Wouldn't say no, really struggling!  Thanks.

I'm using an FTDI 232H USB to SPI cable as per:

http://www.ftdichip.com/Support/Documen … erface.pdf

3M SOIC chip clip.

Then Ubuntu 14.04, freshly built Flashrom/Libftdi etc. 

The flash chip is (as you probably know), an MX25L12845E.  I get as far as "Flashrom has detected a generic SPI blah blah" but that's about it.  Then again, almost any combination of pins gives me that. 

So, I expect I'm going to need to either a) desolder the chip b) get some resistors in there or c) have a beer.