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== BIOS flashing == Narrator: "I took a months-lang break" A video of the board on a table is shown. An overhead light brings the room out of darkness. The text "Months later" is shown. Narrator: "In that time my new BIOS chips had come" The five BIOS chips I ordered on eBay are visible, taped to a piece of foam on a messy table. The text "New BIOS chips" is shown. Narrator: "I decided I might as well flash one" The camera zooms in to the current BIOS flash chip on the board. The text "Time to flash!" is shown. Narrator: "I removed the old chip while the board was running" Two hands using two pairs of tweezers pry the BIOS flash chip out of its socket on the board while the machine runs. The text "Removing the old chip" is shown. Narrator: "Then inserted an empty chip in its place" Two hands using two pairs of tweezers move the new chip on to the socket then press it fully down to ensure it's fully inserted. The text "Inserting the new chip" is shown. Narrator: "flashrom managed to write and verify a stock BIOS image fine" A screen shows the flashing session. It shows text such as: * root@geode:/home/jookia# /sbin/flashrom -p internal -w 9375V118.BIN * flashrom unknown on Linux 6.1.0-10-686 (i586) * Found chipset "AMD CS5536" * Found PMC flash chip "Pm49FL004" (512 kB, LPC, FWH) * Reading old flash chip contents... done * Erasing and writing flash chip... Erase/write done. * Verifying flash... VERIFIED. The text "Flashing stock BIOS" is shown. Narrator: "But does it boot this image?" Only the text "Does it boot?" is shown. Narrator: "Why yes it does!" A video of a monitor is displayed. It shows a BIOS boot screen containing the following lines: * PCM-9375 BIOS V1.18 (07/04/2007) * Processor: Geode GX-MMX 500MHz Narrator: "It even fixed video output?" Only the text "It even fixed video output?!" is overlaid on the boot screen. Narrator: "Here's the BIOS screen working" A video of a monitor is displayed. It shows an AwardBIOS setup screen. Various settings are being scrolled through. The text "BIOS screen works" is shown. Narrator: "Here's GRUB loading up" A video of a monitor is displayed. It shows a listing of devices connected to the computer's PCI bus then the text "Welcome to GRUB!". The text "GRUB works" is shown. After a moment the GRUB boot menu for Debian GNU/Linux loads and displays. Narrator: "Here's Linux working" A video of a monitor is displayed. It shows a login shell for Linux dated Sun Jul 16 2023. It shows one detected Ethernet port enp0s16. The text "Linux works" is shown. Narrator: "Success! Looks like the BIOS was broken!" A glossy orange slide shows the text "Success! The BIOS was the problem!" Narrator: "Except now I'm having RAM issues" A slightly darker glossy orange slide shows the text "Except... Now I'm having RAM errors" Narrator: "and the working Ethernet port has disappeared from Linux" A slightly darker glossy orange slide shows the text "...and the working Ethernet port has disappeared from Linux" Narrator: "And now keys on the right side of the keyboard fail to register presses?" A glossy orange red slide shows the text "and now keys on the right side of the keyboard fail to register presses?" Narrator: "The RAM stick also fell out of the machine while it was running" A glossy light red slide shows the text "The RAM stick also fell out of the machine while it was running..." Narrator: "The reset button is broken too" A glossy red slide shows the text "The reset button is broken too" Narrator: "Looks like another year of debugging! Thanks for watching!" A glossy blood red slide shows the text "Looks like another year of debugging! Thanks for watching!"
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