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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
      last edited by

      Hmm. Ok well the 510 is a 1st gen model. You have the same version of flashrom as everyone else, v0.9.5.2-r1515. And it looks like you're running 32bit, yes?

      My box, which happens to be sat open beside me  :), is also marked NC2AE8. It is also marked on the PCB 'MB-7580 W V1.0 C' and it has a small square sticker near the BIOS rom chip marked 'MB-7580  CK:9A80  2010-02-03'. The date in particular would be interesting if yours is newer.

      It is possible to read the details from the BIOS rom chip if you look closely with a light (and possibly a magnifying glass!). The chip is labelled on the PCB as U34 and is immediately adjacent to a 10pin header labelled SPI-ROM1 (which is what I'm connected to in this picture)

      The ROM chip in my box is marked: '25P80VG,  78227 VZ, PHL 0314' with the ST Microelectronics logo. Which agrees with what flashrom is saying:

      Found ST flash chip "M25P80" (1024 kB, SPI) at physical address 0xfff00000.
      

      Careful when putting in more powerful CPUs. The XTM5 has a smaller PSU than the standard Lanner box it's based on. Though yours is different.

      Steve

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      • mcdonnjdM
        mcdonnjd
        last edited by

        @stephenw10:

        Hmm. Ok well the 510 is a 1st gen model. You have the same version of flashrom as everyone else, v0.9.5.2-r1515. And it looks like you're running 32bit, yes?

        Perhaps they made small changes without changing the model. It does happen, sometimes even entire chipsets get changed though they keep the same model number and revision. (Which thankfully isn't too common, but more common than it should be.)

        @stephenw10:

        My box, which happens to be sat open beside me  :), is also marked NC2AE8. It is also marked on the PCB 'MB-7580 W V1.0 C' and it has a small square sticker near the BIOS rom chip marked 'MB-7580  CK:9A80  2010-02-03'. The date in particular would be interesting if yours is newer.

        The PCB is stamped 'MB-7580 W V1.0' and the sticker is marked 'MB-7580W  CK: 9880  2010-02-03'. There is also a small sticker labeled '686, AMIBIOS, C1999, YK12, 2061' that you can see in the picture.

        @stephenw10:

        It is possible to read the details from the BIOS rom chip if you look closely with a light (and possibly a magnifying glass!). The chip is labelled on the PCB as U34 and is immediately adjacent to a 10pin header labelled SPI-ROM1

        The ROM chip in my box is marked: '25P80VG,  78227 VZ, PHL 0314' with the ST Microelectronics logo. Which agrees with what flashrom is saying:

        Found ST flash chip "M25P80" (1024 kB, SPI) at physical address 0xfff00000.
        

        Man, that is one tiny chip! Whatever happened to the nice larger BIOS chips with sockets for hot flashing and such? Those were so much nicer. lol

        Anyway, the U34 chip is labeled as '25P80VG, GHAAM V5, CHN 643B' (or CHN6438, not sure, looks more like a B to me) and then the ST logo and something inside a circle that my eyes are going buggy trying to read without a microscope… I'm not sure what the white on the corner of the chip is, but it doesn't seem to be something on top as it doesn't seem to come off.

        @stephenw10:

        Careful when putting in more powerful CPUs. The XTM5 has a smaller PSU than the standard Lanner box it's based on. Though yours is different.

        Steve

        I put the Quad Core2 chip in and seem to be idling in the BIOS around 55 degrees with a lower Vcore voltage. Once I get this up and running a bit more, I'll stress test it to make sure that it won't overheat. I've already looked up some higher capacity fans on Newegg if needed. Worst case scenario with the power supply not being able to handle it, would be an unstable system correct? There's also the chance of the power supply going, but I think an unstable system that's hard to diagnose as to what's causing it to be more worse case than a dead power supply that can be replaced.

        My power supply is labeled as Model: ST-220FUB-05E with total power being marked as 220W although also marked as Max 204W… Ahh, the Max is for the 204W max on the +3.3V, +5V, and +12V buses and then the 16W Max for the -12V and +5VSB buses for the 220W total max.

        EDIT>>
        It seems it deleted all my comments and only posted the picture, one moment while I type it all back up...
        Ok, I think that I answered everything and left all the comments I did before.

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          Hmm, I would have expected it to be a different chip. Like completely different, perhaps double the size as was often the case with the old style removable chips. Odd the flashrom doesn't see it. You are running it from root I assume?

