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by Phade
29 Nov 2014, 05:50
Forum: BENQ Zowie Tweaking — Strobe Utility / Blur Reduction / DyAc
Topic: Firmware upgrade using Linux tool, requires no hardware
Replies: 577
Views: 831176

Re: Firmware upgrade using Linux tool, requires no hardware

Thanks alot my friend! You've saved me :)
Apparently I've selected the wrong BUS. Now everything worked perfectly and I'm on V2.

Thank you for your help.
by Phade
29 Nov 2014, 03:04
Forum: BENQ Zowie Tweaking — Strobe Utility / Blur Reduction / DyAc
Topic: Firmware upgrade using Linux tool, requires no hardware
Replies: 577
Views: 831176

Re: Firmware upgrade using Linux tool, requires no hardware

Im using this:



Calibrating delay loop... OK.
Info: Will try to use device /dev/i2c-1 and address 0x49.
Info: WILL reset the device at the end.
Found Winbond flash chip "W25X20" (256 kB, SPI) on mstarddc_spi.
Reading flash... done.
manuel@manuel-desktop:~/flashrom$ tr '\000' '\377' < /dev/zero ...
by Phade
28 Nov 2014, 15:33
Forum: BENQ Zowie Tweaking — Strobe Utility / Blur Reduction / DyAc
Topic: Firmware upgrade using Linux tool, requires no hardware
Replies: 577
Views: 831176

Re: Firmware upgrade using Linux tool, requires no hardware

Well I got the firmware from the BenQ homepage.

tr '\000' '\377' < /dev/zero | dd of=firmware.bin bs=1k count=2k
dd if=XL2411Z_V2_20131209_8B72.bin of=firmware.bin conv=notrunc

sudo ./flashrom -p mstarddc_spi:dev=/dev/i2c-1:49 -c "W25X20" -w firmware.bin
I've done this before... I dont know what ...
by Phade
28 Nov 2014, 09:53
Forum: BENQ Zowie Tweaking — Strobe Utility / Blur Reduction / DyAc
Topic: Firmware upgrade using Linux tool, requires no hardware
Replies: 577
Views: 831176

Re: Firmware upgrade using Linux tool, requires no hardware

Hello.

I'm stucked while flashing my BenQ XL2411Z.
I have used "W25X20" instead of "MX25L1605A/MX25L1606E"
at the following step.

# dump current firmware
sudo ./flashrom -p mstarddc_spi:dev=/dev/i2c-1:49 -c "MX25L1605A/MX25L1606E" -r backup.bin

I got the information about the "W25X20" chip at ...