Re: e1000e EEPROM corruption

From: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
Date: Tue Feb 22 2011 - 13:06:27 EST


On Tue, 22 Feb 2011, Maciej KotliÅski wrote:
> I had such problem few times earlier but it used to disappear after
> few hours.

Looks like a hardware issue to me. Cold/broken solders (reflowing the board
could fix it), for example.

> I have access to the same laptop, so I can get correct EPROM contents.
> Still I don't know how to put this to my card.
>
> Could you tell me how to reprogram my card?

That would only help if the problem is a "weak programming" of the EEPROM,
which is something I have never seen before. Writing to it with flacky
circuitry is probably going to crap it for good.

--
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them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
Henrique Holschuh
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