          You could try a 2.2 snapshot which will have a newer flashrom.

          Steve

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          • chpalmerC
            chpalmer
            last edited by

            @stephenw10:

            You could try a 2.2 snapshot which will have a newer flashrom.
            Steve

            When I tried several weeks ago there appeared to be no flashrom under 2.2…  Ill give it a try again to verify.

            Triggering snowflakes one by one..
            Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590T CPU @ 2.00GHz on an M400 WG box.

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              Hmm yes, I was forgetting no pkg_add etc in 2.2. Haven't explored the options here. Just add a pbi repo? Point at PC-BSD 10?

              Steve

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              • mcdonnjdM
                mcdonnjd
                last edited by

                @stephenw10:

                Hmm yes, I was forgetting no pkg_add etc in 2.2. Haven't explored the options here. Just add a pbi repo? Point at PC-BSD 10?

                Steve

                I took a quick look yesterday and looked again today, but I'm not seeing how to do this. If you could kindly point me in the right direction, I'll give this a try. Seems like all I'm finding are people talking about how repo's broke with 2.1 or something, but not seeing how to actually set it up. I'm guessing I'm just not using the right search terms.

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  Hmm, this is far more trouble than I expected. I'm probably just missing something. There seems to be no easy way of adding flashrom (or anything else) to 2.2. More research needed.  ;)

                  Looks like you might be able to use the PC-BSD PBIs but since 10 they are 64bit only.  :-\

                  pbi_add -r http://pbi.cdn.pcbsd.org/sysutils/flashrom/10/x64/flashrom-0.9.7_1-amd64.pbi
                  

                  No good for 32bit installs, which mine is.  :(

                  Edit: Though you can do that you shouldn't. Use the pkg command instead see below.

                  Steve

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                  • mcdonnjdM
                    mcdonnjd
                    last edited by

                    @stephenw10:

                    Hmm, this is far more trouble than I expected. I'm probably just missing something. There seems to be no easy way of adding flashrom (or anything else) to 2.2. More research needed.  ;)

                    Looks like you might be able to use the PC-BSD PBIs but since 10 they are 64bit only.  :-\

                    pbi_add -r http://pbi.cdn.pcbsd.org/sysutils/flashrom/10/x64/flashrom-0.9.7_1-amd64.pbi
                    

                    No good for 32bit installs, which mine is.  :(

                    Steve

                    Heh, tried to quote the message, but my phone decided to thank you instead.

                    Anyway, is there a DOS utility that can flash the BIOS on this perhaps? I can try loading up FreeDOS on the CF card and flashing the BIOS that way. I'd imagine this is possible as almost everyone still provides ways to flash via DOS.  (HP is great with this as you can PXE boot an image with a bunch of different BIOSes and the machine automatically figures out which one is for that machine and the program can be signed with the BIOS password so no interaction is required.)

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      Thank your phone for me.  ;D

                      There are DOS programs for doing this yes. AFUDOS I believe is the program you'd need. The problem is that these dos based tools still use some sort of graphical mode, albeit a crude one, which cannot be displayed via the serial console. To work around that you need to feed it a command line that by-passes all the user input such as we did with the X-e boxes, see:
                      https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/PfSense_on_Watchguard_Firebox#Flashing_the_BIOS

                      I've just tried and failed to get FreeDOS to boot to the console. I'm sure I've done it before though.  :-\

                      Steve

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                      • mcdonnjdM
                        mcdonnjd
                        last edited by

                        @stephenw10:

                        Thank your phone for me.  ;D

                        There are DOS programs for doing this yes. AFUDOS I believe is the program you'd need. The problem is that these dos based tools still use some sort of graphical mode, albeit a crude one, which cannot be displayed via the serial console. To work around that you need to feed it a command line that by-passes all the user input such as we did with the X-e boxes, see:
                        https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/PfSense_on_Watchguard_Firebox#Flashing_the_BIOS

                        I've just tried and failed to get FreeDOS to boot to the console. I'm sure I've done it before though.  :-\

                        Steve

                        I tried one of your FreeDOS images from one of the other watchguard threads and never got the 3 beeps. Looking at the CF card though, it doesn't look like everything copied over. And now I can't seem to repartition my card back to 1GB from 16MB, so I've not tried the 64bit 2.2 yet. I need a female to female adapter for the PCI-Express slot so I can toss a video card on it. (And later, hopefully a supported crypto card.)

