2011/2/20 Jules Gosnell <[email protected]>: > late night session... > > feeling a little cavalier with some old hardware... > > ran 'flashrom' - seemed to be happy... > > made a backup of my existing bios - still happy... > > wrote my new bios - flashrom reported job done no problems...still happy... > > I reboot, kicking myself for hours of messing around with various versions > of windows trying and failing to update my bios that way... > > suddenly - box NOT happy :-( > > three short beeps, pause, three short beeps... > > I power down, power up - three short beeps repeating - argh !!!
Tyan's support page 'demands' that you reset the CMOS after flashing, here's how you do that: http://www.tyan.com/archive/support/html/clear_cmos.html Three beeps indicate memory problems, see chapter 8: http://www.ami.com/support/doc/AMIBIOS8_Checkpoint_and_Beep_Code_List_PUB.pdf If the CMOS reset doesn't work, hopefully a bootblock recovery will help you out (chapter 3): http://www.ami.com/support/doc/AMIBIOS8_Flash_Recovery_Whitepaper_v10.pdf > > M/B is/was? a Tyan Thunder, with a pair of old opterons on it. > > New bios version, carefully hunted down online was - 2885V208.rom. > > flashrom worked flawlessly, so no doubt this is pilot error - most likely I > have installed the wrong image. Latest version is V2.07: http://www.tyan.com/archive/support/html/b_s2885.html > > Do I chuck the m/b and get another on eBay, or is it salvageable ? > I think I saw someone online selling BIOS chips This wiki page is what you are looking for, it lists some companies that offer replacement chips: http://www.coreboot.org/FAQ#Where_can_I_buy_BIOS_chips_.28empty_or_pre-flashed.29.3F - maybe, if I knew which chip it > was, I could unplug mine and plug a new one in - if it's not all soldered > down... (Reference) image of the board: http://www.tyan.com/archive/support/assets/images/s2885_revID.jpg > > I'm afraid I don't know much about BIOSes. They are not something I play > with every day. I was just trying to persuade my old box to see a new 2TB > SATA drive so it could retire into my loft to run mythtvbackend... > > any help appreciated, > > regards. > > > Jules > > _______________________________________________ > flashrom mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.flashrom.org/mailman/listinfo/flashrom > _______________________________________________ flashrom mailing list [email protected] http://www.flashrom.org/mailman/listinfo/flashrom
