[coreboot] J7F2: larger bios chip?

maarten van es maarten.h.van.es at gmail.com
Tue Apr 7 22:47:58 CEST 2009


Hi

flashrom recognizes the chip as winbond W39V040B, which corresponds
with what I can make out of the lettering on the chip.

Thanks
Maarten

On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 8:26 PM, David Hendricks
<david.hendricks at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 12:04 PM, maarten van es <maarten.h.van.es at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> I have just started to try out coreboot, and so far it works great in
>> qemu. My real target however is the jetway J7F2. I would like a larger
>> bios chip than the standard 512 kB on this board. Does anyone have
>> some suggestions on compatible bios chips? Also, pointers to places to
>> order such a chip (and a plcc remover tool) would be appreciated. I am
>> in Dublin, so a place in Ireland or the UK would be great.
>>
>> Regards
>> Maarten
>
> Hey Maarten,
> Can you provide more information about the flash chip? Manufacturer and part
> number would help a lot so we can look up a datasheet. The most important
> things to know before going any further (imho) are interface (LPC/FWH/SPI)
> and voltage.
>
> Also, try picking from the list of chips Flashrom supports:
> http://www.coreboot.org/Flashrom#Supported_devices .
>




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