                        Would doing the pain in the butt SPI work? I'd have to hack together a cable for it and all, but if that's what I have to do, that's what I have to do.

                        I think I'll try playing around with trying to get FreeDOS working for now though.Or maybe a Linux distro with flashrom. Plenty of things to try. Might need to run to the store for a new CF card though. Newegg needs a local store in my middle of nowhere town… Lol

                        EDIT>>
                        Well, I got 2.2 up and running, and got the flashrom pbi installed, but it still gives the same error about no EEPROM/flash device found. Guess I'll have to try some Linux or DOS.

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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                          last edited by

                          The SPI header may work but I see no reason why flashrom should recognise your chip via that rather than the internal method, which is also using SPI.

                          I updated my box to 64bit which you can do via the normal firmware update just change the updater URL. It is possible to install the flashrom PBI from PC-BSD as I outlined above but it seems very 'wrong'.

                          Edit: It IS wrong don't do it, see below.

                          You cannot install the PBI directly you must fetch it first. You must disable the signature check. Then when it's installed you must call it using the full path it does not seem to integrate in any useful way even after a rehash.

                          
                          [2.2-ALPHA][root@pfsense.localdomain]/tmp(8): fetch http://pbi.cdn.pcbsd.org/sysutils/flashrom/10/x64/flashrom-0.9.7_1-amd64.pbi
                          flashrom-0.9.7_1-amd64.pbi                    100% of 5349 kB 1999 kBps 00m03s
                          [2.2-ALPHA][root@pfsense.localdomain]/tmp(9): pbi_add -i flashrom-0.9.7_1-amd64.pbi
                          PBI Information for: flashrom-0.9.7_1-amd64
                          -----------------------------------------------------
                          Name: flashrom
                          RootInstall: NO
                          Version: 0.9.7_1
                          Built: 20140206 190737
                          Prefix: /usr/pbi/flashrom-amd64
                          Author: flashrom Team
                          Website: http://www.flashrom.org/
                          Arch: amd64
                          FbsdVer: 10.0-RELEASE
                          CreatorVer: 1.0
                          ArchiveCount: 648
                          ArchiveSum: e22c43317551cb41703add247953ccbeb277957f9444003d09586ec22aa67f9a
                          Signature: Bad
                          License: GPLv2
                          AutoUpdate: NO
                          
                          [2.2-ALPHA][root@pfsense.localdomain]/tmp(12): pbi_add --no-checksig flashrom-0.9.7_1-amd64.pbi 
                          Verifying Checksum...OK
                          Extracting to: /usr/pbi/flashrom-amd64
                          Installed: flashrom-0.9.7_1
                          
                          [2.2-ALPHA][root@pfsense.localdomain]/tmp(14): rehash
                          [2.2-ALPHA][root@pfsense.localdomain]/tmp(15): flashrom
                          flashrom: Command not found.
                          
                          [2.2-ALPHA][root@pfsense.localdomain]/tmp(18): /usr/pbi/bin/flashrom -p internal
                          flashrom v0.9.7-r1711 on FreeBSD 10.0-STABLE (amd64)
                          flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org
                          
                          Calibrating delay loop... OK.
                          Found chipset "Intel ICH7/ICH7R". Enabling flash write... OK.
                          Found Micron/Numonyx/ST flash chip "M25P80" (1024 kB, SPI) at physical address 0xfff00000.
                          No operations were specified.
                          

                          If you choose to use this method I would definitely recommend reinstalling afterwards or at least switching to the other slice if you're running Nano. Just don't!

                          Steve

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                          • mcdonnjdM
                            mcdonnjd
                            last edited by

                            @stephenw10:

                            The SPI header may work but I see no reason why flashrom should recognise your chip via that rather than the internal method, which is also using SPI.

                            I updated my box to 64bit which you can do via the normal firmware update just change the updater URL. It is possible to install the flashrom PBI from PC-BSD as I outlined above but it seems very 'wrong'.

                            You cannot install the PBI directly you must fetch it first. You must disable the signature check. Then when it's installed you must call it using the full path it does not seem to integrate in any useful way even after a rehash.

