So if restoring the backup ROM worked am I safe to power cycle my machine? Any ideas on what would be wrong with that ROM?
Thanks... Bill- On Jul 17, 2012 8:49 PM, "William Speirs" <[email protected]> wrote: > I was able to write the backup and run verify and it worked. I still > haven't and won't restart my machine. > > After restoring the backup, I tried again with the new BIOS and got the > same error/issue. I was able to backup yet again without issue. > > So I'm guessing it's more of a problem with the ROM image than the program > writing the ROM. I've attached the ROM to see if that provides any insight. > > Thanks again for the help! > > Bill- > > On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 8:22 PM, William Speirs <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I will try writing the backup and certainly leave the machine on. >> >> Thanks, and get some sleep ;-) >> >> Bill- >> On Jul 17, 2012 8:20 PM, "Stefan Tauner" < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 19:39:31 -0400 >>> William Speirs <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> > I tried a flashrom -r and compared it to the backup I made and it's >>> > different. It is also different from the ROM I tried to install. >>> > >>> > Any thoughts? >>> >>> Most importantly: dont reboot or shutdown that computer. (we really >>> mean it... but some users do it anyway, and brick their boards that >>> way) >>> >>> i would try writing the backup image again to get to a safe state >>> again. the reason why it failed in the first place is not obvious to >>> me, but it is 2:00 AM here, so i might be overlooking something. >>> -- >>> Kind regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Stefan Tauner >>> >> >
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