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Flashing the R500 with a BeagleBone Black

Initial flashing instructions for R500.

- This guide is for those who want libreboot on their ThinkPad R500 - while they still have the original Lenovo BIOS present. This guide - can also be followed (adapted) if you brick your R500, to know how - to recover. -

- Before following this section, please make sure to setup your libreboot ROM properly first. - Although ROM images are provided pre-built in libreboot, there are some modifications that - you need to make to the one you chose before flashing. (instructions referenced later in - this guide) -

- -

- - NOTE: This board is unsupported in libreboot 20150518. To use it in libreboot, for now, you - must build for it from source using the libreboot git repository. - -

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Serial port

- -

- EHCI debug might not be needed. It has been reported that the docking station - for this laptop has a serial port, so it might be possible to use that instead. -

- -

LCD compatibly

- Not all LCD panels are known to be compatible yet. See ../hcl/gm45_lcd.html. -

- -

A note about CPUs

- ThinkWiki has a list of CPUs - for this system. The Core 2 Duo P8400, P8600 and P8700 are believed to work in libreboot. - The Core 2 Duo T9600 was confirmed to work (on a different laptop, but still GM45), so the T9400 probably also works. - The Core 2 Duo T5870/5670 and Celeron M 575/585 are untested! -

- -

Quad-core CPUs

- -

- Although blocked by lenovobios (as was reported), it is reported that there are quad-core CPUs - for GM45. This laptop has socketed CPUs, so it might be possible to use them - (they are untested in coreboot; support may have to be added). - Core 2 Quad Q9000, Q9100 or QX9300. -

- -

- Look at this link:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Core_2_microprocessors#Quad-Core_Notebook_processors -

- -

A note about GPUs

- -

- ThinkWiki lists - two possible GPUs: Intel or ATI. Only the Intel GPUs work in libreboot; the ATI - GPUs require a proprietary Video BIOS, and so those are unsupported in libreboot. -

- On other GM45 laptops in libreboot (e.g. T400, T500), so-called switchable graphics - is used, which means that the laptop will have both an ATI and Intel GPU, or it will - only have Intel, depending on which variation you have. On the systems with ATI and Intel, - you can disable the ATI GPU and use only the Intel GPU, which works in libreboot. -

- - It is unknown whether R500 laptops with an ATI GPU still have an Intel GPU, where you could - disable the ATI GPU and use the Intel GPU. These are budget laptops, so it's highly likely - that Lenovo decided on this model to ship with one GPU or the other, but not both (GPUs cost money). - -

- - It is **HIGHLY** recommended, when ordering an R500 laptop, to **ENSURE** that the - one you're ordering has an Intel GPU. - -

- -

CPU paste required

- -

- See #paste. -

- -

Flash chip size

- -

- Use this to find out:
- # dmidecode | grep ROM\ Size
-

- It is believed that all R500 laptops have only SOIC-8 (4MiB) chips. -

- -

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- -

MAC address

- -

- Unlike other GM45 thinkpads, the R500 has a different onboard gigabit NIC, - where the MAC address is built-in. You do not need to change the MAC address - at all on this laptop; simply flash the provided ROM images, as-is. -

- -

Initial BBB configuration

- -

- Refer to bbb_setup.html for how to - setup the BBB for flashing. -

- -

- The following shows how to connect clip to the BBB (on the P9 header), for SOIC-8 (clip: Pomona 5250): -

-POMONA 5250 (correlate with the BBB guide)
-===  VGA and ethernet socket ===
- 18              -       - 1
- 22              -       - NC
- NC              -       - 21
- 3.3V (PSU)      -       - 17 - this is pin 1 on the flash chip
-===  DVD drive ===
-This is how you will connect. Numbers refer to pin numbers on the BBB, on the plugs near the DC jack.

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Disassembly

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- Remove the motherboard from the cage, and the SPI flash - chip will be next to the memory slots:
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- -

- The following image is for illustration only, to show how a SOIC-8 clip is connected. - This photo is from a T500, which has a different arrangement to the R500:
- -

- Connect your programmer, then connect GND and 3.3V
- - - - -

- A dedicated 3.3V PSU was used to create this guide, but - at ATX PSU is also fine:
- -

- -

- Of course, make sure to turn on your PSU:
- -

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- Now, you should be ready to install libreboot. -

- -

- Flashrom binaries for ARM (tested on a BBB) are distributed in libreboot_util. Alternatively, - libreboot also distributes flashrom source code which can be built. -

- Log in as root on your BBB, using the instructions in bbb_setup.html#bbb_access. -

- Test that flashrom works:
- # ./flashrom -p linux_spi:dev=/dev/spidev1.0,spispeed=512
- In this case, the output was: -

