Part 2.1 : The sad realization

So, I’ve been fiddling with the memory chip on the WiFi repeater, thinking it was a MX25L1606E, but I got a little surprise when I closely examined the chip after desoldering it.

it is NOT a chip from Macronix, I was a bit shattered… instead the chip is a KH25L1606E, the aliexpress version of the Macronix chip. And guess what? There’s NOTHING available on google when you try to search for that chip’s Datasheet, and the pages to buy it don’t provide any either.

So, now, my next challenge will be to attempt to add that memory chip to Flashrom and recompile it. I might even commit the changes to their repos!

The adventure continues…