<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">Hi, sorry for the trouble. </font><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; ">I'm running bus piratev3.6, bootloaderv4.4, firmwarev6.1 on flashrom-0.9.6.1, i plan to run the BP at 1M.</span></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">When i run the command "flashrom -p buspirate_spi:dev=/dev/ttyUSB0 -Vr oldbios.bin"</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">I get:</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">"</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">Found Generic flash chip "unknown SPI chip (RDID)" (0 kB, SPI) on buspirate_spi.</font></div><div><font
face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">Probing for Generic unknown SPI chip (REMS), 0 kB: probe_spi_rems: id1 0x0, id2 0x0</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">Found Generic flash chip "unknown SPI chip (RDID)" (0 kB, SPI).</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">===</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">This flash part has status NOT WORKING for operations: PROBE READ ERASE WRITE</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">" etc...</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">I think i have the wiring wrong which is why i get that error, i wonder if you could help me as its my first time?</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times,
serif">I'm trying to use In-circuit programming with a soldered bios chip using an 'SOIC 8 clip' and it has 8 wires. But the bus pirate has 10 pins.</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">From another thread, these are the connections i need:</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">Bus Pirate "MISO" (Pin 1) <----- SPI Device "DO" (Wire/Pin 2)</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">Bus Pirate "CS" (Pin 2) -----> SPI Device "CS" (Wire/Pin 1)</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">Bus Pirate "MOSI" (Pin 3) -----> SPI Device "DI" (Wire/Pin 5)</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">Bus Pirate "CLK" (Pin 4) -----> SPI Device "CLK" (Wire/Pin 6)</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">Bus Pirate
"GND" (Pin 10) <----> SPI Device "GND" (Wire/Pin 4)</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">It appears to me that GND is pin 10 and that the wires of the SOIC8 clip only contact pins 1-8, so how can this work?</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">Also, could i just check the layout of the pins on the bus pirate if i'm reading it correctly on BPv3.6:</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">10 9</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">8 7</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">6 5</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">4 3</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new
york, times, serif">2 1</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">Corresponding to:</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">GND 3V3</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">+5V ADC</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">VPU AUX</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">CLK MOSI</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">CS MISO</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">Or are the pin numbers read in the opposite direction?</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">ie </font></div><div><font face="times new
roman, new york, times, serif">9 10</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">7 8</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">5 6</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">3 4</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">1 2</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">Here's an image of my bus pirate if it helps: http://dangerousprototypes.com/wp-content/media/2012/11/Bus-Pirate-v3.6interface_01-W600.jpg</font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">Your help is much appreciated and i appreciate your patience, Nabs.</font></div></div></div></body></html>