually, I have tried a downgrade flashing whit my mobo's > official applications, such as asus update and bupdater, in both FreeDos > and > > Win7 environments but, this did not help me and kept saying that " you > are trying to load an old version of bios"... > > > > So, I downloaded flashrom-0.9.4 source, installed it according > to README file, read its manual > > (http://www.flashrom.org/trac/flashrom/browser/trunk/flashrom.8) and > finally I made a backup file. > > > > While playing around these linux applications and > procrastinating my bios flashing, days gone by... Then one day :)... I just > decided > > to flash my bios because of increased freezings and shutdowns in Win7, > without being aware of that I have lost my usb stick in which I > > backup my mobos image whit using: > > > > sudo flashrom -r m4a88tdbackup > > > > > > In other words; I, unconsciously, started the flashing whit out > having a backup file... > > > > I simbly downloaded my old bios to my desktop (M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3 BIOS > 1601) from: > > > http://support.asus.com/download/download_item_mkt.aspx?slanguage=en-us&model=M4A88TD-V+EVO%2fUSB3 > > > > I named this file as m4a88tdnew.ROM > > > > and continue with ... > > > > ilhan@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ >> sudo flashrom -E > > ilhan@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ >> sudo flashrom -w m4a88tdnew.ROM > > > > After flashrom verified that the chip (winbond W25Q16) content > and the file content was same, I hit the re-start button and this was the > end of my computer :) > > It has not respond anything after that, not even any fan has cycled... I > have already tried the firmware CD and usb which both contains the > > m4a88tu3.rom ( I think its the equivalent of the amitool.rom in the > asus due to user guide instructions), have clear the cmos without its > battery and > > have un-plugged everything (expect cpu) in various combinations... All I > have now, at start, CD-rom trying to read the CDs but it gives up quickly > and > > the most important the cpu fan and the cpu ( I guess) does not work... > > > > Trying all of this with out any luck, I decided to buy a new but > cheaper mobo. I bought a Asus M4N68T-M ( with Nvidia MCP61 chipset > (un-tested) and Eon EN25F80 > > flash chip). I plugged everything on this mobo and it just working like > a charm. > > > > With this new card I continued my attempts to flash my old cards chip > but, I realized that I have no enough skills even making a simple > confirmation of that: did I succeed it, > > in a right way. I decided to go in short way, made a simple search on > the issue and found the yann's report ( > http://paste.flashrom.org/view.php?id=687) about my old card. > > I requested from him to send me his back up image file via e-mail and > he, kindly, said that he hadn't got any backup and directed me to the Asus > support site which I already tried. > > > > After all of this, as a last resort, I decided to stole your precious > time for my unimportant problem... Can you help me about it. Can I resque > my old card and how? > > I thought, if you can help me, in return of this help; I could > contribute by sending you a report about both my new and old mobos :) I > thing it is a good deal...:)) > > > > So How can I flash my old card's chip in my new card and verify its > flashed in a right way? > > > > I thank you very much by now for just reading this long. > > > > > > > > Have a good day.... > > > > > > -- > > İlhan KAHRAMAN > > Undergraduate Student at > > Materials Science & Engineering Department > > and > > Department of Industrial Design, > > Anadolu University, Eskisehir, > > Turkey > > e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > > Hi, > > Did "sudo flashrom -w m4a88tdnew.ROM" show any errors? If no, I can > only think this board requires some magic from the official update > tool to work... > > To restore your old chip contents using the new board you will need > hot swap. Before continuing see if both chips have the same protocol > and voltage. Power on your new board and load Linux. With the system > powered on, remove with care the flash chip and put the "dead" one in > place. Run flashrom -E and -w as usual. Power off and put each chip in > its original place. However I don't think it will help if your first > update attempt apparently was completed without errors. > > You can also use the DOS tool. Maybe it's the solution: > > UPDATE > bupdater /iBIOS.ROM /pc /g > > BACKUP > bupdater /oBKP.ROM > > The bios filename has *no* space after the "/i" and "/o" switches. > > Good luck. > > Marcos > -- İlhan KAHRAMAN Undergraduate Student at Materials Science & Engineering Department and Department of Industrial Design, Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Turkey e-mail: [email protected]
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