While I think it's great that it worked, I'd recommend flashing with a programmer before hotswapping the bios chip.
You could work through compiling a fresh copy of coreboot on another computer, or if someone knows how to extract the bios image from an asus download you could try restoring that. -Matt On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 11:50 AM Sean Lynn Rhone <espionage...@posteo.net> wrote: > I had to do something similar with a KCMA-D8 motherboard, but I had an > old motherboard around that let me hotswap the BIOS chip, and I was > able to use flashrom from a Linux LiveUSB to flash the ASUS vendor BIOS > to the chip, while socketed in another motherboard. > > After the flash, I powered off the computer, took the BIOS chip out, > tossed it into the KCMA-D8 motherboard, and was good to go. > > For specific beginner-friendly steps: > > 1. Boot an old motherboard (something without Intel ME is more likely > to succeed; I have an AMD 700/800 Phenom II motherboard for this) with > it's BIOS chip into a Linux LiveUSB (like Lubuntu) > 2. Install flashrom (apt/zypper/dnf/package manager should be fine, but > worst-case if the chip isn't recognized, you'll need to compile > flashrom from source which has additional dependencies and steps) > 3. Download/copy the vendor BIOS ROM file somewhere > 4. Test if flashrom can read/write to the original BIOS chip without > problem (dump the chip contents and attempt to re-write it back) > 5. With the computer/motherboard still powered, remove its BIOS chip > (with usual anti-ESD measures; use a chip puller preferably but you can > also "gently" wiggle it out with your fingers) > 6. Insert a different BIOS chip that you want flashed into the socket > 7. Use flashrom to write to that BIOS chip (internal flash) > 8. If flashrom succeeds, power off the computer/motherboard > 9. Remove the flashed BIOS chip from that computer/motherboard, and > insert it into whatever other motherboard you were trying to fix > 10. Re-insert the original BIOS chip into the flasher motherboard > > On Tue, 2019-04-30 at 18:02 +0300, Mike Banon wrote: > > These pre-flashed BIOS chips are overpriced. You could download the > > latest BIOS from ASUS website and flash it directly to your existing > > BIOS chip using another computer and flashrom-supported hardware > > flasher. > > _______________________________________________ > > coreboot mailing list -- coreboot@coreboot.org > > To unsubscribe send an email to coreboot-le...@coreboot.org > _______________________________________________ > coreboot mailing list -- coreboot@coreboot.org > To unsubscribe send an email to coreboot-le...@coreboot.org >
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