Nick: sabu_
E-mail: sebastian.stypel@gmail.com
Board: sabu_
Contents: 
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix# ./flashrom -V -c W39V040FC -w backup.bin         
flashrom v0.9.5.2-r1534 on Linux 3.0.4 (i686), built with libpci 3.1.7, GCC 4.7.0, little endian
flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org

Calibrating delay loop... OS timer resolution is 1 usecs, 1039M loops per second, 10 myus = 10 us, 100 myus = 99 us, 1000 myus = 991 us, 10000 myus = 9863 us, 4 myus = 5 us, OK.
Initializing internal programmer
No coreboot table found.
DMI string system-manufacturer: "System manufacturer"
DMI string system-product-name: "System Product Name"
DMI string system-version: "System Version"
DMI string baseboard-manufacturer: "ASUSTeK Computer INC."
DMI string baseboard-product-name: "M2N-E SLI"
DMI string baseboard-version: "1.XX"
DMI string chassis-type: "Desktop"
Found ITE Super I/O, ID 0x8716 on port 0x2e
Found chipset "NVIDIA CK804" with PCI ID 10de:0050. Enabling flash write... OK.
No IT87* serial flash segment enabled.
The following protocols are supported: Non-SPI.
Probing for Winbond W39V040FC, 512 kB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0xda, id2 0x50
Found Winbond flash chip "W39V040FC" (512 kB, FWH) at physical address 0xfff80000.
Lockout bits:
Hardware bootblock locking (#TBL) is not active.
Hardware remaining chip locking (#WP) is not active..
Lock status of block at 0x00000000 is Full Access.
Lock status of block at 0x00010000 is Full Access.
Lock status of block at 0x00020000 is Full Access.
Lock status of block at 0x00030000 is Full Access.
Lock status of block at 0x00040000 is Full Access.
Lock status of block at 0x00050000 is Full Access.
Lock status of block at 0x00060000 is Full Access.
Lock status of block at 0x00070000 is Full Access.
Flash image seems to be a legacy BIOS. Disabling coreboot-related checks.
Reading old flash chip contents... done.
Erasing and writing flash chip... Trying erase function 0... 0x000000-0x00ffff:EERASE FAILED at 0x00000000! Expected=0xff, Read=0x4f, failed byte count from 0x00000000-0x0000ffff: 0x10000
ERASE FAILED!
Reading current flash chip contents... done. Looking for another erase function.
Trying erase function 1... 0x000000-0x07ffff:EERASE FAILED at 0x00010000! Expected=0xff, Read=0xd6, failed byte count from 0x00000000-0x0007ffff: 0x4ae7f
ERASE FAILED!
Looking for another erase function.
No usable erase functions left.
FAILED!
Uh oh. Erase/write failed. Checking if anything changed.
Your flash chip is in an unknown state.
Get help on IRC at chat.freenode.net (channel #flashrom) or
mail flashrom@flashrom.org with the subject "FAILED: <your board name>"!
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DO NOT REBOOT OR POWEROFF!
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix# ./flashrom -V -c W39V040C -w backup.bin
flashrom v0.9.5.2-r1534 on Linux 3.0.4 (i686), built with libpci 3.1.7, GCC 4.7.0, little endian
flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org

Calibrating delay loop... OS timer resolution is 1 usecs, 1054M loops per second, 10 myus = 10 us, 100 myus = 101 us, 1000 myus = 1000 us, 10000 myus = 10005 us, 4 myus = 5 us, OK.
Initializing internal programmer
No coreboot table found.
DMI string system-manufacturer: "System manufacturer"
DMI string system-product-name: "System Product Name"
DMI string system-version: "System Version"
DMI string baseboard-manufacturer: "ASUSTeK Computer INC."
DMI string baseboard-product-name: "M2N-E SLI"
DMI string baseboard-version: "1.XX"
DMI string chassis-type: "Desktop"
Found ITE Super I/O, ID 0x8716 on port 0x2e
Found chipset "NVIDIA CK804" with PCI ID 10de:0050. Enabling flash write... OK.
No IT87* serial flash segment enabled.
The following protocols are supported: Non-SPI.
Probing for Winbond W39V040C, 512 kB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0xda, id2 0x50
Found Winbond flash chip "W39V040C" (512 kB, LPC) at physical address 0xfff80000.
Lockout bits:
Hardware bootblock locking (#TBL) is not active.
Hardware remaining chip locking (#WP) is not active..
Flash image seems to be a legacy BIOS. Disabling coreboot-related checks.
Reading old flash chip contents... done.
Erasing and writing flash chip... Trying erase function 0... 0x000000-0x00ffff:W, 0x010000-0x01ffff:EERASE FAILED at 0x00010000! Expected=0xff, Read=0x4f, failed byte count from 0x00010000-0x0001ffff: 0x10000
ERASE FAILED!
Reading current flash chip contents... done. Looking for another erase function.
Trying erase function 1... 0x000000-0x07ffff:EERASE FAILED at 0x00000000! Expected=0xff, Read=0x1f, failed byte count from 0x00000000-0x0007ffff: 0x52147
ERASE FAILED!
Looking for another erase function.
No usable erase functions left.
FAILED!
Uh oh. Erase/write failed. Checking if anything changed.
Your flash chip is in an unknown state.
Get help on IRC at chat.freenode.net (channel #flashrom) or
mail flashrom@flashrom.org with the subject "FAILED: <your board name>"!
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DO NOT REBOOT OR POWEROFF!