Re: Configuration for Thinkpad T530

[Ivan Ivanov]

Please don't forget to CC the coreboot mailing list. You could
determine the chip's layout by looking on it: it has a dot near CS
pin. As for cable/clip and programmer, check "Flashing BIOS chip with
Bus Pirate" article at dangerous prototypes forums: it has a good
review of SOIC8 test clips and also compatible with CH341A programmer.
I'm quoting your message below, hope someone would help you with
Intel-related questions

вт, 22 янв. 2019 г. в 00:53, Yannik Catalinac :
> Hello guys,
>
> thanks for the answers!
> > although I've never flashed t530 to me it seems pretty obvious:
> > usually you connect your 8 wires to SPI flash chip and doing the
> > flashing, but this time you'll connect 7 wires like usual to your
> > programmer, but 8th CS wire to programmers VCC instead of programmers
> > CS, and that programmers CS will be connected to CS of another chip
>
> The first problem is I don't know the layout of the first chip and especially of the second chip.
> I could assume it depending on other boards I found on the internet/coreboot wiki but I'm not 100% sure for the T530. Where do I find the layout of the two chips of the T530?
>
> Second problem is how do I connect the second chip with the SPI programmer? I know which pins to connect, but I mean what cable/clip etc. do I need? What hardware do I need to buy?
>
> Greetings

Configuration for Thinkpad T530

[Angel Pons]

Hello

On Wed, Jan 23, 2019, 18:11 Ivan Ivanov <[e-mail] wrote:
> Please don't forget to CC the coreboot mailing list. You could
> determine the chip's layout by looking on it: it has a dot near CS
> pin.

Worth mentioning: this dot is not painted, it is a physical crater on the
chip. The painted dots are never a good reference!

Best regards,

Angel Pons
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