On Fri, May 25, 2018 9:32 am, Mike Banon wrote: >> Directly flashing the SPI chip maybe be dangerous since the EC can >> interfere unless the SPI chip is desoldered. > > EC will not interfere if the board will be powered off, and you could > directly flash a SPI chip without desoldering by attaching a test clip to > it (which is connected to a flashrom-supported programmer like a cheap > CH341A). Examples of the instruction: > https://www.flashrom.org/ISP , > http://dangerousprototypes.com/docs/Flashing_a_BIOS_chip_with_Bus_Pirate > (for CH341A its the same, just a connection scheme and flashrom > commands are a little bit different)
FWIW, I had a cheap board without any power isolation and an SPI chip shared between EC and ME, and supplying power to the in-situ chip was enough to power up EC. That blocked me from doing anything useful. It's still on my pile to attempt to desolder some day and try again! _______________________________________________ flashrom mailing list flashrom@flashrom.org https://mail.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/flashrom
