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<body>
- <header>
+ <div class="section">
<h1>Unbricking the ThinkPad X60</h1>
- <aside>This guide will show you how to recover from a bad flash that prevents your ThinkPad X60 from booting.</aside>
- </header>
+ <p>This guide will show you how to recover from a bad flash that prevents your ThinkPad X60 from booting.</p>
+ <p><a href="index.html">Back to previous index</a></p>
+ </div>
- <p>Or go <a href="index.html">back to main index</a></p>
+ <div class="section">
+ <h1>Table of Contents</h1>
+ <ul>
+ <li>
+ Types of brick:
+ <ul>
+ <li><a href="#bucts_brick">Brick type 1: bucts not reset</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#recovery">Brick type 2: bad rom (or user error), machine won't boot</a></li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ </div>
- <h2>Table of Contents</h2>
- <ul>
- <li>
- Types of brick:
- <ul>
- <li><a href="#bucts_brick">Brick type 1: bucts not reset</a></li>
- <li><a href="#recovery">Brick type 2: bad rom (or user error), machine won't boot</a></li>
- </ul>
- </li>
- </ul>
+ <div class="section">
+ <h1 id="bucts_brick">Brick type 1: bucts not reset.</h1>
+ <p>
+ You still have Lenovo BIOS, or you had libreboot running and you flashed another ROM; and you had bucts 1 set and
+ the ROM wasn't dd'd.* or if Lenovo BIOS was present and libreboot wasn't flashed.<br/><br/>
- <h1 id="bucts_brick">Brick type 1: bucts not reset.</h1>
- <p>
- You still have Lenovo BIOS, or you had libreboot running and you flashed another ROM; and you had bucts 1 set and
- the ROM wasn't dd'd.* or if Lenovo BIOS was present and libreboot wasn't flashed.<br/><br/>
-
- In this case, unbricking is easy: reset BUC.TS to 0 by removing that yellow cmos coin (it's a battery) and putting it back after a minute or two:<br/>
- <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0004.jpg" alt="" /><br/><br/>
+ In this case, unbricking is easy: reset BUC.TS to 0 by removing that yellow cmos coin (it's a battery) and putting it back after a minute or two:<br/>
+ <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0004.jpg" alt="" /><br/><br/>
- *Those dd commands should be applied to all newly compiled X60 ROM images (the ROM images in libreboot binary archives already have this applied!):<br/>
- dd if=coreboot.rom of=top64k.bin bs=1 skip=$[$(stat -c %s coreboot.rom) - 0x10000] count=64k<br/>
- dd if=coreboot.rom bs=1 skip=$[$(stat -c %s coreboot.rom) - 0x20000] count=64k | hexdump<br/>
- dd if=top64k.bin of=coreboot.rom bs=1 seek=$[$(stat -c %s coreboot.rom) - 0x20000] count=64k conv=notrunc<br/>
- (doing this makes the ROM suitable for use when flashing a machine that still has Lenovo BIOS running,
- using those instructions: <a href="http://www.coreboot.org/Board:lenovo/x60/Installation">http://www.coreboot.org/Board:lenovo/x60/Installation</a>.
- </p>
+ *Those dd commands should be applied to all newly compiled X60 ROM images (the ROM images in libreboot binary archives already have this applied!):<br/>
+ dd if=coreboot.rom of=top64k.bin bs=1 skip=$[$(stat -c %s coreboot.rom) - 0x10000] count=64k<br/>
+ dd if=coreboot.rom bs=1 skip=$[$(stat -c %s coreboot.rom) - 0x20000] count=64k | hexdump<br/>
+ dd if=top64k.bin of=coreboot.rom bs=1 seek=$[$(stat -c %s coreboot.rom) - 0x20000] count=64k conv=notrunc<br/>
+ (doing this makes the ROM suitable for use when flashing a machine that still has Lenovo BIOS running,
+ using those instructions: <a href="http://www.coreboot.org/Board:lenovo/x60/Installation">http://www.coreboot.org/Board:lenovo/x60/Installation</a>.
+ </p>
+ </div>
+
+ <div class="section">
- <h1 id="recovery">bad rom (or user error), machine won't boot</h1>
- <p>
- In this scenario, you compiled a ROM that had an incorrect configuration, or there is an actual bug preventing your machine from
- booting. Or, maybe, you set BUC.TS to 0 and shut down after first flash while Lenovo BIOS was running. In any case, your machine is bricked and will not boot at all.
- </p>
- <p>
- &quot;Unbricking&quot; means flashing a known-good (working) ROM. The problem: you can't boot the machine, making this difficult. In this situation, external hardware (see hardware requirements above) is needed which can flash the SPI chip (where libreboot resides).
- </p>
- <p>
- Remove those screws:<br/>
- <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0000.jpg" alt="" />
- </p>
- <p>
- Push the keyboard forward (carefully):<br/>
- <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0001.jpg" alt="" />
- </p>
- <p>
- Lift the keyboard up and disconnect it from the board:<br/>
- <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0002.jpg" alt="" />
- </p>
- <p>
- Grab the right-hand side of the chassis and force it off (gently) and pry up the rest of the chassis:<br/>
- <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0003.jpg" alt="" />
- </p>
- <p>
- You should now have this:<br/>
- <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0004.jpg" alt="" />
- </p>
- <p>
- Disconnect the wifi antenna cables, the modem cable and the speaker:<br/>
- <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0005.jpg" alt="" />
- </p>
- <p>
- Unroute the cables along their path, carefully lifting the tape that holds them in place. Then, disconnect the modem
- cable (other end) and power connection and unroute all the cables so that they dangle by the monitor hinge on the right-hand
- side:<br/>
- <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0006.jpg" alt="" />
- </p>
- <p>
- Disconnect the monitor from the motherboard, and unroute the grey antenna cable, carefully lifting the tape
- that holds it into place:<br/>
- <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0008.jpg" alt="" />
- </p>
- <p>
- Carefully lift the remaining tape and unroute the left antenna cable so that it is loose:<br/>
- <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0009.jpg" alt="" />
- </p>
- <p>
- Remove the screw that is highlighted (do NOT remove the other one; it holds part of the heatsink (other side) into place):<br/>
- <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0011.jpg" alt="" />
- </p>
- <p>
- Remove those screws:<br/>
- <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0012.jpg" alt="" />
- </p>
- <p>
- Carefully remove the plate, like so:<br/>
- <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0013.jpg" alt="" />
- </p>
- <p>
- Remove the SATA connector:<br/>
- <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0014.jpg" alt="" />
- </p>
- <p>
- Now remove the motherboard (gently) and cast the lcd/chassis aside:<br/>
- <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0015.jpg" alt="" />
- </p>
- <p>
- Lift back that tape and hold it with something. Highlighted is the SPI flash chip:<br/>
- <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0016.jpg" alt="" />
- </p>
- <p>
- Now wire up the BBB and the Pomona with your PSU.<br/>
- Refer to <a href="bbb_setup.html">bbb_setup.html</a> for how to setup
- the BBB for flashing.<br/>
- <b>Note, the guide mentions a 3.3v DC PSU but you don't need this on the X60:
- if you don't have or don't want to use an external PSU, then make
- sure not to connect the red/black 3.3v leads mentioned in the guide;
- instead, connect the AC adapter (the one that normally charges your
- battery) so that the board has power (but don't boot it up)</b>
- <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0017.jpg" alt="" /><br/>
- Correlate the following with the BBB guide linked above:
- </p>
+ <h1 id="recovery">bad rom (or user error), machine won't boot</h1>
+ <p>
+ In this scenario, you compiled a ROM that had an incorrect configuration, or there is an actual bug preventing your machine from
+ booting. Or, maybe, you set BUC.TS to 0 and shut down after first flash while Lenovo BIOS was running. In any case, your machine is bricked and will not boot at all.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ &quot;Unbricking&quot; means flashing a known-good (working) ROM. The problem: you can't boot the machine, making this difficult. In this situation, external hardware (see hardware requirements above) is needed which can flash the SPI chip (where libreboot resides).
