#1 Ok, so let me get this straight....
It is possible, but it requires opening up the case to getting to the
hardware - while the computer is on?
#2 Also is it worth it, considering from the risk?
Risk URL ID
http://www.coreboot.org/FAQ#Can_I_do_any_serious_damage_mucking_around_with_this_stuff.3F
Thank you
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> Subject: Re: [coreboot] Coreboot and HP Pavilion 6746C-L?
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> 2014-11-04 4:38 GMT+01:00 <[email protected]>:
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>> Step 1 (or equal to step 1) and step 5 From
>> http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=bph05159&tmp_task=prodinfoCategory&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&product=57589
>> [1] Intel Socket 370 Pentium III Celeron i810
>
> i810 might still work.
> Here's a photo of the board, with a close-up of the flash chip:
> http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTYwMFgxNjAw/z/htIAAOSw7NNUJcHW/$_57.JPG [3]
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> You still need spare flash chips and a way to program them.
> See http://www.coreboot.org/FAQ#How_do_I_.28re-.29flash_the_BIOS.3F [4]
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> When you can program the chip you'll want to see console output, either
> over the serial or EHCI debug port.
>
>> DMI string baseboard-manufacturer: "Trigem Computer, Inc." DMI string
>> baseboard-product-name: "Cognac" DMI string baseboard-version: "None" DMI
>> string chassis-type: "Other" DMI chassis-type is not specific enough.
>
> It actually is a desktop: blame the vendor or ODM for being lazy/lax and
> not filling that in.
>
>> Found ITE Super I/O, ID 0x8702 on port 0x2e
>
> Unsupported as-is, but generic enough to configure it to send serial output.
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>> correctly. You can enforce execution by adding '-p
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>> the following warning if you are not sure.
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> This one is easy to handle by yourself :)
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> Idwer
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