Why bother? The official BIOS-reflashing method on that generation of Aspire One is completely OS independent anyway. You just need a FAT-formatted USB stick and a computer to copy the BIOS image on to it with.
On 6 Aug 2016 06:50, <scrooya...@riseup.net> wrote: > Hi, > > In the Laptop table the Aspire one is listed as BAD > But as there are so many different aspire one models i wonder if ALL > Aspire one models are BAD > > In my case i have the ZG5 model also known as AOA110 (512MB) and AOA150 > (1GB) > These models have Winbond W25x80 EEPROMS (these are listed as supported, > all OK > > I wonder what's the safest way to try? > > Also the link regarding the Aspire One in the Laptop table points to the > coreboot mailing list, but in the entire post there is NO mention of the > aspire one. > > Eventually i could de-solder the chip and try to flash it in an external > programmer. > > I have 3 of these Acers that could use a fresh BIOS. (hopefully the > latest one allows to boot from SD) > Most Aspire One netbooks have BIOS issues and having a tool that doesn't > require Microsoft would be very welcome. > > > In software there is a mention of SST2400 and there is no mention of > Winbond, but on the mainboard there is a Winbond 25x80 chip. > > > Best, > > Wilfried > > > _______________________________________________ > flashrom mailing list > flashrom@flashrom.org > https://www.flashrom.org/mailman/listinfo/flashrom >
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