                            
                            [2.2-ALPHA][root@pfsense.localdomain]/tmp(8): fetch http://pbi.cdn.pcbsd.org/sysutils/flashrom/10/x64/flashrom-0.9.7_1-amd64.pbi
                            flashrom-0.9.7_1-amd64.pbi                    100% of 5349 kB 1999 kBps 00m03s
                            [2.2-ALPHA][root@pfsense.localdomain]/tmp(9): pbi_add -i flashrom-0.9.7_1-amd64.pbi
                            PBI Information for: flashrom-0.9.7_1-amd64
                            -----------------------------------------------------
                            Name: flashrom
                            RootInstall: NO
                            Version: 0.9.7_1
                            Built: 20140206 190737
                            Prefix: /usr/pbi/flashrom-amd64
                            Author: flashrom Team
                            Website: http://www.flashrom.org/
                            Arch: amd64
                            FbsdVer: 10.0-RELEASE
                            CreatorVer: 1.0
                            ArchiveCount: 648
                            ArchiveSum: e22c43317551cb41703add247953ccbeb277957f9444003d09586ec22aa67f9a
                            Signature: Bad
                            License: GPLv2
                            AutoUpdate: NO
                            
                            [2.2-ALPHA][root@pfsense.localdomain]/tmp(12): pbi_add --no-checksig flashrom-0.9.7_1-amd64.pbi 
                            Verifying Checksum...OK
                            Extracting to: /usr/pbi/flashrom-amd64
                            Installed: flashrom-0.9.7_1
                            
                            [2.2-ALPHA][root@pfsense.localdomain]/tmp(14): rehash
                            [2.2-ALPHA][root@pfsense.localdomain]/tmp(15): flashrom
                            flashrom: Command not found.
                            
                            [2.2-ALPHA][root@pfsense.localdomain]/tmp(18): /usr/pbi/bin/flashrom -p internal
                            flashrom v0.9.7-r1711 on FreeBSD 10.0-STABLE (amd64)
                            flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org
                            
                            Calibrating delay loop... OK.
                            Found chipset "Intel ICH7/ICH7R". Enabling flash write... OK.
                            Found Micron/Numonyx/ST flash chip "M25P80" (1024 kB, SPI) at physical address 0xfff00000.
                            No operations were specified.
                            

                            If you choose to use this method I would definitely recommend reinstalling afterwards or at least switching to the other slice if you're running Nano.

                            Steve

                            As I said, I got 2.2 installed and flashrom installed as well, but it still did not work. I then tried a couple different ways of getting FreeDOS booted, but none of them seemed to work. I'm putting 2.1.3 back on the CF card now and going to get it configured and then make a backup of it so I can stop having to go through the setup every time after trying something different.

                            Out of curiosity, do you have a jumper on J10? Mine doesn't have one. J11 seems required to be able to turn on, and J2 was on pins 2&3. J14 has no jumper across any of the 3 pins. Is this the same as what you have there?

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                            • stephenw10S
                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                              last edited by

                              Ah, sorry I missed your edit.
                              Yep, my jumpers set the same. It's interesting that J11 has a jumper because the default is n/c where as J19 should be shorted by default but isn't on my box. Those three jumpers select AT or ATX mode. J2 selects master or slave for the CF card slot. That's based on the 7581which is slightly different.

                              Steve

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                              • stephenw10S
                                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                last edited by

                                Ok using PBIs is not the way to go. The old package system has been replaced with pkgng. See:
                                https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=77166.0
                                It's easy enough to install flashrom but it takes a long time in Nano while it updates the package list.

                                
                                [2.2-ALPHA][root@pfsense.localdomain]/root(3): pkg
                                The package management tool is not yet installed on your system.
                                Do you want to fetch and install it now? [y/N]: y
                                Bootstrapping pkg from pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/freebsd:10:x86:32/latest, please wait...
                                Verifying signature with trusted certificate pkg.freebsd.org.2013102301... done
                                Installing pkg-1.2.7_2... done
                                If you are upgrading from the old package format, first run:
                                
                                  # pkg2ng
                                Usage: pkg [-v] [-d] [-l] [-N] [-j <jail name="" or="" id="">|-c <chroot path="">] [-C <configuration file="">] [-R <repo config="" dir="">] <command></command> [<args>]
                                
                                Global options supported:
                                	-d             Increment debug level
                                	-j             Execute pkg(8) inside a jail(8)
                                	-c             Execute pkg(8) inside a chroot(8)
                                	-C             Use the specified configuration file
                                	-R             Directory to search for individual repository configurations
                                	-l             List available commands and exit
                                	-v             Display pkg(8) version
                                	-N             Test if pkg(8) is activated and avoid auto-activation
                                
