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title: ThinkPad T500
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Introduction
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It is believed that all or most T500 laptops are compatible. See notes
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about [CPU
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compatibility](../install/t500_external.html#cpu_compatibility) for
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potential incompatibilities.
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W500 is also compatible, and mostly the same design as T500.
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There are two possible flash chip sizes for the T500: 4MiB (32Mbit) or
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8MiB (64Mbit). This can be identified by the type of flash chip below
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the palmrest: 4MiB is SOIC-8, 8MiB is SOIC-16.
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*The T500 laptops come with the ME (and sometimes AMT in addition)
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before flashing osboot. osboot disables and removes it by using a
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modified descriptor: see [../install/ich9utils.md](../install/ich9utils.md)*
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(contains notes, plus instructions)
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Flashing instructions can be found at
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[../install/\#flashrom](../install/#flashrom)
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EC update {#ecupdate}
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=========
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It is recommended that you update to the latest EC firmware version. The
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[EC firmware](../../faq.md#ec-embedded-controller-firmware) is separate from
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osboot, so we don't actually provide that, but if you still have
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Lenovo BIOS then you can just run the Lenovo BIOS update utility, which
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will update both the BIOS and EC version. See:
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- [../install/#flashrom](../install/#flashrom)
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- <http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/BIOS_update_without_optical_disk>
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NOTE: this can only be done when you are using Lenovo BIOS. How to
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update the EC firmware while running osboot is unknown. osboot
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only replaces the BIOS firmware, not EC.
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Updated EC firmware has several advantages e.g. bettery battery
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handling.
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The T500 is almost identical to the X200, code-wise. See
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[x200.md](x200.md).
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