Velociraptor 1100 Flashed via serial FAILED!! SOS!!!

[repherb]

Okay folks, i had a very bad outcome from a serial flash attempt.

To my credit, the rom image onboard before the flash attempt was broken to begin with.

I followed the flash via serial instructions from http://wiki.parvi.org/index.php/ROM_Flash_without_OS_Guide and things failed miserably after the "write_eeprom 0" was issued.

Short of it is, i need a hand from everyone on how to reflash the eeprom, as it is blank now. It is the AMD flash chip and I hope someone can help me. (preferably without removing the chip from the board if possible!)

The unit shows a bar of filled blocks on the upper line of the LCD and no lights come on whatsoever. (status on front left or mini-LEDs beside serial port on the back as well)

I believe the unit is not dead as-per-say, but just needs RAQCop ROM flashed onto it, as i have no other flash file to use.

Any help would be appreciated!!

**EDIT**: just read the post http://raqcop.com/forum/index.php/topic,27.0.html and this is what i have ended up with as well.

Any idea who in Canada does the repairs, preferably in Toronto (905/416/647 area codes) or surrounding area?

Psst, hey Dave, you wanna buy this perfectly good unit that has an empty flash for cheap? i swear it's a genuine Cobalt, yeah, i swear it! LOLOL!!! or might someone know how i can go about buying a preloaded flash EEPROM chip and i can do the solderwork myself with a bit of patience?

[Davesworld]

You possibly could have a flashrom chip with bad blocks. You can indeed but pre-programmed rom chips from http://www.raqware.com or more specifically http://store.raqware.com/product_info.php?products_id=45&osCsid=b6885299b6e6ce6a31db0da7961c2586.

I have a few units that need it here as well. It's considerably more expensive to send the unit in and have them do it but that service is available.

I should also mention that I meant to reply to you last week but my browser crashed while trying to submit my reply and I left for work after that.