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title: ThinkPad R500
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![ThinkPad R500]()
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</center>
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| ***Specifications*** | |
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| **Manufacturer** | Lenovo |
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| **Name** | ThinkPad R500 |
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| **Released** | 2009 |
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| **Chipset** | Intel Cantiga GM45 |
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| **CPU** | Intel Core 2 Duo (Penryn/Merom family) or
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Celeron M (Merom L family) |
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| **Graphics** | Intel GMA 4500MHD (or ATI Mobility Radeon HD
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3470 on some models) |
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| **Display** | 1280x800/1680x1050 TFT |
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| **Memory** | 512MB, 2GB or 4GB (Upgradable to 8GB) |
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| **Architecture** | x86_64 |
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| **EC** | Proprietary |
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| **Original boot firmware** | LenovoBIOS |
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| **Intel ME/AMD PSP** | Present. Can be completly disabled. |
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| **Flash chip** | SOIC-8/SOIC-16/WSON-8 4MiB/8MiB (Upgradable
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to 16MiB) |
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```
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W+: Works without blobs;
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N: Doesn't work;
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W*: Works with blobs;
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U: Untested;
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P+: Partially works;
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P*: Partially works with blobs
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```
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| ***Features*** | |
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| **Internal flashing with original boot firmware** | N |
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| **Display** | W+ |
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| **Audio** | W+ |
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| **RAM Init** | W+ |
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| **External output** | W+ |
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| **Display brightness** | P+ |
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| ***Payloads supported*** | |
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| **GRUB** | Works |
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| **SeaBIOS** | Works |
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| **SeaBIOS with GRUB** | Works |
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Dell Latitude E6400
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2023-04-21 01:32:51 +00:00
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**If you haven't bought an R500 yet: the [Dell Latitude
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E6400](../../news/e6400.md) is much easier to flash; no disassembly required,
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it can be flashed entirely in software from Dell BIOS to Libreboot. It is the
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same hardware generation (GM45), with same CPUs, video processor, etc.**
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2023-04-21 01:36:32 +00:00
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Introduction
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This board as basically identical to the T500, and has very similar disassembly.
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You must take it apart and flash the chip externally.
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The chip is 4MiB NOR flash (SPI protocol) is SOIC8 form factory.
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Refer to the following guide:\
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[Externally rewrite 25xx NOR flash via SPI protocol](../install/spi.md)
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2022-11-14 02:31:12 +00:00
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Unlike other GM45+ICH9M thinkpads in libreboot, the R500 doesn't have an Intel
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PHY (for Gigabit Ethernet). However, libreboot still includes an Intel flash
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descriptor, but with just the descriptor and BIOS region. The `ich9gen` program
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supports this fully.
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Therefore, you do not have to worry about the MAC address. The onboard NIC for
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ethernet is made by Broadcom (and works in linux-libre).
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Refer to T500 disassembly guide. The R500 disassembly procedure is almost
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identical.
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