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diff --git a/docs/install/x60_unbrick.html b/docs/install/x60_unbrick.html deleted file mode 100644 index d6261433..00000000 --- a/docs/install/x60_unbrick.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,318 +0,0 @@ -<!DOCTYPE html> -<html> -<head> - <meta charset="utf-8"> - <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> - - <style type="text/css"> - @import url('../css/main.css'); - </style> - - <title>ThinkPad X60: Recovery guide</title> -</head> - -<body> - - <div class="section"> - <h1>ThinkPad X60: Recovery guide</h1> - <p>This section documents 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> - - <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), system won't boot</a></li> - </ul> - </li> - </ul> - </div> - - <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/> - - 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 system 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), system 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 system 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 system is bricked and will not boot at all. - </p> - <p> - "Unbricking" means flashing a known-good (working) ROM. The problem: you can't boot the system, 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 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 ==== - 18 - - 1 - 22 - - NC ---------- audio jacks are on this end - NC - - 21 - 3.3V (PSU) - - 17 - this is pin 1 on the flash chip -=== CPU fan === -<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> - Flashrom binaries for ARM (tested on a BBB) are distributed in libreboot_util. Alternatively, - libreboot also distributes flashrom source code which can be built. - </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 system 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> - Copyright © 2014, 2015 Francis Rowe <info@gluglug.org.uk><br/> - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document - under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 - or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; - with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. - A copy of the license can be found at <a href="../gfdl-1.3.txt">../gfdl-1.3.txt</a> - </p> - - <p> - Updated versions of the license (when available) can be found at - <a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html">https://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html</a> - </p> - - <p> - UNLESS OTHERWISE SEPARATELY UNDERTAKEN BY THE LICENSOR, TO THE - EXTENT POSSIBLE, THE LICENSOR OFFERS THE LICENSED MATERIAL AS-IS - AND AS-AVAILABLE, AND MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF - ANY KIND CONCERNING THE LICENSED MATERIAL, WHETHER EXPRESS, - IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHER. 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