* Uwe Hermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070312 14:46]: > On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 01:12:37PM +0100, ST wrote: > > Am Montag, 12. März 2007 12:23 schrieb Stefan Reinauer: > > > * ST <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070312 11:58]: > > > > Since i don't have an modern flash programmer (and this version of the > > > > gigabyte doesn't have a dual bios) i am afraid to "brick" this > > > > mainboard. > > > > > > Does it have a socketed bios chip? > > No, it doesn't but it seems to me as if the place for a dual bios chip is > > printed but not used. It seems to be a serial chip since it has not so many > > pins. At first i really thought this MB had a dual bios :-(. > > > Yes. You can always use "flashrom" from the LinuxBIOS tree to flash back > > > the proprietary BIOS (given you can still boot Linux ;) > > Ok, that sounds good. > > Be careful. One you bricked the original BIOS you will _not_ be able to > boot Linux (or a DOS disk or whatever), so you will _not_ be able to > reflash the BIOS...
According to this picture, some of the boards obviously have a bios socket. How can we find out where to get those instead of the soldered-only boards? http://pclab.pl/zdjecia/artykuly/pila/am2/gigabyte-ga-m57sli-s4/plyta-gora.jpg -- coresystems GmbH • Brahmsstr. 16 • D-79104 Freiburg i. Br. Tel.: +49 761 7668825 • Fax: +49 761 7664613 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] • http://www.coresystems.de/ -- linuxbios mailing list [email protected] http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