-flashrom v0.9.7-r1854 on Linux 3.8.13-bone47 (armv7l)
-flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org
-Calibrating delay loop... OK.
-Found Macronix flash chip "MX25L6405(D)" (8192 kB, SPI) on linux_spi.
-Found Macronix flash chip "MX25L6406E/MX25L6436E" (8192 kB, SPI) on linux_spi.
-Found Macronix flash chip "MX25L6445E/MX25L6473E" (8192 kB, SPI) on linux_spi.
-Multiple flash chip definitions match the detected chip(s): "MX25L6405(D)", "MX25L6406E/MX25L6436E", "MX25L6445E/MX25L6473E"
-Please specify which chip definition to use with the -c <chipname> option.
-

- How to backup factory.rom (change the -c option as neeed, for your flash chip):
- # ./flashrom -p linux_spi:dev=/dev/spidev1.0,spispeed=512 -r factory.rom
- # ./flashrom -p linux_spi:dev=/dev/spidev1.0,spispeed=512 -r factory1.rom
- # ./flashrom -p linux_spi:dev=/dev/spidev1.0,spispeed=512 -r factory2.rom
- Note: the -c option is not required in libreboot's patched flashrom, because - the redundant flash chip definitions in flashchips.c have been removed.
- Now compare the 3 images:
- # sha512sum factory*.rom
- If the hashes match, then just copy one of them (the factory.rom) to a safe place (on a drive connected to another system, not - the BBB). This is useful for reverse engineering work, if there is a desirable behaviour in the original firmware - that could be replicated in coreboot and libreboot. -

- Now flash it:
- # ./flashrom -p linux_spi:dev=/dev/spidev1.0,spispeed=512 -w path/to/libreboot/rom/image.rom -V -

- -

- You might see errors, but if it says Verifying flash... VERIFIED at the end, then it's flashed and should boot. - If you see errors, try again (and again, and again); the message Chip content is identical to the requested image - is also an indication of a successful installation. -

- Example output from running the command (see above): -

-flashrom v0.9.7-r1854 on Linux 3.8.13-bone47 (armv7l)
-flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org
-Calibrating delay loop... OK.
-Found Macronix flash chip "MX25L6405(D)" (8192 kB, SPI) on linux_spi.
-Reading old flash chip contents... done.
-Erasing and writing flash chip... FAILED at 0x00001000! Expected=0xff, Found=0x00, failed byte count from 0x00000000-0x0000ffff: 0xd716
-ERASE FAILED!
-Reading current flash chip contents... done. Looking for another erase function.
-Erase/write done.
-Verifying flash... VERIFIED.
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- -

Thermal paste (IMPORTANT)

- -

- Because part of this procedure involved removing the heatsink, you will need to apply new paste. - Arctic Silver 5 is ok. You will also need isopropyl alcohol and an anti-static cloth to clean with. -

- -

- When re-installing the heatsink, you must first clean off all old paste with the alcohol/cloth. - Then apply new paste. AS5 is also much better than the default paste used on these systems. -

- -

- NOTE: the photo above is for illustration purposes only, and does not show how to properly apply the thermal paste. - Other guides online detail the proper application procedure. -

- -

Wifi

- -

- The R500 typically comes with an Intel wifi chipset, which does not - work without proprietary software. For a list of wifi chipsets that - work without proprietary software, see - ../hcl/index.html#recommended_wifi. -

- -

- Some R500 laptops might come with an Atheros chipset, but this is 802.11g only. -

- -

- It is recommended that you install a new wifi chipset. This can only - be done after installing libreboot, because the original firmware has - a whitelist of approved chips, and it will refuse to boot if you - use an 'unauthorized' wifi card. -

- -

- The following photos show an Atheros AR5B95 being installed, to - replace the Intel chip that this R500 came with:
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- -

WWAN

- If you have a WWAN/3G card and/or sim card reader, remove them permanently. - The WWAN-3G card has proprietary firmware inside; the technology is - identical to what is used in mobile phones, so it can also track your movements. -

- Not to be confused with wifi (wifi is fine). -

- -

Memory

- -

- You need DDR3 SODIMM PC3-8500 RAM installed, in matching pairs - (speed/size). Non-matching pairs won't work. You can also install a - single module (meaning, one of the slots will be empty) in slot 0. -

- -

- Make sure that the RAM you buy is the 2Rx8 density. -

- -

- The following photo shows 8GiB (2x4GiB) of RAM installed:
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- -

- Boot it! -

- You should see something like this: -

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- -

- Now install GNU/Linux. -

- -

- Copyright © 2015 Francis Rowe <info@gluglug.org.uk>
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