Regarding the flashing equipment (test clip, programmer) - you could
refer to 
http://dangerousprototypes.com/docs/Flashing_a_BIOS_chip_with_Bus_Pirate
. There's a SOIC8 test clip with 2.54mm bent pins, so that you can use
any 1P wires of any length and material (preferably copper), and
CH341A programmer with a green PCB.

You'd need to re-check this, but it seems to me that flashrom doesn't
support PMC Pm49FL004T : although not sure, I could only find messages
like this one: https://mail.coreboot.org/pipermail/flashrom/2014-May/012437.html
. The question is, could this chip be replaced with another
alternative chip that's supported by flashrom? But, if you'll still
need to read the existing firmware from Pm49FL004T , then you may have
to get a proprietary programmer (that'll be really overpriced in
comparison to $2 CH341A).

ср, 10 нояб. 2021 г. в 21:00, Betibeteka Beranduetxea <[email protected]>:
>
> Hi
>
> Thank you very much for the heads-up about flashrom.
>
> As said, motherboard is OK with flashrom, but I'm unable to find my BIOS chip 
> on the supported hardware list.
>
> These are the numbers on the chip:
> PMC.
> 0639
> Pm49FL004T-33JCE
>
> As you look much more fluent than me on this matter, could you give any 
> pointer to that chip or an equivalent one?
>
> I looked for the PLCC puller on aliexpress and I have seen some cheap ones, 
> but, would you mind to give me any pointer, should you have any preferences. 
> Same for the programmer...
>
> With that equipement, I could do many tests without fear to brik the 
> machine....
>
> History is, since 2012 I'm using an allmost identical machine to run 
> LinuxCNC. I have been unable to find any other with a so low jitter < 20 usec 
> (excellent for stepper pulse generation). Even current systems give me more 
> jitter. Then this second machine came to me. Only differences are in the 
> case: hard disk placement and frontal USB ports vs USB multicard reader. OS 
> is exactly the same, only BIOS version differs. However, jitter in this 
> second machine is 3-4x worse. That's the reason why I think a BIOS update is 
> in order.
>
> Again, thank you very much
>
> Kind regards from Spain
>
> Roman
>
>
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