On Thu, 24 May 2012 16:02:47 -0400 "Richard R. Blum" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Flashrom Support: > > I recently bricked the Marvell 9120 SATA Controller on an ASUS P7P55D-E LX > mainboard. I > have read that I may be able to recover this controller by flashing the > external Macronix > MX25L4005 EEPROM on which the Marvell 9120 firmware is stored using flashrom. > > When I ran flashrom on the ASUS P7P55D-E LX mainboard, flashrom returned the > warnings > associated with laptops, so I didn't run flashrom further. It appears that > flashrom fully supports > the Macronix MX25L4005 EEPROM and I have a copy of an image of the original > firmware. Also, > it is my understanding that the ASUS P7P55D-E LX southbridge is an Intel > ICH10R. > > Is it possible to flash the Macronix MX25L4005 EEPROM without removing the > chip? If so, > please provide recommendations and instructions. If not, I read about a > flashrom user who > flashed a Macronix MX25L4005 to restore a laptop using a buspirate and > disconnecting the VCC > pin. hi you seem to be a little bit confused :) the macronix chip you see is most probably the one where your mainboard has stored its firmware/bios. it has nothing to do with the marvell controller's flash. atm there is only support for marvell's 88SX6041 and 88SX6042 in flashrom (see satamv programmer). it is possible that we could add support for your controller too, but not easily without a detailed datasheet. and it would take some time too. it might be easier to get an external programmer and attach it to the flash directly. can you take a look at the sata controller and search for the flash chip? this might help you locating it: http://flashrom.org/Technology -- Kind regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Stefan Tauner _______________________________________________ flashrom mailing list [email protected] http://www.flashrom.org/mailman/listinfo/flashrom
