I wonder if this also should work with AMI APTIO UEFI capsules.
Currently dealing with a similar issue where for no apparent reason on a regular reboot motherboard fails to even start to POST. Without RAM modules it emits the manual-defined two beeps, but with a RAM module in but no GPU it doesn't emit the defined no-GPU three beeps. Not clear if those beeps require a functioning CPU or not - but knowing that would be very helpful in knowing which component(s) might have failed!
Working on the supposition the NOR Flash chip had somehow been corrupted I connected my long-unused TL866A EPROM programmer to the provided SPI header on the mobo via a mash-up of a PATA IDE 2.5" to 3.5" adapter (the only component in my collection that fits the mobo header) and fly leads to the TL866A.
Repeatedly failed to read the chip ID until finally realising the chip takes 1.8V not 3.3V! (Winbond W25Q128FW SPI NOR). Ordered a 1.8V interposer for the TL866A. Tried again with the same result but suspect reading using 3.3V might have killed an otherwise good chip!
Ordered a couple of replacement chips early December that finally arrived early January (no, not from China, from 40 miles away - thanks UK Postal workers on strike!) only to discover they are 3.3V chips - I'd misread the listing and ordered W25Q128FV not "FW" (V = 3.3V, W = 1.8V).
Finally took the plunge and desoldered the chip from the mobo whilst holding my breath in case the hot air gun blew the miniscule 1mm resistors close to the chip off the board! Tried reading the chip whilst disconnected but same failed result so assume device is trashed.
Proved I can program one of the 3.3V chips so - assuming the 1.8V interposer isn't faulty - just need the correct chips and resolder. Am now awaiting delivery of the correct chips.
At that point I'll likely discover the fault is either the motherboard or the CPU at which point it gets more expensive as have to obtain and swap in alternatives to deduce the failed part!
Don't you just love the right (and ability) to repair!? ironic laugh
On the positive side I discovered the completely open-source TL866A minipro software [0] and the TL866 firmware updater [1] tools that have made the software side of the process much easier than wrestling with MS Windows applications and WINE. Also UEFITool for inspecting and extracting binary ROM files from UEFI Capsules [2].
If you a connected a 3.3v reader to a 1.8v chip while it was in-circuit, there is a good chance you have blown up everything else on the same 1.8v power supply on the motherboard...
Currently dealing with a similar issue where for no apparent reason on a regular reboot motherboard fails to even start to POST. Without RAM modules it emits the manual-defined two beeps, but with a RAM module in but no GPU it doesn't emit the defined no-GPU three beeps. Not clear if those beeps require a functioning CPU or not - but knowing that would be very helpful in knowing which component(s) might have failed!
Working on the supposition the NOR Flash chip had somehow been corrupted I connected my long-unused TL866A EPROM programmer to the provided SPI header on the mobo via a mash-up of a PATA IDE 2.5" to 3.5" adapter (the only component in my collection that fits the mobo header) and fly leads to the TL866A.
Repeatedly failed to read the chip ID until finally realising the chip takes 1.8V not 3.3V! (Winbond W25Q128FW SPI NOR). Ordered a 1.8V interposer for the TL866A. Tried again with the same result but suspect reading using 3.3V might have killed an otherwise good chip!
Ordered a couple of replacement chips early December that finally arrived early January (no, not from China, from 40 miles away - thanks UK Postal workers on strike!) only to discover they are 3.3V chips - I'd misread the listing and ordered W25Q128FV not "FW" (V = 3.3V, W = 1.8V).
Finally took the plunge and desoldered the chip from the mobo whilst holding my breath in case the hot air gun blew the miniscule 1mm resistors close to the chip off the board! Tried reading the chip whilst disconnected but same failed result so assume device is trashed.
Proved I can program one of the 3.3V chips so - assuming the 1.8V interposer isn't faulty - just need the correct chips and resolder. Am now awaiting delivery of the correct chips.
At that point I'll likely discover the fault is either the motherboard or the CPU at which point it gets more expensive as have to obtain and swap in alternatives to deduce the failed part!
Don't you just love the right (and ability) to repair!? ironic laugh
On the positive side I discovered the completely open-source TL866A minipro software [0] and the TL866 firmware updater [1] tools that have made the software side of the process much easier than wrestling with MS Windows applications and WINE. Also UEFITool for inspecting and extracting binary ROM files from UEFI Capsules [2].
[0] https://gitlab.com/DavidGriffith/minipro
[1] https://github.com/radiomanV/TL866.git
[2] https://github.com/LongSoft/UEFITool (also available in Debian/Ubuntu archives)