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I wanted to try Coreboot/Libreboot too, but I couldn't read the damn chip with a clip. I probably need to unsolder it but I'm afraid I'm going to break it perma
by M95D 2y ago
I wanted to try Coreboot/Libreboot too, but I couldn't read the damn chip with a clip. I probably need to unsolder it but I'm afraid I'm going to break it permamently and I care too much about this laptop.
- somat 2y agoI half bricked a laptop once. (never disable usb in the bios when all devices are usb) there was no reset header. so the only recourse was to reflash it the hard way, with a clip and a programmer. So I buy a cheap clip and programmer kit... and get nowhere, nothing is working right and I have no experience with this sort of thing so don't know what to expect. thus it sat on the healing bench for a year. I chanced on an article that having a good clip was critical for this sort of thing and decided to try again after buying a recommended clip. and the infernal thing worked first try. So while I still have no idea what I am doing, I am now a firm believer in having a good clip. anyhow, here is the one that worked for me. https://www.pomonaelectronics.com/products/test-clips/soic-clip-8-pin https://www.pomonaelectronics.com/products/test-clips/soic-c...