again me ;) also when probing the 25 pad (SCK) of SIO with the scope, there doesn't seem to be electrical activity on this node (it stays tied @ 5V all the time..) also I have given an erroneous measure in my previous mail: the frequency of the spi clock is 16 MHz and not 25.. Florentin
Quoting Peter Stuge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Sat, Sep 01, 2007 at 10:13:21PM +0200, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: > > >> SPI detection/flashing support is on my list. > > > > > > Is the SPI flash connected to the sio on the m57sli? > > > > No idea. > > So we should find out. > > Ward - do you have a continuity tester? Could you see if the SPI > flash chip is connected to the Super IO? > > If I get a high-res photo of the Super IO and the flash chip area I > can mark the pins that should be connected on both to get a yes/no > indication. > > > > > I didn't think that's where the flash chip was actually > > > connected. > > > > AFAIK CK804/MCP55 don't have SPI support. That's why the SuperI/O > > adds it. > > Intel ICH has SPI, but maybe different for NVIDIA chipsets. > > The logic design controlled by the boot-from-PCI jumper on the m57sli > is less obvious with external SPI, but it's still entirely possible. > I hope it is this simple! :) > > > //Peter > > -- > linuxbios mailing list > linuxbios@linuxbios.org > http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios > -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios