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Page on getting coreboot installed on the X201 | Page on getting coreboot installed on the X201 | ||
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| + | == Opening up the x201 == | ||
| + | <gallery widths=350px heights=150px> | ||
| + | File:x201-flash_0000.JPG|Flashchip is placed under the keyboard | ||
| + | File:x201-flash_0001.JPG|Remove battery first, it hides one screw | ||
| + | File:x201-flash_0002.JPG|4 screws keep the keyboard in placed | ||
| + | File:x201-flash_0003.JPG|Remove keyboard by pushing it screenwards with flat-tip screwdriver | ||
| + | File:x201-flash_0004.JPG|Keep in mind that the keyboard is still connected. You might want to disconnect it. | ||
| + | File:x201-flash_0005.JPG|Flashchip is located just above the yellow battery | ||
| + | File:x201-flash_0008.JPG|You can cut the plastic a bit open or remove it entirely | ||
| + | File:x201-flash_0009.JPG|Here we see our 8-pin flashchip. | ||
| + | File:x201-flash_0013.JPG|And add a SOIC-8 clamp to connect your flasher. | ||
| + | </gallery> | ||
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| + | == Flashrom == | ||
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| + | U can use flashrom to backup and write your flash. | ||
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| + | flashrom download: https://www.flashrom.org/Downloads | ||
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| + | === Raspberry PI === | ||
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| + | * https://www.flashrom.org/RaspberryPi ([https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.flashrom.org/RaspberryPi archive]) | ||
| + | * https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/usage/gpio/ ([https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/usage/gpio/ archive]) | ||
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| + | Here's how to connect the Raspberry pi GPIO to the chip. | ||
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| + | <pre> | ||
| + | === front (display) ==== | ||
| + | 3.3V (pin 17 or pin 1) N/C (S)CLK/SCK (pin 23) MOSI (pin 19) | ||
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| + | dot | | | | | ||
| + | CS (pin 24) MISO (pin 21) N/C ground (pin 25) | ||
| + | === back (touchpad) === | ||
| + | </pre> | ||
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| + | <gallery widths=350px heights=150px> | ||
| + | File:x201-flash_0014.JPG | ||
| + | File:x201-flash_0015.JPG | ||
| + | </gallery> | ||
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| + | The Raspberry PI might not be able to provide enough power for the chip. Find a different 3.3v source, provide PSU-power to the laptop, desolder the chip or improvise. | ||
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| + | You can read the flash via (asuming you have the MX25L6445): | ||
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| + | <pre> | ||
| + | ./flashrom -p linux_spi:dev=/dev/spidev0.0 -c "MX25L6436E/MX25L6445E/MX25L6465E/MX25L6473E" -r x201-flash.bin | ||
| + | </pre> | ||
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| + | Do this twice and compare files to check for read errors. | ||
== Issues == | == Issues == | ||
Latest revision as of 18:29, 26 March 2016
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Page on getting coreboot installed on the X201
Opening up the x201
Flashchip is placed under the keyboard
Remove battery first, it hides one screw
4 screws keep the keyboard in placed
Remove keyboard by pushing it screenwards with flat-tip screwdriver
Keep in mind that the keyboard is still connected. You might want to disconnect it.
Flashchip is located just above the yellow battery
You can cut the plastic a bit open or remove it entirely
Here we see our 8-pin flashchip.
And add a SOIC-8 clamp to connect your flasher.
Flashrom
U can use flashrom to backup and write your flash.
flashrom download: https://www.flashrom.org/Downloads
Raspberry PI
- https://www.flashrom.org/RaspberryPi (archive)
- https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/usage/gpio/ (archive)
Here's how to connect the Raspberry pi GPIO to the chip.
=== front (display) ====
3.3V (pin 17 or pin 1) N/C (S)CLK/SCK (pin 23) MOSI (pin 19)
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dot | | | |
CS (pin 24) MISO (pin 21) N/C ground (pin 25)
=== back (touchpad) ===
The Raspberry PI might not be able to provide enough power for the chip. Find a different 3.3v source, provide PSU-power to the laptop, desolder the chip or improvise.
You can read the flash via (asuming you have the MX25L6445):
./flashrom -p linux_spi:dev=/dev/spidev0.0 -c "MX25L6436E/MX25L6445E/MX25L6465E/MX25L6473E" -r x201-flash.bin
Do this twice and compare files to check for read errors.
Issues
- as per 2016-03-15 the last working coreboot version was: a3e41c089602c58409e8dfd4aceecbdd7d4f4a5b
Files
- Datasheet of flashchip: 25L6445E
