On 2019-10-06 10:18 a.m., David Hendricks wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 5, 2019 at 8:31 PM Patrick Rogers
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Hello Ray,
>>
>> The hardware that you would need is something called a BIOS programmer.
>> Usually they use a USB port and might be found cheaply online. Flashrom
>> has a list of supported programmers:
>>
>> https://www.flashrom.org/Supported_hardware#External_flashers.2Fprogrammers
>>
>> My suggestion would be to purchase a Raspberry Pi, which is a cheap
>> Linux computer that has builtin hardware support needed to flash ROMs.
>> It might be less trouble and more easier to get. The Pi, microSD card,
>> case, breadboard jumper cables and breadboard (for easier seating of
>> BIOS chip) may cost around $50 USD.
> 
> The Raspberry Pi certainly makes a nice, fast flasher, however the IO
> pins are connected to 3.3V rails so you'll need to be careful to use
> it with 3.3V flash chips only (not 1.8V).
> 

I didn't know that there are chips that use 1.8 volts, I don't know much
about electric devices, but could you just connect a resistor or
something to reduce the voltage?

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