Is there someone out there who can help me? Is my BIOS chip broken or could there be another reason? I can provide more informations, whatever is needed to flash libreboot on my T400.
2015-05-26 22:04 GMT+00:00 [email protected] <[email protected]>: > Hello all, > > I followed all instructions on > http://libreboot.org/docs/install/bbb_setup.html#bbb_access > http://libreboot.org/docs/install/t400_external.html > including adding pins 1 and 9 to the 3.3 V power supply, but I ran into an > error I can't resolve, even after triple-checking the instructions step by > step, the chip is obviously not recognized: > > ---snip--- > root@beaglebone:~/libreboot_util/flashrom/armv7l# ./flashrom -p > linux_spi:dev=/dev/spidev1.0,spispeed=512 -r factory.rom > flashrom v0.9.8-unknown on Linux 3.8.13-bone47 (armv7l) > flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org > > Calibrating delay loop... OK. > Found Generic flash chip "unknown SPI chip (RDID)" (0 kB, SPI) on > linux_spi. > === > This flash part has status NOT WORKING for operations: PROBE READ ERASE > WRITE > The test status of this chip may have been updated in the latest > development > version of flashrom. If you are running the latest development version, > please email a report to [email protected] if any of the above > operations > work correctly for you with this flash chip. Please include the flashrom > log > file for all operations you tested (see the man page for details), and > mention > which mainboard or programmer you tested in the subject line. > Thanks for your help! > Read is not working on this chip. Aborting. > ---snap--- > > I don't have another Thinkpad that would work with libreboot, so I can't > check with other hardware weather the chip is the problem. It still booted > before I dissassembled the laptop, so it's unlikely. > > Another question is how many amps do I need for the 3.3V power source for > chip (I used an lab power supply which I bought just to flash this chip =)? > > Help is much appreciated. >
