i am biased because i am one of the developers but i agree :)
matthew: you did not mentioned which board was used so i cant really say what the best option is. it is probably a 8-legged SOIC or DIP chip. if the bios chip is socketed then rescuing is pretty easy. you can either hook up an external programmer like the bus pirate already mentioned (although that one is pretty slow for this stuff of work) or try to hot flash it in another good board. if it is soldered you can either unsolder it (not that easy without practice) or try in-system programming with an external flasher. this does not work with all board though see also http://flashrom.org/ISP
after making the connection you can either try to find the variable in the image and change it there before flashing it back, or just use a complete image from another board or the vendor page.
if you need further help please send a mail to our list or visit #flashrom on freenode.
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Re: flashrom
Date: 2012-01-08 09:56 pm (UTC)matthew: you did not mentioned which board was used so i cant really say what the best option is.
it is probably a 8-legged SOIC or DIP chip. if the bios chip is socketed then rescuing is pretty easy. you can either hook up an external programmer like the bus pirate already mentioned (although that one is pretty slow for this stuff of work) or try to hot flash it in another good board. if it is soldered you can either unsolder it (not that easy without practice) or try in-system programming with an external flasher. this does not work with all board though see also http://flashrom.org/ISP
after making the connection you can either try to find the variable in the image and change it there before flashing it back, or just use a complete image from another board or the vendor page.
if you need further help please send a mail to our list or visit #flashrom on freenode.