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Need help?
==========

Help is available on [Libreboot IRC](../../contact.md) and other channels.

If you want professional installation, Minifree Ltd sells [Libreboot
pre-installed](https://minifree.org/) on select hardware, and it also provides
a [Libreboot preinstall service](https://minifree.org/product/installation-service/)
if you want to send your machine in to have Libreboot installed for you.

Leah Rowe, the founder and lead developer of Libreboot, also owns and
operates Minifree Ltd; sales provide funding for the Libreboot project.

Introduction
============

**IMPORTANT ADVICE: [PLEASE READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE INSTALLING/UPDATING
LIBREBOOT](../../news/safety.md).**

This sections relates to known hardware compatibility in libreboot.

For installation instructions, refer to [../install/](../install/).

Supported hardware
==================

libreboot currently supports the following systems in this release:

### Servers (AMD, x86)

-   [ASUS KFSN4-DRE motherboard](kfsn4-dre.md)
-   [ASUS KGPE-D16 motherboard](kgpe-d16.md)

### Desktops (AMD, Intel, x86)

-   [Dell OptiPlex 7020/9020 MT and SFF](dell9020.md) - Also [available to buy
    with Libreboot preinstalled](https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-9020/)**
-   [Acer G43T-AM3](acer_g43t-am3.md)
-   [Apple iMac 5,2](imac52.md)
-   [ASUS KCMA-D8 motherboard](kcma-d8.md)
-   Dell OptiPlex 7010 **MT** (known to work, using the T1650 ROM, but more
    research is needed)
-   [Dell Precision T1650](t1650.md)
-   [Gigabyte GA-G41M-ES2L motherboard](ga-g41m-es2l.md)
-   [HP Elite 8200 SFF/MT](hp8200sff.md) (HP 6200 Pro Business probably works too)
-   [HP Elite 8300 USDT](hp8300usdt.md)
-   [Intel D510MO and D410PT motherboards](d510mo.md)
-   [Intel D945GCLF](d945gclf.md)

### Laptops (Intel, x86)

-   **[HP EliteBook 820 G2](hp820g2.md) - Also [available to buy with Libreboot
    preinstalled](https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-820/)**
-   **[Lenovo ThinkPad T440p](../install/t440p_external.md) - Also [available
    to buy with Libreboot preinstalled](https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-t440p/)**
-   **[Lenovo ThinkPad W541](../install/ivy_has_common.md) - Also [available to
    buy with Libreboot preinstalled](https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-w541/)**
-   [Apple MacBook1,1 and MacBook2,1](macbook21.md)
-   [Dell Latitude E6400, E6400 XFR and E6400 ATG, all with Nvidia or Intel
    GPU](e6400.md)
-   [Dell Latitude E6420 (Intel GPU](e6420.md)
-   [Dell Latitude E6430 (Intel GPU](e6430.md)
-   [Dell Latitude E5520 (Intel GPU](e5520.md)
-   [Dell Latitude E5530 (Intel GPU](e5530.md)
-   [Dell Latitude E6520 (Intel GPU](e6520.md)
-   [Dell Latitude E6530 (Intel GPU](e6530.md)
-   [HP EliteBook 2170p](hp2170p.md)
-   [HP EliteBook 2560p](hp2560p.md)
-   [HP EliteBook 2570p](hp2570p.md)
-   [HP EliteBook 8460p](hp8460p.md)
-   [HP EliteBook 8470p](hp8470p.md)
-   [HP EliteBook 8560w](hp8560w.md)
-   [HP EliteBook Folio 9470m](hp9470m.md)
-   [Lenovo ThinkPad R400](r400.md)
-   [Lenovo ThinkPad R500](r500.md)
-   [Lenovo ThinkPad T400 / T400S](t400.md)
-   [Lenovo Thinkpad T420](../install/ivy_has_common.md) (no install docs yet)
-   [Lenovo ThinkPad T420S](../install/ivy_has_common.md) (no install docs yet)
-   [Lenovo ThinkPad T430](../install/ivy_has_common.md) (no install docs yet)
-   [Lenovo ThinkPad T500](t500.md)
-   [Lenovo ThinkPad T520 / W520](../install/ivy_has_common.md) (no install guide yet)
-   [Lenovo ThinkPad T530 / W530](../install/ivy_has_common.md) (no install
-   Lenovo ThinkPad T60 (with Intel GPU)
-   [Lenovo ThinkPad W500](t500.md)
-   [Lenovo ThinkPad X200 / X200S / X200 Tablet](x200.md)
-   [Lenovo Thinkpad X220](../install/ivy_has_common.md)
-   [Lenovo Thinkpad X220t](../install/ivy_has_common.md)
-   Lenovo ThinkPad X230
-   [Lenovo Thinkpad X230](../install/x230_external.md)
-   [Lenovo Thinkpad X230t](../install/x230_external.md)
-   Lenovo ThinkPad X301
-   Lenovo ThinkPad X60 / X60S / X60 Tablet

