Hi everyone,
I’m working on a Dell PowerEdge R340 (Service Tag: JTMLKB2).
The iDRAC is bricked — system hangs at “iDRAC initializing,” fans at 100%, and no VGA output.
The cause is a bad firmware flash to the iDRAC SPI.
Board details:
- Model: Dell PowerEdge R340 (14G)
- iDRAC version: iDRAC9
- Flash chip: Winbond 25Q032 (32 Mbit / 4 MB)
- Location: iDRAC EEPROM near the BMC (ASPEED AST chip)
- Tool used: CH341A programmer
What I need:
- A clean, working 4 MB `.bin` dump of the 25Q032 from another R340 board
- Preferably from a board running iDRAC9 firmware (any version is fine, I can update later)
Notes:
- I have my original (corrupted) dump, so I can transplant Service Tag/MAC addresses once I get a clean donor image.
- Happy to share my corrupted dump if it helps analysis.
Thanks in advance to anyone who can provide a verified bin file!
I’m working on a Dell PowerEdge R340 (Service Tag: JTMLKB2).
The iDRAC is bricked — system hangs at “iDRAC initializing,” fans at 100%, and no VGA output.
The cause is a bad firmware flash to the iDRAC SPI.
Board details:
- Model: Dell PowerEdge R340 (14G)
- iDRAC version: iDRAC9
- Flash chip: Winbond 25Q032 (32 Mbit / 4 MB)
- Location: iDRAC EEPROM near the BMC (ASPEED AST chip)
- Tool used: CH341A programmer
What I need:
- A clean, working 4 MB `.bin` dump of the 25Q032 from another R340 board
- Preferably from a board running iDRAC9 firmware (any version is fine, I can update later)
Notes:
- I have my original (corrupted) dump, so I can transplant Service Tag/MAC addresses once I get a clean donor image.
- Happy to share my corrupted dump if it helps analysis.
Thanks in advance to anyone who can provide a verified bin file!
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