u/seabassXXL

First time flasher here. I'm using a CH341A 1.7 hardware programmer (green board) that has an analog switch to select voltage to 3.3v and it's working accurately. I've also not desoldered and I'm using the clip method. I'm trying to flash a Winbond W25Q128JVSQ chip.

In Linux using Flashrom, it auto detects the chip is Winbond but cannot identify the model and will not flash. In Windows using NeoProgrammer and asProgrammer, nothing will autodetect and I have to manually pick the model.

After completing a forced write to the chip, it immediately fails validation on address 0x00000010, Device: 0x7F, Buffer: 0x78. Attempting multiple times results in this same error.

I'm not sure what to deduce from this consistent error. Bad connection? Bad chip? Bad programmer? Bad settings? None of the above?

Love my first BC250 so much I decided to build another one. I’ve been playing games on it for the last day. Temps were great, in the mid 60s at 2200mhz.

Then screen lost signal, fans go full blast and that’s all I get now. I removed the battery for 5 min, swapped the CMOS jumper, unplugged everything, etc.

Removed the SSD and it doesn’t load the bios, keyboard won’t load the bios. When it powers on just 100% fan and nothing else. Now when powering on both LEDs are solid red, no flashing.

Anyone experience something similar? Can the BIOS corrupt randomly? And if so, can a hardware programmer reflashing make any difference?

Has anyone else experienced the fans disappearing from Cooler Control in the latest Bazzite update? I had to roll back to a previous version in order for Cooler Control to recognize the pump fan and assign a profile to it.

I also just did a fresh install of Bazzite 44 on another BC 250 and had the same issue. Is there a different way to expose the fans to Cooler Control with this newest update that I am not privy to yet?