### Laptops (ARM, with U-Boot payload)

-   [ASUS Chromebook Flip C101 (gru-bob)](../install/chromebooks.md)
-   [Samsung Chromebook Plus (v1) (gru-kevin)](../install/chromebooks.md)

## Removed boards

These boards were in Libreboot, but have been removed with the intention of
re-adding them at a later date. They were removed due to issues. List:

-   [Acer Chromebook 13 (CB5-311, C810) (nyan-big)](../install/chromebooks.md)
-   [ASUS Chromebit CS10 (veyron-mickey)](../install/chromebooks.md)
-   [ASUS Chromebook C201PA (veyron-speedy)](../install/c201.md)
-   [ASUS Chromebook Flip C100PA (veyron-minnie)](../install/chromebooks.md)
-   [Hisense Chromebook C11 and more (veyron-jerry)](../install/chromebooks.md)
-   [HP Chromebook 11 G1 (daisy-spring)](../install/chromebooks.md)
-   [HP Chromebook 14 G3 (nyan-blaze)](../install/chromebooks.md)
-   [Samsung Chromebook 2 11" (peach-pit)](../install/chromebooks.md)
-   [Samsung Chromebook 2 13" (peach-pi)](../install/chromebooks.md)
-   [Samsung Chromebook XE303 (daisy-snow)](../install/chromebooks.md)

### NOTES about removed boards:

**WARNING: veyron speedy boards (e.g. C201) have non-functional video init as
of 19 February 2023, and no fix is yet available on that date. See:
<https://notabug.org/libreboot/lbmk/issues/136> - the last tested revision
from 2021.01 is known to work, for u-boot on this board. See:\
<https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/ASUS_Chromebook_C201_(google-veyron-speedy)>
(alpernebbi on IRC is looking into this, to bisect uboot and update the latest
revisions) - for now, ROM images deleted from the Libreboot 20221214
and 20230319 releases.**

**WARNING: daisy- and peach- boards require a BL1 bootloader firmware, but the
one from coreboot 3rdparty is a fake/placeholder file. We need logic in the
Libreboot build system for properly fetching/extracting these, plus docs to
cover it. For now, assume that these are broken - ROM images are excluded,
for now, and have been deleted from the Libreboot 20221214 and 20230319
releases. - see: <https://review.coreboot.org/plugins/gitiles/blobs/+/4c0dcf96ae73ba31bf9aa689768a5ecd47bac19e>
and <https://review.coreboot.org/plugins/gitiles/blobs/+/b36cc7e08f7337f76997b25ee7344ab8824e268d>**

d945gclf: Doesn't boot at all, according to last report. D510MO is still in
lbmk but still was reported problematic; other boards should be fine (see list
above).

WARNING: Support for these boards is at a proof-of-concept stage. Refer
to [docs/uboot/](../uboot/) for more info about the U-Boot payload.

### Emulation

-   [Qemu x86](../misc/emulation.md)
-   [Qemu arm64](../misc/emulation.md)


TODO: More hardware is supported. See `config/coreboot/` in lbmk. Update
the above list!

'Supported' means that the build scripts know how to build ROM images
for these systems, and that the systems have been tested (confirmed
working). There may be exceptions; in other words, this is a list of
'officially' supported systems.

EC update on i945 (X60, T60) and GM45 (X200, X301, T400, T500, R400, W500, R500)
==============================================================

It is recommended that you update to the latest EC firmware version. The
[EC firmware](../../faq.md#ec-embedded-controller-firmware) is separate from
libreboot, so we don't actually provide that, but if you still have
Lenovo BIOS then you can just run the Lenovo BIOS update utility, which
will update both the BIOS and EC version. See:

-   [../install/#flashprog](../install/#flashprog)
-   <http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/BIOS_update_without_optical_disk>

NOTE: Libreboot standardises on [flashprog](https://flashprog.org/wiki/Flashprog)
now, as of 27 January 2024, which is a fork of flashrom.

NOTE: this can only be done when you are using Lenovo BIOS. How to
update the EC firmware while running libreboot is unknown. libreboot
only replaces the BIOS firmware, not EC.

Updated EC firmware has several advantages e.g. better battery
handling.

How to find what EC version you have (i945/GM45)
------------------------------------------------

In Linux, you can try this:

	grep 'at EC' /proc/asound/cards

Sample output:

	ThinkPad Console Audio Control at EC reg 0x30, fw 7WHT19WW-3.6

7WHT19WW is the version in different notation, use search engine to find
out regular version - in this case it's a 1.06 for x200 tablet

Alternatively, if `dmidecode` is available, run the following command (as `root`) to
find the currently flashed BIOS version:

	dmidecode -s bios-version

On a T400 running the latest BIOS this would give `7UET94WW (3.24 )` as result.