@The_0p3r8t0r
You didn't embarrass yourself last week. Just proved you were human. Thanks for sharing your knowledge
@sausage5087
Typing this from my librebooted X200 thanks to your video. Managed to do it with the CH341a and the cheap clip. You've gotta make sure the cheap clip is really well connected, I ended up pulling the unused pins out of the clip to make it easier.
@speedyfox9080
Some other things I learnt with some comments and people: 1st- All 8pin chips are 4mb and all 16pin chips are 8mb, that is true to almost all models, but you better recheck 2nd- Sometimes there might appear a menu to choose which chip you want to flash. Most people that just watched this video get a little lost. Normally the second option is the correct one, but if not, try the other options, flashrom will notify you if you messed up 3rd- Most times the long cables aren't an issue, so only rip the cables off if it really doesn't work 4th- Please check if the files you read aren't 0 in size! If they are, reconnect all the things, and consider shortening the cables, as wolfgang shows 5th- If you will do more libreboots, or will do libreboots to sell, it's better to modify your ch341a or buy a ch341a 1.6. Do not worry about what I am going to say unless you are really paranoid and you will libreboot more thinkpad, and want to have an 100% success rate on all thinkpad: ch341a has 5v to all other pins (MOSI, MIOS, CLK etc.), which in theory can fry your chip. Never actually seen anyone fry their chip by using a programmer, so I don't even know if it is true in practice. 6th- Buy a wifi card that works with an ath9k driver. This is just an additional tip, because like that, you will not have any binary blobs in your kernel, and things like Debian or FSF approved distros will boot without any firmware, otherwise, why libreboot anyway? 7th- If you still don't own a librebootable thinkpad, and think buying one, avoid getting the T and W thinkpads if you aren't comfortable disassembling the entire laptop. If you are, or don't care, go with it, a thinkpad T400 or T500 are the most powerful libre machines, this guide will also function for them 8th- Consider OSBOOT instead of libreboot. I know this is kind of strange, but if you want a libre machine, but still want to receive microcode updates, you should go with OSBOOT 9th- Update your Embedded controller (EC) before the libreboot. If you will want to update it after a libreboot, you will only be able to do it going back to BIOS, and updating it there, and next librebooting the computer one more time 10th- If you have an 8 pin clip, just buy a Pomona clip. Because the cheap ones are a pain in the ass to connect!
@guidedbycthulhu
If you ever feel like giving yourself a headache, try doing this with the X200s. The chip is on the back of the board, and is significantly smaller. You need to either de-solder the chip, or solder jumper wires directly to the pins.
@Ashkimbo
Cool video! It was about time somebody made a good video on how to do this - I did it recently and I have to say I struggled using videos on the matter. It's tough librebooting some laptops and X200 is around the middle in difficulty I'd say. Keep up the good work and I'm glad you got it running.
@gnuPirate
Thanks Wolfgang!!! For sharing your trials and errors. We all benefit from your experiences. Much appreciated.
@ricardog0823
Felicitaciones a este chaval por realizar un tutorial muy sencillo para instalar libreboot, espero puedas hacer más tutoriales para otros modelos, saludos
@oddbob6230
There's one crucial thing that's worth mentioning after installing Libreboot for old Thinkpads: the display's backlight may be uneven or have a coil whine. My T400 has this problem that's fixed through a bash script. There's more info in the miscellaneous section of the Libreboot docs.
@rm-rf4612
bless you, lad
@robouk257
It worked for me, a few hiccups along the way. Apparently my ThinkPad X200 has a macronix chip - flashrom and the ch431a reported that there were 4 to choose from and I had to specify the -c option. Not knowing which option, I did some research. A post suggested reading should be harmless, but writing the wrong type could be irreversible. The libreboot documentation referenced macronix chips, but no mention of the situation I had. In the end, I used the -c option with the option that had 9 characters, simply because the libreboot documentation also had 9 characters. It throws errors when it boots, I’m sure a clean OS install will fix it. I was expecting this anyway. Thank you for posting the video, and thank you to the community, I have achieved and learnt something new today.
@nixlad
if wolfgang does a video on emacs i will literally bust so hard I will rupture my appendix
@Aemilindore
Failure teaches a lot. You got back and did this. Im a subb with a bell for your channel.
@dmitrynikolaev5743
6:55 Generate new MAC address, or use one you previously backed up from you laptop.
@0xlayer103
that's the video I needed!
@GGShinobi77
Wow, this video was uploaded only a few days ago?? I bought 2 X200 about 1 week ago and plan to put libre boot on them! How lucky am I?!?!? :D Thanks man!!!
@moisessoto5061
Im comming for that librebooty
@lukaspinoti107
Thank you! The chart at 4:05 was really nice. I didn't manage to get a read from it the first few times and I was getting frustrated, but I took out all the pins I didn't need from the clip and it worked! :awesome:
@mehdir100
Clear, quick, to the point. You are awesome Wolfgang
@x0rZ15t
Quality content right there! Keep up the good work!
@WolfgangsChannel