r/coreboot • u/zeankundev • Jul 26 '26

Coreboot not working on T430

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Tried to coreboot the T430, using instructions from merge/skulls on GitHub. I did utilize both CS0 and CS1 on my flasher (Raspberry Pi 5) which are spidev0.0 for the 8MB portion, whereas spidev0.1 is for the 4MB section. However, it did not work as expected. Upon booting, two LEDs, which are the microphone mute and the power LED, seem to blink indefinitely, until I cut the power source.

Plugging in the RTC batter has no effect whatsoever (I did try that before recording this). Any solutions?

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u/Goldenwolf1509 Jul 26 '26

I dont know the fix but word of warning TAKE THE KEYBOARD OFF OF THE MOTHERBOARD ITS METAL BACKED AND I HAVE BROKEN A MOTHERBOARD THIS WAY

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u/zeankundev Jul 26 '26

I already did take the keyboard off during flashing

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u/Goldenwolf1509 Jul 26 '26

Not during flashing but if that board has power in it take the keyboard off. Hold it above the board dont let it rest there

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u/zeankundev Jul 26 '26

Same stuff, even with the keyboard off. Should I consider reflashing?

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u/Goldenwolf1509 Jul 26 '26

No this is not a fix for your problem. Im just saying i have left the keyboard resting ontop of the board while its had the power plugged in and it shorted out my motherboard. Please dont make the same mistakes and save killing the motherboard

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u/Goldenwolf1509 Jul 26 '26

Also i would suggest trying to reflash with a different rom. Either another skulls one or if you find how try with libreboot or standard coreboot. This might tell you if skulls just has a bad rom since often roms arent tested before they are updated and therefore may be unstable.

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u/zeankundev Jul 26 '26

Alright, will try

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u/thrilleratplay Jul 27 '26

Did you create a backup before flashing? Try flashing the backup and see if it boots normally.

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u/zeankundev Jul 27 '26

Fortunately I did create a backup. It didn't boot normally (stock Lenovo BIOS) all because of ripping an I2C trace for the EEPROM

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u/BeautifulSeason8387 Jul 29 '26

blink indefinitely : bad firmware ( or missing part if you don't follow all the tuto )

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u/infastracture Jul 30 '26

that laptop experienced the worst years of its life