If this HDD board is too power hungry - the surrounding elements of a BIOS chip are trying to "eat" too much current through a programmer - then a programmer could become unresponsive and even overheat. Had such a problem while trying to read a firmware of a HDMI capturer device. Could you detect your programmer at Ubuntu when it's not connected to a HDD board?
On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 9:25 AM Hîj Vasile via flashrom <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Flashrom, > > I have a PCB of a HDD which is damaged by heat, but I was trying to read the > bios chip. I have tried with CH341a Programmer 1.29 and 1.41, but I cannot > find my bios 25S40A 00 LFGC. I have tried second option with Ubuntu command > (installed as a subsystem of Windows). > > So, I am using this command sudo flashrom --programmer ch341a_spi -r b > Couldn't open device 1a86:5512. > Error: Programmer initialization failed. > > It is a because I run Ubuntu as described, the cleat not touching the pins > enough or my chip is burned too? > > I would appreciate any help. > > > Kind regards, > > Vasile > > _______________________________________________ > flashrom mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] _______________________________________________ flashrom mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