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Remove those screws:<br/>
+ <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0000.jpg" alt="" />
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Push the keyboard forward (carefully):<br/>
+ <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0001.jpg" alt="" />
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Lift the keyboard up and disconnect it from the board:<br/>
+ <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0002.jpg" alt="" />
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Grab the right-hand side of the chassis and force it off (gently) and pry up the rest of the chassis:<br/>
+ <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0003.jpg" alt="" />
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ You should now have this:<br/>
+ <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0004.jpg" alt="" />
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Disconnect the wifi antenna cables, the modem cable and the speaker:<br/>
+ <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0005.jpg" alt="" />
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Unroute the cables along their path, carefully lifting the tape that holds them in place. Then, disconnect the modem
+ cable (other end) and power connection and unroute all the cables so that they dangle by the monitor hinge on the right-hand
+ side:<br/>
+ <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0006.jpg" alt="" />
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Disconnect the monitor from the motherboard, and unroute the grey antenna cable, carefully lifting the tape
+ that holds it into place:<br/>
+ <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0008.jpg" alt="" />
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Carefully lift the remaining tape and unroute the left antenna cable so that it is loose:<br/>
+ <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0009.jpg" alt="" />
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Remove the screw that is highlighted (do NOT remove the other one; it holds part of the heatsink (other side) into place):<br/>
+ <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0011.jpg" alt="" />
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Remove those screws:<br/>
+ <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0012.jpg" alt="" />
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Carefully remove the plate, like so:<br/>
+ <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0013.jpg" alt="" />
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Remove the SATA connector:<br/>
+ <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0014.jpg" alt="" />
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Now remove the motherboard (gently) and cast the lcd/chassis aside:<br/>
+ <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0015.jpg" alt="" />
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Lift back that tape and hold it with something. Highlighted is the SPI flash chip:<br/>
+ <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0016.jpg" alt="" />
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Now wire up the BBB and the Pomona with your PSU.<br/>
+ Refer to <a href="bbb_setup.html">bbb_setup.html</a> for how to setup
+ the BBB for flashing.<br/>
+ <b>Note, the guide mentions a 3.3v DC PSU but you don't need this on the X60:
+ if you don't have or don't want to use an external PSU, then make
+ sure not to connect the red/black 3.3v leads mentioned in the guide;
+ instead, connect the AC adapter (the one that normally charges your
+ battery) so that the board has power (but don't boot it up)</b>
+ <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0017.jpg" alt="" /><br/>
+ Correlate the following with the BBB guide linked above:
+ </p>
<pre>
POMONA 5250:
=== golden finger and wifi switch ====
@@ -141,132 +146,136 @@ POMONA 5250:
<i>This is how you will connect. Numbers refer to pin numbers on the BBB, on the plugs near the DC jack.</i>
</pre>
- <p>
- Connecting the BBB and pomona (in this image, an external 3.3v DC PSU was used):<br/>
- <img src="images/x60/th_bbb_flashing.jpg" alt="" />
- </p>
+ <p>
+ Connecting the BBB and pomona (in this image, an external 3.3v DC PSU was used):<br/>
+ <img src="images/x60/th_bbb_flashing.jpg" alt="" />
+ </p>
- <p>
- SSH'd into the BBB:<br/>
- # <b>./flashrom -p linux_spi:dev=/dev/spidev1.0,spispeed=512 -w yourrom.rom</b>
- </p>
- <p>
- It should be <b>Verifying flash... VERIFIED</b> at the end. If flashrom complains about multiple flash chip
- definitions detected, then choose one of them following the instructions in the output.
- </p>
+ <p>
+ SSH'd into the BBB:<br/>
+ # <b>./flashrom -p linux_spi:dev=/dev/spidev1.0,spispeed=512 -w yourrom.rom</b>
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ It should be <b>Verifying flash... VERIFIED</b> at the end. If flashrom complains about multiple flash chip
+ definitions detected, then choose one of them following the instructions in the output.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ Remove the programmer and put it away somewhere. Put back the tape and press firmly over it:<br/>
+ <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0026.jpg" alt="" />
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Your empty chassis:<br/>
+ <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0027.jpg" alt="" />
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Put the motherboard back in:<br/>
+ <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0028.jpg" alt="" />
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Reconnect SATA:<br/>
+ <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0029.jpg" alt="" />
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Put the plate back and re-insert those screws:<br/>
+ <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0030.jpg" alt="" />
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Re-route that antenna cable around the fan and apply the tape:<br/>
+ <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0031.jpg" alt="" />
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Route the cable here and then (not shown, due to error on my part) reconnect the monitor cable to the motherboard
+ and re-insert the screws:<br/>
+ <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0032.jpg" alt="" />
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Re-insert that screw:<br/>
+ <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0033.jpg" alt="" />
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Route the black antenna cable like so:<br/>
+ <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0034.jpg" alt="" />
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Tuck it in neatly like so:<br/>
+ <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0035.jpg" alt="" />
