On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 13:30:23 -0400 Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: > > >>> Yeah, sorry, my bad :( I was referring to LPC (PLCC32). I don't know > >>> anything > >>> about SPI. > >> O'k. Does anyone common w/ SPI flashing / BIOS Saviour tools out there? > > > > Easiest would be to desolder the CE# "chip enable" pin, connect it to > > high level, attach a SPI chip with known-good image on top of it and > > connect CE# of the new chip to the board. > > Where is the LPC <-> SPI being done? Can the northbridge do both? If > there is a additional chip (say like an EC) that does the LPC to SPI > conversion then there might be a way to put that device into recovery > mode where you can download new bits into the SPI flash. That sounds tricky. Can't find EC over here (this's casual desktop board). > Otherwise you just have to remove the SPI part device and add a SOIC to > DIP socket and use a DIP part. SOIC sockets are a pain in the ass the use. > > Or like Carl suggests. Lift the enable pin and wire up your own select > system. Essentially the same as PLCC only less pins. How to physically route signals is clear. Programming chip - my goal. Board is ICH7-based, flashrom doesn't detect chip (SST25LF080A). I'm stuck here... -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios