Dear Ray, Sorry, but I am quite sure that you will not be able to successfully flash a memory chip of your video card using the flashrom's Internal flashing mode, especially on a Mac: even the internal flashing of its' own BIOS chip is likely not supported (if a chipset isn't) and could result in a (software) bricking. So, most likely you'll have to use the external flashing adapter, like USB CH341A, which hopefully could be connected to a memory chip of your video card using a test clip (to avoid the soldering). Then, the command line will look like
sudo ./flashrom -p ch341a_spi -r dump.bin -V And you could find an example of flashing setup here: http://dangerousprototypes.com/docs/Flashing_a_BIOS_chip_with_Bus_Pirate#CH341A_flashing_coreboot_open_source_BIOS_to_Lenovo_G505S_hacking I am sending a copy of this e-mail to a flashrom mailing list, just in case someone would see a mistake in my message and would like to clarify or add some useful info. Best regards, Mike On Thu, Sep 5, 2019 at 10:39 PM Ray Nygren <rnyg...@mail.com> wrote: > > Sorry for the misunderstanding. > I have flashrom install on mac pro correctly. > I am not flahing mac pro rom its the AMD RX580 Video card which has a mistake > in the ROM bios that > need updated to make it compatable with Mac as the pre graphics screen is > blank > I attached the link in the reques you replied to on the fix > My question to forum is: > 1. what is the arg to dump list of roms seen. > 2. need to identify and dump rom from RX580 video card > 3. edit 5 bytes and flash video card rom > > If you are not able to help please forward to anyone who can assist me. > Thanks > > Sent: Monday, September 02, 2019 at 6:26 AM > From: "Mike Banon" <mikeb...@gmail.com> > To: rnyg...@mail.com, flashrom <flashrom@flashrom.org> > Subject: Re: [flashrom] Mac Pro Mojave with AMD RX580 need to fix ROM for > boot screen. > Are you trying the internal flashing mode? If a Mac Pro chipset is not > supported by a flashrom, it wouldn't be successful. > You might need the external flashing: get a hardware programmer like > CH341A, find a ROM chip at RX 580 motherboard, > try to connect CH341A to a chip using some test clip which is > compatible with a chip (make sure this chip supports 3.3V > since there are some flash chips that are 1.8V), and try. This is how > I would have tried to do it. > > On Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at 9:45 PM <rnyg...@mail.com> wrote: > > > > I found a link to correct the problem that many people have but no one has > > completed with flashrom on Mac they e 580 from Mac Pro then insert to PC to > > use flash program, > > I would like to try to do all on MAC usin flash rom. I was able to complete > > install brew then flashrom but now am overwelmened by manual > > here is the link with fix > > https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/turn-a-new-sapphire-rx580-pulse-into-the-mac-edition-card.2101909/ > > > > I need arguments to dump rx580 ROM to file > > copy to backup > > edit changes > > save file > > flash rx580 card > > > > What args should I use to dump to file and then flash > > _______________________________________________ > > flashrom mailing list -- flashrom@flashrom.org > > To unsubscribe send an email to flashrom-le...@flashrom.org _______________________________________________ flashrom mailing list -- flashrom@flashrom.org To unsubscribe send an email to flashrom-le...@flashrom.org
