I've seen this posted on the forum a number of times, but there has been no posted solution. i have two know good 710 based network cards that have had their SPI flash chip replaced with a blank one. Now both cards are unable to be flashed with using the nvm utility. does anyone know the root cause of this? i am assuming since there is no firmware running from the SPI flash, that the nvm tool can not be used. does this mean that the SPI flash needs to be programmed manually?
Intel(R) Ethernet NVM Update Tool
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Num Description Ver. DevId S:B Status
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01) Intel(R) Ethernet Controller XL710 154B 00:001 Access error
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