                                Commands supported:
                                	add            Registers a package and installs it on the system
                                	annotate       Add, modify or delete tag-value style annotations on packages
                                	audit          Reports vulnerable packages
                                	autoremove     Removes orphan packages
                                	backup         Backs-up and restores the local package database
                                	check          Checks for missing dependencies and database consistency
                                	clean          Cleans old packages from the cache
                                	config         Display the value of the configuration options
                                	convert        Convert database from/to pkgng
                                	create         Creates software package distributions
                                	delete         Deletes packages from the database and the system
                                	fetch          Fetches packages from a remote repository
                                	help           Displays help information
                                	info           Displays information about installed packages
                                	install        Installs packages from remote package repositories
                                	lock           Locks package against modifications or deletion
                                	plugins        Manages plugins and displays information about plugins
                                	query          Queries information about installed packages
                                	register       Registers a package into the local database
                                	remove         Deletes packages from the database and the system
                                	repo           Creates a package repository catalogue
                                	rquery         Queries information in repository catalogues
                                	search         Performs a search of package repository catalogues
                                	set            Modifies information about packages in the local database
                                	ssh            ssh packages to be used via ssh
                                	shell          Opens a debug shell
                                	shlib          Displays which packages link against a specific shared library
                                	stats          Displays package database statistics
                                	unlock         Unlocks a package, allowing modification or deletion
                                	update         Updates package repository catalogues
                                	updating       Displays UPDATING information for a package
                                	upgrade        Performs upgrades of packaged software distributions
                                	version        Displays the versions of installed packages
                                	which          Displays which package installed a specific file
                                
                                Commands provided by plugins:
                                
                                For more information on the different commands see 'pkg help <command></command>'.
                                [2.2-ALPHA][root@pfsense.localdomain]/root(4): pkg add flashrom
                                pkg: flashrom: No such file or directory
                                pkg: Was 'pkg install flashrom' meant?
                                
                                Failed to install the following 1 package(s): flashrom
                                [2.2-ALPHA][root@pfsense.localdomain]/root(5): pkg install flashrom
                                Updating repository catalogue
                                digests.txz                                                                                                                             100% 1070KB   1.0MB/s   1.0MB/s   00:01    
                                packagesite.txz                                                                                                                         100% 4908KB   2.4MB/s   1.4MB/s   00:02    
                                Incremental update completed, 22923 packages processed:
                                0 packages updated, 0 removed and 22923 added.
                                The following 5 packages will be installed:
                                
                                	Installing dmidecode: 2.12
                                	Installing pciids: 20140502
                                	Installing libftdi: 0.20_1
                                	Installing libpci: 3.2.1
                                	Installing flashrom: 0.9.7_1
                                
                                The installation will require 3 MB more space
                                
                                612 KB to be downloaded
                                
                                Proceed with installing packages [y/N]: y
                                dmidecode-2.12.txz                                                                                                                      100%   60KB  59.9KB/s  59.9KB/s   00:00    
                                pciids-20140502.txz                                                                                                                     100%  180KB 180.1KB/s 180.1KB/s   00:00    
                                libftdi-0.20_1.txz                                                                                                                      100%   41KB  41.3KB/s  41.3KB/s   00:00    
                                libpci-3.2.1.txz                                                                                                                        100%   44KB  43.9KB/s  43.9KB/s   00:00    
                                flashrom-0.9.7_1.txz                                                                                                                    100%  287KB 286.9KB/s 286.9KB/s   00:00    
                                Checking integrity... done
                                [1/5] Installing dmidecode-2.12... done
                                [2/5] Installing pciids-20140502... done
                                [3/5] Installing libftdi-0.20_1... done
                                [4/5] Installing libpci-3.2.1... done
                                [5/5] Installing flashrom-0.9.7_1... done
                                [2.2-ALPHA][root@pfsense.localdomain]/root(6): flashrom
                                flashrom: Command not found.
                                [2.2-ALPHA][root@pfsense.localdomain]/root(7): rehash
                                [2.2-ALPHA][root@pfsense.localdomain]/root(8): flashrom
                                flashrom v0.9.7-r1711 on FreeBSD 10.0-STABLE (i386)
                                flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org
                                
