def METHOD_NAME(self):
    original_stdout = sys.stdout
    sys.stdout = StringIO()
    try:
        self.read_eeprom_db()
    except BaseException:
        decode_output = sys.stdout.getvalue()
        sys.stdout = original_stdout
        return self.__parse_output(decode_output)
    status = self.check_status()
    if 'ok' not in status:
        return False
    if not os.path.exists(CACHE_ROOT):
        try:
            os.makedirs(CACHE_ROOT)
        except BaseException:
            pass
    #
    # only the eeprom classes that inherit from eeprom_base
    # support caching. Others will work normally
    #
    try:
        self.set_cache_name(os.path.join(CACHE_ROOT, CACHE_FILE))
    except BaseException:
        pass
    e = self.read_eeprom()
    if e is None:
        return 0
    try:
        self.update_cache(e)
    except BaseException:
        pass
    self.decode_eeprom(e)
    decode_output = sys.stdout.getvalue()
    sys.stdout = original_stdout
    (is_valid, valid_crc) = self.is_checksum_valid(e)
    if not is_valid:
        return False
    return self.__parse_output(decode_output)