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Route the modem cable like so:<br/>
+ <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0036.jpg" alt="" />
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Connect modem cable to board and tuck it in neatly like so:<br/>
+ <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0037.jpg" alt="" />
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Route the power connection and connect it to the board like so:<br/>
+ <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0038.jpg" alt="" />
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Route the antenna and modem cables neatly like so:<br/>
+ <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0039.jpg" alt="" />
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Connect the wifi antenna cables. At the start of the tutorial, this machine had an Intel wifi chip. Here you see I've replaced it with an
+ Atheros AR5B95 (supports 802.11n and can be used without blobs):<br/>
+ <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0040.jpg" alt="" />
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Connect the modem cable:<br/>
+ <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0041.jpg" alt="" />
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Connect the speaker:<br/>
+ <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0042.jpg" alt="" />
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ You should now have this:<br/>
+ <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0043.jpg" alt="" />
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Re-connect the upper chassis:<br/>
+ <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0044.jpg" alt="" />
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Re-connect the keyboard:<br/>
+ <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0045.jpg" alt="" />
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Re-insert the screws that you removed earlier:<br/>
+ <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0046.jpg" alt="" />
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Power on!<br/>
+ <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0047.jpg" alt="" />
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Trisquel live USB menu (using the GRUB ISOLINUX parser):<br/>
+ <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0048.jpg" alt="" />
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Trisquel live desktop:<br/>
+ <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0049.jpg" alt="" />
+ </p>
+
+ </div>
+
+ <div class="section">
<p>
- Remove the programmer and put it away somewhere. Put back the tape and press firmly over it:<br/>
- <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0026.jpg" alt="" />
- </p>
- <p>
- Your empty chassis:<br/>
- <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0027.jpg" alt="" />
- </p>
- <p>
- Put the motherboard back in:<br/>
- <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0028.jpg" alt="" />
- </p>
- <p>
- Reconnect SATA:<br/>
- <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0029.jpg" alt="" />
- </p>
- <p>
- Put the plate back and re-insert those screws:<br/>
- <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0030.jpg" alt="" />
- </p>
- <p>
- Re-route that antenna cable around the fan and apply the tape:<br/>
- <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0031.jpg" alt="" />
- </p>
- <p>
- Route the cable here and then (not shown, due to error on my part) reconnect the monitor cable to the motherboard
- and re-insert the screws:<br/>
- <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0032.jpg" alt="" />
- </p>
- <p>
- Re-insert that screw:<br/>
- <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0033.jpg" alt="" />
- </p>
- <p>
- Route the black antenna cable like so:<br/>
- <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0034.jpg" alt="" />
- </p>
- <p>
- Tuck it in neatly like so:<br/>
- <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0035.jpg" alt="" />
- </p>
- <p>
- Route the modem cable like so:<br/>
- <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0036.jpg" alt="" />
- </p>
- <p>
- Connect modem cable to board and tuck it in neatly like so:<br/>
- <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0037.jpg" alt="" />
- </p>
- <p>
- Route the power connection and connect it to the board like so:<br/>
- <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0038.jpg" alt="" />
- </p>
- <p>
- Route the antenna and modem cables neatly like so:<br/>
- <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0039.jpg" alt="" />
- </p>
- <p>
- Connect the wifi antenna cables. At the start of the tutorial, this machine had an Intel wifi chip. Here you see I've replaced it with an
- Atheros AR5B95 (supports 802.11n and can be used without blobs):<br/>
- <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0040.jpg" alt="" />
- </p>
- <p>
- Connect the modem cable:<br/>
- <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0041.jpg" alt="" />
- </p>
- <p>
- Connect the speaker:<br/>
- <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0042.jpg" alt="" />
- </p>
- <p>
- You should now have this:<br/>
- <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0043.jpg" alt="" />
- </p>
- <p>
- Re-connect the upper chassis:<br/>
- <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0044.jpg" alt="" />
- </p>
- <p>
- Re-connect the keyboard:<br/>
- <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0045.jpg" alt="" />
- </p>
- <p>
- Re-insert the screws that you removed earlier:<br/>
- <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0046.jpg" alt="" />
- </p>
- <p>
- Power on!<br/>
- <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0047.jpg" alt="" />
- </p>
- <p>
- Trisquel live USB menu (using the GRUB ISOLINUX parser):<br/>
- <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0048.jpg" alt="" />
+ Copyright &copy; 2014, 2015 Francis Rowe &lt;info@gluglug.org.uk&gt;<br/>
+ This document is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License and all future versions.
+ A copy of the license can be found at <a href="../license.txt">../license.txt</a>.
</p>
+
<p>
- Trisquel live desktop:<br/>
- <img src="../images/x60_unbrick/0049.jpg" alt="" />
+ This document is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See <a href="../license.txt">../license.txt</a> for more information.
</p>
-
-<hr/>
-
- <p>
- Copyright &copy; 2014 Francis Rowe &lt;info@gluglug.org.uk&gt;<br/>
- This document is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License and all future versions.
- A copy of the license can be found at <a href="../license.txt">../license.txt</a>.
- </p>
-
- <p>
- This document is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See <a href="../license.txt">../license.txt</a> for more information.
- </p>
+
+ </div>
</body>
</html>