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Recovering BMC After Failed Firmware Update

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FlyingBlackbird:

--- Quote from: witsu on February 28, 2020, 11:00:15 am ---The other method requires the  ASPEED SOC Flash Utility which I don't have, and the link seems to be broken. I assume that's because you need to be a registered developer now to get it.
I haven't looked into regisering yet, I assumed getting a flash programmer would probably be cheaper.

--- End quote ---

It looks like you can download a backup version of the SOC Flash Utility here (not verified - treat this as untrusted source and apply virus checks first eg. via online scanners):

https://github.com/abrahamrhoffman/bmc_tools

MPC7500:
This error occurs if you forget to decompress the file, AFAIK.

witsu:
Yea, I don't remember for sure, but that's certainly possible that I just renamed and forgot to decompress the file. I've done firmware updates before with out any issues, so probably just screwed up something this time.

I am a little concerned over using an untrusted utility to recover the BMC, I wouldn't want some malware to get down in there. Not sure how likely that is. Could re flashing the BMC the regular way immediately after take care of that? Or do I actually need to get a flash programmer?

ClassicHasClass:
It should, yes. At worst it just won't work -- you won't be any worse off.

MPC7500:
If you don't trust the Github source, you could ask JSharp. He has the ASpeed utilities, too.
I assume you're on the Talos IRC, too? aperson678?

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