MrHijets’ BIOS update [machine translation] went sour, but he revived it with the Bus Pirate and FlashRom:
In my case, Flashrom and the Bus Pirate saved my motherboard…
FlashRom support is an example of how open source and community driven development can extend a project beyond it’s original design. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to the Bus Pirate project.
Get a Bus Pirate for $30, including worldwide shipping at Seeed Studio. Adafruit also has the Bus Pirate and probe cables in stock and ready to ship.