Well if someone has a guide for the x220 or the x230 I may try doing it myself. Im looking at some videos and the problem is, they don’t zoom in enough to see where to plug the cables thing into the chips, so I cannot see what they are doing. I have done things like dissembling laptop to apply thermal paste, I can update a BIOS, install Debian (I really use Debian… sorry guys, but im here just to ask about Coreboot, I have no idea how Qubes works) and that’s about it. Is it such an obscure impossible thing to learn for a non engineer? I guess I can learn this but the fear of bricking a nice thinkpad is always there, that is why I would need a mega noob friendly guide ideally on video so I know what im doing.
And yes, I was not going to do anything that an AI said, that is why I asked here first, to correct anythin the AI said. I was just trying to build a step by step guide, then correct whatever is wrong, but like I said ideally I want a video and see how it’s done.
Im compiling videos to check them out, here is what I was able to find:
HOWTO Install Coreboot on a Lenovo X220
https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=HQtjXgNLl7k
Installing Coreboot on a Thinkpad X220
https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=hERguULT7Vo
Installing Coreboot on a Thinkpad X220
https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=kJRgBlXRy5I
How to coreboot your X220 (seabios + vgabios & me cleaner)
https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=ExQKOtZhLBM
Heads Firmware Install Guide for the Thinkpad X230
https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=Av1Em0eVU-g
Installing Coreboot On An X230 Laptop
This is not the laptop I like but may be useful because its recorded in HD:
Make Your ThinkPad Great Again [T440p with Coreboot]
https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=TUxqcM8CPgk
Btw there seems to be a way to do this without dissasembling the hardware… what about this?
Installing coreboot(skulls) with only software, 1vyrain!
https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=UpQAyO_eRc4
Im not even sure about all these things like Skulls, Heads, 1vyrain, etc.
Written guides I’ve found:
x230
https://wiki.chucknemeth.com/laptop/lenovo-x230/flash-lenovo-x230-coreboot
https://daurtech.org/index.php/resources/coreboot-x230-using-skulls/
https://famicoman.com/2020/07/30/corebooting-the-thinkpad-x230-with-skulls/
220:
https://stoisavljevic.com/articles/coreboot
https://www.flatline.dev/posts/0x05/
https://karlcordes.com/coreboot-x220/
Also the big problem is some of these guides may be outdated because some are many years old so who knows. If someone could confirm which ones are still accurate with modern Coreboot versions it would be great.
Also I have seen some people use a programmer and others use a raspberry pi, what is better? In here they say the CH341A is to be avoided:
Also, they say here you can reflash to the stock BIOS in case you brick it:
Be absolutely certain you back up the stock BIOS. As long as you have that, it doesn’t matter if you brick it with coreboot since you can just reflash the original.
https://www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/s80wso/comment/htdf60c/