<div dir="ltr"><div>I ended up using a raspberry pi before i even read David's reply, went on without an itch. I did see a light go green on the board though. Maybe i was lucky. Will remember to put a temporary jumper on the reset switch header next time. <br>
<br>Thx<br><br><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 9:37 PM, David Hendricks <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dhendrix@google.com" target="_blank">dhendrix@google.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="im">On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 5:37 PM, David Giard <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:swe3tdave@gmail.com" target="_blank">swe3tdave@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi everyone, <br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><br></div><div>This is my second email the first one did not get through, i think.. Anyway, this is a copy of the first one, with a few changes.. :)</div>
<div><br></div>i'm new here(obviously),</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>welcome!</div><div class="im"><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>i've been talking to a few members already, after generating these logs, i played with flashrom and ended up with a Brick. I already ordered a Bus Pirate, and i already received my soic clips, so all is not lost.<br>
<br></div><div>i have an Intel S3420GPLC Server Motherboard. Specs are here: <a href="http://download.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/s3420gp/sb/s3420gp_tps_r2_4.pdf" target="_blank">http://download.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/s3420gp/sb/s3420gp_tps_r2_4.pdf</a><br>
</div><div><br></div>msrtool.log is empty, got a core dump. </div><div><br></div><div>rom.bin is here: <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bx4lQySb-zrCT0RmVlB4d2pGa00/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bx4lQySb-zrCT0RmVlB4d2pGa00/edit?usp=sharing</a><br>
<br></div><div>Thankfully the rom looks complete so i should be able to unbrick the thing.. The board has an ME and a BMC, and yes i know that's probably why i ended up with a brick. I mean i could see the big warning sign in the docs, i just, well, wanted to learn something... :P There is a recovery bios on the thing, but it does not seems to work right now... ;) To think that i'm actually laughing about it is really something... :)</div>
<div><br></div>i hope you guys can use these logs(see attached files).. :)</div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>Sounds like you've already identified the problem and are well on your way to recovering your board. There are a few caveats though:</div>
<div>- Some boards do not isolate the ROM circuitry well, and your programmer (Bus Pirate) may backpower motherboard components such as the ME, which will attempt to boot and interfere with flashrom. So you may need to hold the board in reset while you flash using the Bus Pirate in order for it to be successful.</div>
<div><br></div><div>- It is possible that when you read the ROM content earlier on that the ME interfered by changing the SPI address and doing something while flashrom was running. If that happened, your image may be corrupt and will need to get a new firmware image from Intel's website and flash it instead.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Good luck!</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div></font></span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div>-- <br>David Hendricks (dhendrix)<br>Systems Software Engineer, Google Inc.
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