                                Please select a programmer with the --programmer parameter.
                                Previously this was not necessary because there was a default set.
                                To choose the mainboard of this computer use 'internal'. Valid choices are:
                                internal, dummy, nic3com, nicrealtek, gfxnvidia, drkaiser, satasii, ft2232_spi,
                                serprog, rayer_spi, pony_spi, nicintel, nicintel_spi, ogp_spi, satamv,
                                usbblaster_spi.
                                [2.2-ALPHA][root@pfsense.localdomain]/root(9): flashrom -p internal
                                flashrom v0.9.7-r1711 on FreeBSD 10.0-STABLE (i386)
                                flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org
                                
                                Calibrating delay loop... OK.
                                Found chipset "Intel ICH7/ICH7R". Enabling flash write... OK.
                                Found Micron/Numonyx/ST flash chip "M25P80" (1024 kB, SPI) at physical address 0xfff00000.
                                No operations were specified.</args></repo></configuration></chroot></jail> 
                                

                                John, did you try to access the BIOS rom before you changed the CPU? IT's about the only thing your system has different to anyone else's.
                                Also it's not necessary to change the BIOS anyway.  ;)

                                Steve

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                                • mcdonnjdM
                                  mcdonnjd
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                                  I think I did, but I can't remember. I'll try putting the Celeron back in tomorrow.

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                                  • stephenw10S
                                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                    It works fine with my Core2duo in there. Maybe the Quad core shifts some I/O resources or similar.  :-\

                                    Steve

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                                    • mcdonnjdM
                                      mcdonnjd
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                                      @stephenw10:

                                      It works fine with my Core2duo in there. Maybe the Quad core shifts some I/O resources or similar.  :-\

                                      Steve

                                      Just tried again with the original CPU and RAM and still getting this:

                                      [2.1.3-RELEASE][root@pfSense.gorgarath.net]/root(2): /etc/rc.conf_mount_rw
                                      [2.1.3-RELEASE][root@pfSense.gorgarath.net]/root(3): flashrom -r og-bios.rom
                                      flashrom v0.9.5.2-r1515 on FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE-p16 (i386), built with libpci 3.1.9, GCC 4.2.1 20070719  [FreeBSD], little endian
                                      flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org
                                      
                                      Calibrating delay loop... OK.
                                      Found chipset "Intel ICH7/ICH7R". Enabling flash write... OK.
                                      No EEPROM/flash device found.
                                      Note: flashrom can never write if the flash chip isn't found automatically.
                                      
                                      

                                      On bootup, the console shows this: "MB-7580 Ver.WC0 02/03/2010". Does that match what yours shows?

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                                      • stephenw10S
                                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                        Yep:

                                        AMIBIOS(C)2006 American Megatrends, Inc.
                                        MB-7580 Ver.WC0 02/03/2010
                                        Unlocked V1.8 SW
                                        CPU : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     E4500  @ 2.20GHz
                                         Speed : 2.20 GHz
                                        
                                        Press DEL to run Setup (F4 on Remote Keyboard)
                                        Press n if you want to boot from the network
                                        Press F11 for BBS POPUP  (F3 on Remote Keyboard)
                                        The MCH is operating with DDR2 800
                                        DRAM Timing: Tcl:6/Tras:18/Trp:6/Trcd:6/Twr:6/Trfc:52/Twtr:3/Trrd:3/Trtp:3
                                        Initializing USB Controllers .. Done.
                                        
                                        

                                        Except of course I have modified the boot message.  ;)

                                        Say for some reason the I/O addess of your chip has been shifted, that might mean that accessing it via the SPI header would work. Seems more likely it's a new IC variant that flashrom doesn't recognise though.

                                        Steve

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                                        • mcdonnjdM
                                          mcdonnjd
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                                          @stephenw10:

                                          Say for some reason the I/O addess of your chip has been shifted, that might mean that accessing it via the SPI header would work. Seems more likely it's a new IC variant that flashrom doesn't recognise though.

                                          Steve

                                          So, any luck getting FreeDOS to boot on the XTM5? lol I know it is working fine without unlocking the BIOS, but not being able to is really annoying and I'd prefer having full access to the hardware.

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                                          • stephenw10S
                                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                            Nope. Just tried several images on several CF cards. I'm sure it worked fine when I first tried it. Hmm… :-\

                                            Steve

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