2011/10/21 mindzeebeez <[email protected]>: > ...so I just add > > -p internal:laptop=force_I_want_a_brick > > ...after the normal command to install the new bios?
If you are using the stable/release version: yes, if you are using a build based on subversion code you can use "-p internal:this_is_not_a_laptop". > > Just out of interest, how does the program find the new BIOS file (.ROM)? > It is currently on my desk top. Please, do I need to specify the file path, > and if so please can you give me an example of this? That is not necessary when the flashrom binary is in a directory in PATH - if the flashrom binary is in PATH, just run "flashrom -Vw <filename.rom>" in the directory where the .rom file resides/is unpacked. > > Chris Hudson BA(Hons.) > > On 21 Oct, 2011,at 12:57 PM, Stefan Tauner > <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, 20 Oct 2011 23:39:47 +0100 > Chris <[email protected]> wrote: > >> By the way I have contacted ASUS about the problem, but no answer. >> I would be only too willing to make a donation to the project if we can >> get this sorted out! > > hello! > > i am not sure why, but we have not received your first mail. we had > some maintenance yesterday so... > >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: error message: flashrom >> Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 23:34:52 +0100 >> From: Chris <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> >> >> >> Hi, >> Please help me, I get the message below when I try and flash the bios >> with flashrom. >> >> I have the new ROM file on my desktop waiting to install. It may have a >> compatibility issue because although it is the correct one, it is for >> motherboard ASUS P5L-VM-1394 and I have the P5L-VM-1394 (V-P5945G). >> Which is why the built in system BIOS updater wouldn't work. > > this reads a bit like this > http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?id=20090425024409002&board_id=1&model=P5L-VM+1394&page=1&SLanguage=en-us > > maybe this is just an error in the flash programs or the image... i > cant find a barebone pc with the name V-P5945G... did the mainboard > come with a barebone pc from asus like this one > http://www.asus.com/Barebone_PC/V_Series_2530L/V2P5945G/ > or did you buy the board alone? > >> I also tried AFUDOS (didn't have motherboard DVD) and the proprietory >> ASUS updater ((which runs in Windows partition)- same problem re: new >> BIOS "compatibility"). >> >> Thanks in advance for any assistance! > > you did not mention which version of flashrom you were using, please > provide the full verbose log (flashrom -V). > >> >> Calibrating delay loop... OK. >> ======================================================================== >> WARNING! You may be running flashrom on an unsupported laptop. We could >> not detect this for sure because your vendor has not setup the SMBIOS >> tables correctly. You can enforce execution by adding >> '-p internal:laptop=force_I_want_a_brick' to the command line, but >> please read the following warning if you are not sure. >> >> Laptops, notebooks and netbooks are difficult to support and we >> recommend to use the vendor flashing utility. The embedded controller >> (EC) in these machines often interacts badly with flashing. >> See http://www.flashrom.org/Laptops for details. >> >> If flash is shared with the EC, erase is guaranteed to brick your laptop >> and write may brick your laptop. >> Read and probe may irritate your EC and cause fan failure, backlight >> failure and sudden poweroff. >> You have been warned. >> ======================================================================== > > obviously you are not using a laptop here, so there is no problem. just > use the additional parameter as described above please. > > -- > Kind regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Stefan Tauner > > _______________________________________________ > flashrom mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.flashrom.org/mailman/listinfo/flashrom > _______________________________________________ flashrom mailing list [email protected] http://www.flashrom.org/mailman/listinfo/flashrom
