I see now, what would be the best case in resolving that issue if that
happens? I didn't have this issue when I re-flashed my BIOS chip with
the latest version.

On 2019-08-15 6:32 a.m., Mike Banon wrote:
> Please note that a BIOS upgrade utility provided by your board
> manufacturer - might be upgrading more things than just a BIOS. For
> example: EC firmware for a controller which i.e. may be adjusting the
> fan speeds depending on a temperature. As you see, simply upgrading a
> BIOS via flashrom may leave you with the old version of EC firmware,
> which could be undesirable.
> 
> On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 10:11 PM Patrick Rogers
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> There is a very likely chance in your situation that flashrom will be
>> able to read and write to the chip even if it's not on the supported
>> chips list. This command simply identifies the chip and tells you if
>> everything is working.
>>
>> flashrom -p linux_spi:dev=/dev/spidev0.0,spispeed=2000 -V
>>
>> You might get some error about how you might not be able to write to the
>> chip, but from my experience with an ASUS BIOS chip and a Raspberry Pi,
>> this was still possible.
>>
>> https://www.rototron.info/recover-bricked-bios-using-flashrom-on-a-raspberry-pi/
>>
>> On 2019-08-05 4:39 p.m., Shaver,Zachary J wrote:
>>> Hey,
>>>
>>> I'm considering using flashrom to upgrade the bios on a MSI B450M Pro-M2
>>> Motherboard. It's BIOS ROM appears to be a MX25U12873F but I only see
>>> MX25U12835F in the supported chips for flashrom. I did a cursory
>>> comparison of the datasheets for the two and they look very similar. Is
>>> there a chance I could flash the 73 with the 35 profile in flashrom? I
>>> am aware that they are 1.8V and will need a 1.8V supply and 1.8V gpio
>>> from the programmer (in my case raspberry pi).
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
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