Nick: The_JoE
E-mail: spotts.joe@gmail.com
Board: Acer 8I915ae
Contents: 
NOTE: This is the output of my attempt to flash the BIOS
NOTE: The content of 'NewBios' is from the .zip file on Acer's support page.


tv@tv-backend:~$ cd NewBios/
tv@tv-backend:~/NewBios$ ls
AWDFLASH.EXE  flash.bat  r02-a4.61  Readme.txt
tv@tv-backend:~/NewBios$ sudo flashrom -w r02-a4.61
flashrom v0.9.3-r1205 on Linux 2.6.32-28-generic (i686), built with libpci 3.0.0, GCC 4.4.3, little endian
flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org

Calibrating delay loop... OK.
No coreboot table found.
Found ITE Super I/O, ID 0x8712.
Found chipset "Intel ICH6/ICH6R", enabling flash write... OK.
This chipset supports the following protocols: FWH.
Found chip "SST SST49LF003A/B" (384 KB, FWH) at physical address 0xfffa0000.
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This flash part has status UNTESTED for operations: ERASE WRITE
The test status of this chip may have been updated in the latest development
version of flashrom. If you are running the latest development version,
please email a report to flashrom@flashrom.org if any of the above operations
work correctly for you with this flash part. Please include the flashrom
output with the additional -V option for all operations you tested (-V, -Vr,
-Vw, -VE), and mention which mainboard or programmer you tested.
Please mention your board in the subject line. Thanks for your help!
Flash image seems to be a legacy BIOS. Disabling checks.
Writing flash chip... Erasing flash chip... ERASE FAILED at 0x00000000! Expected=0xff, Read=0x22, failed byte count from 0x00000000-0x00000fff: 0xff0
ERASE FAILED!
ERASE FAILED at 0x00000000! Expected=0xff, Read=0x22, failed byte count from 0x00000000-0x0000ffff: 0xfeec
ERASE FAILED!
FAILED!
ERASE FAILED!
FAILED!
Your flash chip is in an unknown state.
Get help on IRC at irc.freenode.net (channel #flashrom) or
mail flashrom@flashrom.org with FAILED: your board name in the subject line!
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DO NOT REBOOT OR POWEROFF!
tv@tv-backend:~/NewBios$ cd ..
tv@tv-backend:~$ sudo flashrom --verify BIOSBACKUP
flashrom v0.9.3-r1205 on Linux 2.6.32-28-generic (i686), built with libpci 3.0.0, GCC 4.4.3, little endian
flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org

Calibrating delay loop... OK.
No coreboot table found.
Found ITE Super I/O, ID 0x8712.
Found chipset "Intel ICH6/ICH6R", enabling flash write... OK.
This chipset supports the following protocols: FWH.
Found chip "SST SST49LF003A/B" (384 KB, FWH) at physical address 0xfffa0000.
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This flash part has status UNTESTED for operations: ERASE WRITE
The test status of this chip may have been updated in the latest development
version of flashrom. If you are running the latest development version,
please email a report to flashrom@flashrom.org if any of the above operations
work correctly for you with this flash part. Please include the flashrom
output with the additional -V option for all operations you tested (-V, -Vr,
-Vw, -VE), and mention which mainboard or programmer you tested.
Please mention your board in the subject line. Thanks for your help!
Flash image seems to be a legacy BIOS. Disabling checks.
Verifying flash... VERIFIED.
tv@tv-backend:~$