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Hi,<br><br>I inherited an old PC and decided to try out linux. I've installed the latest version of Ubuntu and all updates. The BIOS on the machine is old so I decided to try and update it using flashrom. However, it said erase failed and to contact you. I should have probably started something easier on my first attempt to use Linux...<br><br>I did a backup of the current image.<br><br>Here's the output:<br><br>daddy@daddy-System-Name:~/Desktop/flashrom-0.9.2$ sudo flashrom -w 1018.004<br>flashrom v0.9.2-r1028 on Linux 2.6.35-22-generic (i686), built with libpci 3.0.0, GCC 4.4.4, little endian<br>flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org<br><br>Calibrating delay loop... OK.<br>No coreboot table found.<br>Found chipset "VIA VT8233A", enabling flash write... OK.<br>This chipset supports the following protocols: Non-SPI.<br>Found chip "SST SST49LF020" (256 KB, LPC) at physical address 0xfffc0000.<br>Flash image seems to be a legacy BIOS. Disabling checks.<br>Writing flash chip... Erasing flash chip... ERASE FAILED at 0x00000000! Expected=0xff, Read=0x00, failed byte count from 0x00000000-0x00000fff: 0xb04<br>ERASE FAILED!<br>ERASE FAILED at 0x00000000! Expected=0xff, Read=0x00, failed byte count from 0x00000000-0x00003fff: 0x3ad6<br>ERASE FAILED!<br>FAILED!<br>ERASE FAILED!<br>FAILED!<br>Your flash chip is in an unknown state.<br>Get help on IRC at irc.freenode.net (channel #flashrom) or<br>mail flashrom@flashrom.org!<br><br><br>I think my machine is an ASUS A7V333<br><br>Help!<br><br>Thanks,<br><br>Matt<br> </body>
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