Nick: sabu_
E-mail: sebastian.stypel@gmail.com
Board: sabu_
Contents: 
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix# ./flashrom -V -c W39V040CPZ -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

Error: Unknown chip 'W39V040CPZ' specified.
Run flashrom -L to view the hardware supported in this flashrom version.
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 = 11 us, 100 myus = 101 us, 1000 myus = 1000 us, 10000 myus = 10004 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:S, 0x010000-0x01ffff:W, 0x020000-0x02ffff:W, 0x030000-0x03ffff:S, 0x040000-0x04ffff:S, 0x050000-0x05ffff:S, 0x060000-0x06ffff:S, 0x070000-0x07ffff:S
Erase/write done.
Verifying flash... VERIFIED.          
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix# ./flashrom -V -c W39V040C -w M2N_E_SLI_1301.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 = 999 us, 10000 myus = 10004 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: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 0x00000000! Expected=0xff, Read=0x0b, failed byte count from 0x00000000-0x0007ffff: 0x80000
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 = 11 us, 100 myus = 100 us, 1000 myus = 1000 us, 10000 myus = 10003 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 0x4f, id2 0x0b, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content
No EEPROM/flash device found.
Note: flashrom can never write if the flash chip isn't found automatically.
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 = 10003 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:W, 0x020000-0x02ffff:W, 0x030000-0x03ffff:W, 0x040000-0x04ffff:W, 0x050000-0x05ffff:W, 0x060000-0x06ffff:W, 0x070000-0x07ffff:W
Erase/write done.
Verifying flash... VERIFIED.