[flashrom] Fwd: unlocked optiplex 3010 flash with me_clr jumper

[Jason Salopek]

Hi, I am trying to unbrick a optiplex 3010 for a customer and I made a 
interesting discovery while trying to dump the bios from a working unit. 
If you change the me_clr jumper from the normal 2_3 position, to 1_2 and 
boot the system up, you get a "warning service mode enabled press f1" 
and then you can continue to bootup. With this set, I was able to use 
flashrom to read out the entire flash chip (this may or may not be 100% 
true but will still help me) I am attaching 2 files that show the 
difference between the 2 jumper settings. After this weekend crisis with 
this customer pc, I am willing to try this jumper trick on other 
optiplexes I have if you wish, 360, 755? I think You guys helped me get 
a little further on this rescue and I appreciate the help and info over 
the yrs Sincerely Jason J Salopek aka "flyback"




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flashrom v0.9.7-r1711 on Linux 3.14.35-std452-amd64 (x86_64)
flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org

Calibrating delay loop... OK.
Found chipset "Intel H61". Enabling flash write... Warning: Setting Bios Control at 0xdc from 0x0a to 0x0b on H61 failed.
New value is 0x0a.
Warning: SPI Configuration Lockdown activated.
FREG0: Warning: Flash Descriptor region (0x00000000-0x00000fff) is read-only.
FREG2: Warning: Management Engine region (0x00001000-0x001fffff) is locked.
Not all flash regions are freely accessible by flashrom. This is most likely
due to an active ME. Please see http://flashrom.org/ME for details.
Writes have been disabled for safety reasons. You can enforce write
support with the ich_spi_force programmer option, but you will most likely
harm your hardware! If you force flashrom you will get no support if
something breaks. On a few mainboards it is possible to enable write
access by setting a jumper (see its documentation or the board itself).
PROBLEMS, continuing anyway
Found Macronix flash chip "MX25L6406E/MX25L6436E" (8192 kB, SPI) at physical address 0xff800000.
Reading flash... Transaction error!
Read operation failed!
FAILED.
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flashrom v0.9.7-r1711 on Linux 3.14.35-std452-amd64 (x86_64)
flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org

Calibrating delay loop... OK.
Found chipset "Intel H61". Enabling flash write... Warning: SPI Configuration Lockdown activated.
The Flash Descriptor Override Strap-Pin is set. Restrictions implied by
the Master Section of the flash descriptor are NOT in effect. Please note
that Protected Range (PR) restrictions still apply.
OK.
Found Macronix flash chip "MX25L6406E/MX25L6436E" (8192 kB, SPI) at physical address 0xff800000.
Reading flash... done.