Hello there...,<br><br> My name is ilhan and I have just started to use a linux operating system, so I am new to all of these linux applications... <br>While I am using this operating system, my self-confidence about diving into more tough stuff like <b>flashtom-0.9.4. </b>, has pushed <br>
me a downgrade flashing attempt on my motherboard, <b>Asus M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3</b>. <br><br> Actually, I have tried a downgrade flashing whit my mobo's official applications, such as <b>asus update and bupdater, </b>in both FreeDos and <b> <br>
</b>Win7 environments but, this did not help me and kept saying that " you are trying to load an old version of bios"...<br><br> So, I downloaded flashrom-0.9.4 source, installed it according to README file, read its manual <br>
(<span style="color:rgb(102,102,204)"><a href="http://www.flashrom.org/trac/flashrom/browser/trunk/flashrom.8">http://www.flashrom.org/trac/flashrom/browser/trunk/flashrom.8</a></span>) and finally <b>I made a backup file</b>.<br>
<br> While playing around these linux applications and procrastinating my bios flashing, days gone by... Then one day :)... I just decided <br>to flash my bios because of increased freezings and shutdowns in Win7, without being aware of that I have lost my usb stick in which I <br>
backup my mobos image whit using:<br><span style="color:rgb(51,0,0)"><br><span style="color:rgb(102,0,0)">sudo flashrom -r m4a88tdbackup</span></span><br clear="all"><br><br> In other words; I, unconsciously, started the flashing whit out having a backup file...<br>
<br>I simbly downloaded my old bios to my desktop (<span id="DownloadContent1_Repeater1_Repeater2_1_DownloadUnit_2_lbl_desc_content_2">M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3 BIOS 1601)</span> from:<br><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(102,102,204)"><a href="http://support.asus.com/download/download_item_mkt.aspx?slanguage=en-us&model=M4A88TD-V+EVO%2fUSB3">http://support.asus.com/download/download_item_mkt.aspx?slanguage=en-us&model=M4A88TD-V+EVO%2fUSB3</a></span><br style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(102,0,0)">
<br>I named this file as m4a88tdnew.ROM<br><br>and continue with ...<br><br><span style="color:rgb(102,0,0)">ilhan@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ >> sudo flashrom -E</span><br style="color:rgb(102,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(102,0,0)">ilhan@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ >> sudo flashrom -w m4a88tdnew.ROM</span><br>
<br> After flashrom <b>verified that the chip (winbond W25Q16) content and the file content was same</b>, I hit the re-start button and this was the end of my computer :) <br>It has not respond anything after that, not even any fan has cycled... I have already tried the firmware CD and usb which both contains the <br>
m4a88tu3.rom ( I think its the equivalent of the amitool.rom in the asus due to user guide instructions), have clear the cmos without its battery and <br>have un-plugged everything (expect cpu) in various combinations... All I have now, at start, CD-rom trying to read the CDs but it gives up quickly and<br>
the most important the cpu fan and the cpu ( I guess) does not work...<br><br> Trying all of this with out any luck, I decided to buy a new but cheaper mobo. I bought a Asus M4N68T-M ( <b>with Nvidia MCP61 chipset (un-tested) and Eon EN25F80<br>
flash chip</b>). I plugged everything on this mobo and it just working like a charm.<br><br>With this new card I continued my attempts to flash my old cards chip but, I realized that I have no enough skills even making a simple confirmation of that: did I succeed it,<br>
in a right way. I decided to go in short way, made a simple search on the issue and found the<b> yann's report </b>(<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(102,102,204)"><a href="http://paste.flashrom.org/view.php?id=687">http://paste.flashrom.org/view.php?id=687</a></span>) about my old card.<br>
I requested from him to send me his back up image file via e-mail and he, kindly, said that he hadn't got any backup and directed me to the Asus support site which I already tried.<br><br><b>After all of this, as a last resort, I decided to stole your precious time for my unimportant problem... Can you help me about it. Can I resque my old card and how?<br>
I thought, if you can help me, in return of this help; I could contribute by sending you a report about both my new and old mobos :) I thing it is a good deal...:))<br><br>So How can I flash my old card's chip in my new card and verify its flashed in a right way?<br>
<br>I thank you very much by now for just reading this long.<br style="color:rgb(102,0,0)"></b><br><br><br>Have a good day....<br><br><br>-- <br>Ŭlhan KAHRAMAN<div>Undergraduate Student at</div><div>Materials Science & Engineering Department</div>
<div>and </div><div><div>Department of Industrial Design,</div></div><div>Anadolu University, Eskisehir,</div><div>Turkey</div><div>e-mail: <a href="mailto:ilhan805@gmail.com" target="_blank">ilhan805@gmail.com</a></div>
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