2013/5/15 Bin X <[email protected]>: > Thanks for the reply. I will do some homework on the coreboot. > > However I think my chanllenge here is to find a program (I don't have > hardware programmer) to flash the chip. I run > flashrom.exe -p internal -c MX25L4005(A/C) -VVV > > and here is what I got > flashrom v0.9.6.1-r1671 on MS-DOS 7 (i686) > flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org > > flashrom was built with libpci 3.1.5, GCC 4.4.4, little endian > Command line (5 args): c:/bios/flashrom.exe -p internal -c MX25L4005(A/C) > -VVV > Calibrating delay loop... OS timer resolution is 110000 usecs, 298M loops > per second, delay more than 10% too short (got 84% of expected delay), > recalculating... 347M loops per second, 10 myus = 0 us, 100 myus = 0 us, > 1000 myus = 0 us, 10000 myus = 0 us, 440000 myus = 440000 us, OK. > Initializing internal programmer > No coreboot table found. > DMI string system-manufacturer: "" > DMI string system-product-name: "" > DMI string system-version: "" > DMI string baseboard-manufacturer: "" > DMI string baseboard-product-name: "" > DMI string baseboard-version: "" > DMI string chassis-type: "" > DMI chassis-type is not specific enough. > Found ITE Super I/O, ID 0x8712 on port 0x2e > Bad Command or file name > Bad Command or file name > Bad Command or file name > Bad Command or file name > Bad Command or file name > Bad Command or file name > > I am not sure which part is wrong. Is it because I don't have a full dos > enviroment?
You seem to be missing dmidecode.exe, get it from http://assembler.cz/flashrom/dmidecode.exe The alternative is to run flashrom from any live-CD/USB Linux distribution. Ubuntu Quantal/Raring and Debian testing/unstable can install flashrom-0.9.6.1 > > Thanks, > >> Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 22:05:06 +0200 >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> CC: [email protected]; [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [flashrom] About flashing mx25l4005 on Itona TC2331 > >> >> 2013/5/14 Bin X <[email protected]>: >> > I apologize if it does not make sense at all since this is my first >> > attempt >> > to flash a bios with unmatched bios ID. >> > >> > I was trying to flash bios on a Itona TC2331 to get rid of the >> > limitation >> > they put on of any IDE HDD and USB HDD can’t be larger than 64mb. >> >> coreboot can do that, but you have to spend 'some' time on adding >> support for your particular mainboard. >> >> See http://b2b.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3215#sp >> ("Chipset VIA CN700 chipset with VIA VT8237R Plus") and >> http://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Chipsets_and_Devices >> >> > >> > The current bios rom, flash program and documentation can be found here: >> > >> > ftp://ftpguest:[email protected]/../Utilities/BIOS/TC23YY/ >> > >> > Since I don’t have any working rom so I am hoping to use the file from >> > this >> > board >> > >> > http://b2b.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3215#dl >> > >> > Because they are from the same vendor and used the same chipset. I >> > understand it may not work at all but decide to take the risk. >> > >> > However, I can’t find any program to flash the bios that can ignore the >> > bios >> > ID. The vendor provided one can flash the bios but does not have the >> > option >> > to ignore the unmatched bios ID. Flashrom failed at probing the chipset. >> > >> > The building Q-Flash tells that it is MX25L4005 which should be >> > supported by >> > Flashrom. I also tried “internal:laptop=this_is_not_a_laptop” and still >> > no >> > success. >> >> It's very good that you found that programmer parameter. However, the >> Gigabyte product picture shows that this (non-VXL) board uses LPC >> flash instead of SPI. >> >> What we're interested in is what flashrom's output looks like when >> there is - your words - no success. Does its output end with many >> times "<hexadecimal value>:S"? >> >> > >> > So I am not sure what else I should try to make Flashrom work. >> > >> > Any suggestions? >> > >> > Thanks, >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > flashrom mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://www.flashrom.org/mailman/listinfo/flashrom >> >> _______________________________________________ >> flashrom mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.flashrom.org/mailman/listinfo/flashrom _______________________________________________ flashrom mailing list [email protected] http://www.flashrom.org/mailman/listinfo/flashrom
