Hi Peter, On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 9:33 AM, Peter Stuge <[email protected]> wrote: > Graeme Russ wrote: >> I found the BIOS chip: >> >> MXIO MX >> 25L1606E >> M2I-126 >> 3J761000 >> Z120272 >> >> 16Mb (8MB), 200mil 8-SOP, -40°C to 85°C, 86MHz, Pb-Free > > MXIC yep. Solder something to it so that you can reprogram. Use the
I was thinking of buying an 8 pin SOIP test clip > VCC on the chip for programming. Hold the mainboard in reset while > you drive the SPI signals. I would check first that the chipset > doesn't sink too much current. (Ampmeter+2k2 resistor between VCC > and one signal at a time. The current should stay well under 1.5mA.) I have an in-circuit programmer I used on another board (which had a breakout header for the SPI flash). Do you think I could just use this with the board powered-down? Regards, Graeme -- coreboot mailing list: [email protected] http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
