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<li><a href="#supported_laptops_x86intel">Laptops (Intel, x86)</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
+ <li>
+ NOTES:
+ <ul>
+ <li><a href="#ecupdate">Updating the EC firmware on i945 and GM45 (recommended)</a></li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
<li><a href="#recommended_wifi">Recommended wifi chipsets</a></li>
</ul>
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+ <div class="section">
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+ <h1 id="ecupdate">EC update on i945 (X60, T60) and GM45 (X200, T400, T500, R400)</h1>
+
+ <p>
+ It is recommended that you update to the latest EC firmware version.
+ The <a href="https://libreboot.org/faq/#firmware-ec">EC firmware</a>
+ is separate from libreboot, so we don't actually provide that, but
+ if you still have Lenovo BIOS then you can just run the Lenovo BIOS
+ update utility, which will update both the BIOS and EC version.
+ See:
+ </p>
+ <ul>
+ <li><a href="https://libreboot.org/docs/install/index.html#flashrom">https://libreboot.org/docs/install/index.html#flashrom</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/BIOS_update_without_optical_disk">http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/BIOS_update_without_optical_disk</a></li>
+ </ul>
+ <p>
+ NOTE: this can only be done when you are using Lenovo BIOS. How to
+ update the EC firmware while running libreboot is unknown.
+ Libreboot only replaces the BIOS firmware, not EC.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Updated EC firmware has several advantages e.g.
+ bettery battery handling.
+ </p>
+
+ </div>
+
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<h2 id="recommended_wifi">Recommended wifi chipsets</h2>