Faustroll wrote:
> On Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:09:35 -0500, Paul wrote:
>
>> faustrol wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I want to know what is the bios chip of the P5Q Premium
>>>
>> The info is in your manual, in the motherboard outline drawing.
>>
> thank you
>
> I found the manual screenshot of the asus ez flash 2 utility
>
> Flash type : MXIC 25L1605A
>
The comments I made, were with respect to recovering the motherboard,
if the BIOS update fails.
You're right. Normally you use programs like EZ Flash to update
a BIOS. But if the power fails in the middle of the BIOS update,
or the update programs crashes, the results can be a non-functional
or "bricked" motherboard.
To recover a motherboard with SPI flash chip, the options would be
1) Buy a new chip from badflash.com . I don't know if they handle
SPI chips. And the chip has to be socketed, in order to buy a
new one and plug it in. If the original chip is soldered to
the motherboard, then (3) is more practical.
2) Program the original chip via the 7 pin header. The one programmer
I've seen so far, was not intended for home users, so may not
have a good set of instructions with it. In any case, if the
price is $150.00 for one, it is hardly worth it.
3) If your BIOS flash update fails on an SPI based motherboard,
contact Asus tech support and see if they'll reprogram it for you.
The advantage of the previous generation of BIOS chip, the socketed
square PLCC chip, is it could easily be removed and a replacement
purchased from badflash.com or one of the many other BIOS replacement
companies. The first boards with SPI, had the SPI chip soldered to
the motherboard, which in my opinion is a stupid thing to do. As
long as the motherboard manufacturers insist on updating the
boot block of their flash chips, they shouldn't be soldering
the chip to the motherboard.
HTH,
Paul
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