Error opening flashrom.rom

[BuffaloBuster]

Hiya,
yesterday i tried to flash my asus a9550 GE-TD to a 9600pro.i followed every instruction shown up in the little tutorial. i used the following parameters:

A:\flashrom -p 0 bios.bin -->failure
A:\flashrom -f -p 0 bios.bin ---> failure
A:\FLASHROM\flashrom -f -p 0 bios.bin --> ERROR OPENING FLASHROM.ROM

dows anybody know about this failure and how i can get rid of it??

in addition to the -s 0 bios.bin --> save parameter. how could i know what the right filename for my old bios is??

Anybody there, willing to help a noob??

greetz BUfalloBustAR

 

[B.o.b]

I think the -p and the -f need to be in the following order:

flashrom -p -f 0 BIOS.BIN

Also, you would be the one that creates a name for your original BIOS when you save it. Use whatever makes it easy to remember (something like ORIGINAL.BIN or OLDBIOS.BIN)

Hope these tips from another noob are helpful

 

[RonMcD]

Hello BuffaloBuster,

if you have flashrom.exe located at A:\ this command would be right:

A:\flashrom -f -p 0 <biosimage-file>

So, i your BIOS-Image file is named "BIOS.BIN", replace <biosimage-file> with BIOS.BIN:

A:\flashrom -f -p 0 bios.bin.


To save your old BIOS before flashing it use the following command:

A:\flashrom -s 0 oldbios.bin

Then you'll find your actual bios backed up at A:\oldbios.bin.

If you've a folder on your floppy named \FLASHROM\, then you'll
have to replace A:\flashrom with A:\FLASHROM\flashrom, but i don't think so.

I hope this helps.
RonMcD

 

[BuffaloBuster]

hiya,
thanks for your soon reply.
@ron: yeah, if i do extactly what you wrote, the error:

ERROR OPENING FLASHROM.ROM occurs.

thats the problem

 

[RonMcD]

oops.

I think you forgot to copy the file FLASHROM.ROM, which was
extracted with FLASHROM.EXE, onto your floppy.

You'll need the following files:

FLASHROM.exe
FLASHROM.rom
DOS4GW.exe

Greets,
Ron

 

[BuffaloBuster]

yo, problem solved.
the prob was that flashrom was installed in the folder FLASHROM on the 9600pro bottdisk(downloaded on this page by the option advanced).anyways my pc was not able to execute the flashrom.exe in this special folder.this problem should be solved by creating a new bootdisk with the flashrom files placed directly on the floppy.

however if the problem occurs again, you know what to do.
thx for your replys.sry for the bad english, i´m german.

BuffaloBuster

 

[RonMcD]

Ich auch.