Thank you all for your advice. I already have a BBB, so I will probably end up using that. I believe with all this help I will be able to work it out and I know some things that I should not do. I will answer once I have been able to fix it.
Regards, Pablo. On mar, 2019-04-30 at 14:05 -0400, Matt B wrote: > 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 <espionage724@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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
