Do you have that CPU now and if yes, have you considered installing it to see if the BIOS just isn't supporting your current processor?to support the CPU that I intend to install.
I do not. I don't want to purchase it if I can't recover this motherboard. If I have to buy a motherboard I'll likely go with an intel solution.o you have that CPU now and if yes, have you considered installing it to see if the BIOS just isn't supporting your current processor?
Maybe the NO Brystol Ridge Support also affected other CPUs.
Well I managed to get a good pic of it. I hope that programmer I just ordered works with it. Not sure how to tell if it's compatible with it or not but it's the one suggested in the reddit thread I linked to above.There's an 8-pin chip labeled "M_BIOS". My first step would be to break out the magnifying glass and see if this is actually a ROM of some sort, and if so, what it takes to program it.
That's what I ordered from amazon today. Hopefully it works without having to de solder anything. I'll know more when it gets here next week and I can try it out.Including clipping on an external EEPROM programmer, which did not require any (de-)soldering.
Did you use the 1.8v adapter for this 1.8v chip? Did you get and compare multiple reads to ensure a consistent connection?Well, she's dead Jim.
Finally got my programmer today from amazon after a shipping delay by the completely incompetent USPS. It took a bit of searching and some random youtube videos to figure out how to hook this all up and get it running. Once I had all that figured out I hooked it up using the clip adapter and checked the connection with the AsProgrammer software. Everything checked out and it was being detected correctly so I flashed the BIOS chip with a known good BIOS. The flash succeeded and verified correctly so I put everything back together and....... nothing. So obviously there's something beyond a bad BIOS flash that's going on with this motherboard that's way beyond anything I will ever be able to figure out so I'm chucking this thing in the trash. At least I'm only out $14 and a little bit of my time and I got to learn to do something new.
Yes I did use the 1.8v adapter. It sucessfully connected and recognised the BIOS chip once I figured out how everything needed to be properly connected. I tried multiple times to flash the chip without success. The board was cheap so I really don't feel too bad not being able to get it brought back to life. No matter anyway, it went in the trash after many failed attempts to flash it and it's long gone so it's moot at this point.Did you use the 1.8v adapter for this 1.8v chip? Did you get and compare multiple reads to ensure a consistent connection?
The clip-on method can be unreliable, and ideally an SPI flash chip should be flashed out of circuit to prevent other signals from messing with things.
If a BIOS Flash is what bricked this board, I am confident this can be resolved with this programmer.