Hi Stefan, thank you very much for your reply. So I will see if to keep my motherboard as it is or to change it with a different one.
Have an happy new year! Cheers, Federico <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> Questa e-mail è stata inviata da un computer privo di virus protetto da Avast. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> <#DDB4FAA8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> 2015-12-25 2:24 GMT+01:00 Stefan Tauner <[email protected]>: > On Wed, 12 Aug 2015 10:55:06 +0000 > Federico Tomasi <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I already tried some time ago to flash my hp xw9300 mainboard bios but > with > > no luck. Then I realized that I was using Ubuntu on a VirtualBox so it > > maybe could not access the mainborad chip... > > > > I retried in these days using an Ubuntu live-cd, and I also read this > old > > forum thread > > > > > http://forums.bit-tech.net/showpost.php?s=c0347634d93e911f8254f28ec1a83fc1&p=2176448&postcount=6 > > > > where a guy tells to have succesfully written a Tyan original bios on > the > > HP branded version of the same mainboard (the Tyan K8WE S2895) that is > the > > HP XW9300 mainboard. > > (I didn't connect pins as he edit it wasn't necessary to do that but to > > enable the jumper of boot block) > > > > Hi Federico, > > it seems like different versions of the firmware engage different write > protection mechanisms and your version requires either a small piece of > code in flashrom to disable the write protection or the ugly hack of > connection the respective pins to VDD. The problem is that deriving the > right commands for the board is not straight forward and no one > bothered to find them yet (it requires reverse engineering the firmware > files). > > -- > Kind regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Stefan Tauner >
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