I ended up using a raspberry pi before i even read David's reply, went on without an itch. I did see a light go green on the board though. Maybe i was lucky. Will remember to put a temporary jumper on the reset switch header next time.
Thx On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 9:37 PM, David Hendricks <[email protected]>wrote: > On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 5:37 PM, David Giard <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> This is my second email the first one did not get through, i think.. >> Anyway, this is a copy of the first one, with a few changes.. :) >> >> i'm new here(obviously), >> > > welcome! > > i've been talking to a few members already, after generating these logs, i >> played with flashrom and ended up with a Brick. I already ordered a Bus >> Pirate, and i already received my soic clips, so all is not lost. >> >> i have an Intel S3420GPLC Server Motherboard. Specs are here: >> http://download.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/s3420gp/sb/s3420gp_tps_r2_4.pdf >> >> msrtool.log is empty, got a core dump. >> >> rom.bin is here: >> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bx4lQySb-zrCT0RmVlB4d2pGa00/edit?usp=sharing >> >> Thankfully the rom looks complete so i should be able to unbrick the >> thing.. The board has an ME and a BMC, and yes i know that's probably why i >> ended up with a brick. I mean i could see the big warning sign in the docs, >> i just, well, wanted to learn something... :P There is a recovery bios on >> the thing, but it does not seems to work right now... ;) To think that i'm >> actually laughing about it is really something... :) >> >> i hope you guys can use these logs(see attached files).. :) >> > > Sounds like you've already identified the problem and are well on your way > to recovering your board. There are a few caveats though: > - Some boards do not isolate the ROM circuitry well, and your programmer > (Bus Pirate) may backpower motherboard components such as the ME, which > will attempt to boot and interfere with flashrom. So you may need to hold > the board in reset while you flash using the Bus Pirate in order for it to > be successful. > > - It is possible that when you read the ROM content earlier on that the ME > interfered by changing the SPI address and doing something while flashrom > was running. If that happened, your image may be corrupt and will need to > get a new firmware image from Intel's website and flash it instead. > > Good luck! > > > -- > David Hendricks (dhendrix) > Systems Software Engineer, Google Inc. >
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