[MinnowBoard] [Minnowboard Max] - Way to reset BIOS settings? (No USB)

[Bertrand Roussel]

Hi James,

I had the same issue and used the UART header on the board to access the
bios.
I was able to reset the BIOS settings this way, without reflashing the SPI
memory.

Bertrand

On 13 October 2015 at 13:29, James 'Trip' Humphries <
james.humphries at knights.ucf.edu> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Thanks again for your advice on getting the Minnowboard back up and
> running. We went ahead and ordered the SPI Hook and used that to re-flash
> the device firmware. Everything seems to be back up and running fine!
>
> Thank you again,
>
> -Trip
>
> James 'Trip' Humphries
> James.Humphries at knights.ucf.edu
>
> On 2015-10-01 18:28:59, Bill Traynor <btraynor at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, you use flashrom commands with the spi hook.
>
> On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 5:56 PM, James 'Trip' Humphries
> wrote:
> > Thanks, I'll consider each of these options. I think I have a good path
> > forward to resolve this. Can I use Flashrom with the SPI hook to flash
> the
> > image?
> >
> > I really do appreciate the help.
> >
> > -Trip
> >
> > James 'Trip' Humphries
> > James.Humphries at knights.ucf.edu
> >
> > On 2015-10-01 17:18:24, John Hawley wrote:
> >
> > FTDI serial port is your first line of attack on solving this, the
> > sledge hammer is what Bill suggested and snag a spi hook and just
> > re-flash the whole board. J7 is changing in later revisions to allow
> > for an NVRAM clear, but that's not going to help anyone with existing
> > boards.
> >
> > - John
> >
> > On 10/01/2015 01:37 PM, Bill Traynor wrote:
> >> Ooops sent that to soon. The URL is here:
> >>
> >> http://www.tincantools.com/wiki/SPI_Hook
> >>
> >> On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 4:36 PM, Bill Traynor wrote:
> >>> You could pick up a SPI Hook to reflash the board.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 4:18 PM, nb wrote:
> >>>> Hi
> >>>>
> >>>> Maybe you can use the serial to reenable USB support
> >>>>
> >>>>> Le 1 oct. 2015 à 19:42, James 'Trip' Humphries a écrit :
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Hi All,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Long story short, I was playing with settings in BIOS and
> accidentally
> >>>>> disabled USB support. I can't use keyboard anymore to get back into
> system
> >>>>> settings.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Is there a way to clear the settings and start fresh? (Similar to
> >>>>> removing CMOS battery is typical motherboard.). I have spare Max
> just in
> >>>>> case, but will have to setup everything on that one again.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Any advice appreciated.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> -Trip
> >>>>>
> >>>>> James 'Trip' Humphries
> >>>>> James.Humphries at knights.ucf.edu
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