[coreboot] sourcing 128MB flash chips for an X60 with coreboot

Alvaro [Andor] andor at pierdelacabeza.com
Sun Oct 26 22:15:51 CET 2014


Last time I bought "high capacity" chips (but not that high, I think it 
was 8 or 16MB), I did it on AliExpress. Minimum batch of ten. Have you 
tried there?


El 25/10/14 18:28, Charles Devereaux via coreboot escribió:
> Hello
>
> I would like to replace the flash chip with something larger, to add a 
> minimal linux distribution and test some security ideas.
>
> I selected a few chips based on flashrom support, but I can't find any 
> of them on my usual websites.
> On ebay, I can't find them in SOIC8 package. Yet IIRC, someone did 
> that with a x60 running coreboot (just can't find the URL at the 
> moment). Hopefully that person is even on the list!
>
> Would you have a recommended source to get 2 or 3 of them?
>
> ideally: M25P128
>
> possible:
> MX25L128 05D
> N25Q128.3E
> W25Q128.V
>
> (because non-volatile write bit chips are produced by Macronix 
> and Winbond)
>
> Thanks
> Charles
>
>

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