[flashrom] erase failed...

Luc Verhaegen libv at skynet.be
Fri Dec 11 08:54:29 CET 2009


On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 10:28:05AM +0800, Stephen Ho wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Flashrom failed on my motherboard with following error. Anyway to fix it?
> 
> 
> flashrom v0.9.1-r706
> No coreboot table found.
> Found chipset "Intel ICH7/ICH7R", enabling flash write... OK.
> This chipset supports the following protocols: LPC,FWH.
> Calibrating delay loop... OK.
> Found chip "SST SST49LF004A/B" (512 KB, FWH) at physical address 0xfff80000.
> Flash image seems to be a legacy BIOS. Disabling checks.
> Writing flash chip... ERASE FAILED at 0x000064e8! Expected=0xff,
> Read=0x50, failed byte count from 0x00000000-0x0000ffff: 0x9a7c
> ERASE FAILED!
> ERASE FAILED!
> ERASE FAILED!
> ERASE FAILED!
> FAILED!
> Your flash chip is in an unknown state.
> Get help on IRC at irc.freenode.net channel #flashrom or
> mail flashrom at flashrom.org
> -----------------------------
> 
> 
> Thanks for ur help.
> 
> Stephen
> 

Please describe what motherboard this is and attach the output from:

lspci -nnvvvxxx
superiotool -deV

I believe this was already described to you in the irc channel.

Luc Verhaegen.





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