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Posted: **Mon Aug 19, 2024 8:02 am**

Here i will install ASUS Chromebox 5 with coreboot!

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youtu.be/4XC6fMGCMGw

w25q256jv chip pdf
https://www.iot-tech.dev/ff/asus-chrome ... q256jv.pdf

To fully unlock and remove write bios software protection:

1.Remove the battery then boot into DEV mode (power on device with dev button pressed) dev button is in a hole you need to plug something in to press it) then device start press "ctrl+D" you are going to switch to developer mode and device will fully reset.

2.Keep the device open and connect two dots before ruining the script.

3. When device booted to dev mode to open terminal press "ctrl+F2" then login with user chronos

4 Download install script:

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curl -L -O https://mrchromebox.tech/firmware-util.sh
sudo -s
chmod 777 firmware-util.sh
firmware-util.sh

5 Run the script and flash it!

youtu.be/kedc38j12EY

Here is the link if you want to manually flash the chip!

Coreboot rom download link:
https://www.mrchromebox.tech/files/firm ... 240615.rom
mirror:
https://www.iot-tech.dev/ff/asus-chrome ... 240615.rom

If in some reason you wana have original firmware here is the link:
https://www.iot-tech.dev/ff/asus-chrome ... 240819.rom

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./ifdtool -d /home/xxx/bios/mrchromebox_5.rom 

Warning: No platform specified. Output may be incomplete
File /home/user/bios/mrchromebox_5.rom is 33554432 bytes
ICH Revision: Unknown PCH
FLMAP0:    0x00040003
  NR:      0
  FRBA:    0x40
  NC:      1
  FCBA:    0x30
FLMAP1:    0x46100208
  ISL:     0x46
  FPSBA:   0x100
  NM:      2
  FMBA:    0x80
FLMAP2:    0x001401b0
  PSL:     0x1401
  FMSBA:   0xb00
FLUMAP1:   0xc0ff02df
  Intel ME VSCC Table Length (VTL):        2
  Intel ME VSCC Table Base Address (VTBA): 0x000df0

ME VSCC table:
  JID0:  0x0000471f
    SPI Component Vendor ID:            0x1f
    SPI Component Device ID 0:          0x47
    SPI Component Device ID 1:          0x00
  VSCC0: 0x20152015
    Lower Erase Opcode:                 0x20
    Lower Write Enable on Write Status: 0x06
    Lower Write Status Required:        No
    Lower Write Granularity:            64 bytes
    Lower Block / Sector Erase Size:    4KB
    Upper Erase Opcode:                 0x20
    Upper Write Enable on Write Status: 0x06
    Upper Write Status Required:        No
    Upper Write Granularity:            64 bytes
    Upper Block / Sector Erase Size:    4KB

OEM Section:
00: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
10: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
20: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
30: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff

Found Region Section
FLREG0:    0x00000000
  Flash Region 0 (Flash Descriptor): 00000000 - 00000fff 
FLREG1:    0x1fff0500
  Flash Region 1 (BIOS): 00500000 - 00ffffff 
FLREG2:    0x04ff0001
  Flash Region 2 (Intel ME): 00001000 - 004fffff 
FLREG3:    0x00007fff
  Flash Region 3 (GbE): 00fff000 - 00000fff (unused)
FLREG4:    0x00007fff
  Flash Region 4 (Platform Data): 00fff000 - 00000fff (unused)

Found Component Section
FLCOMP     0x093030f6
  Dual Output Fast Read Support:       not supported
  Read ID/Read Status Clock Frequency: 33MHz
  Write/Erase Clock Frequency:         33MHz
  Fast Read Clock Frequency:           33MHz
  Fast Read Support:                   supported
  Read Clock Frequency:                20MHz
  Component 2 Density:                 32MB
  Component 1 Density:                 32MB
FLILL      0xad604221
  Invalid Instruction 3: 0xad
  Invalid Instruction 2: 0x60
  Invalid Instruction 1: 0x42
  Invalid Instruction 0: 0x21
FLPB       0xc7c4b9b7
  Flash Partition Boundary Address: 0x9b7000

Found PCH Strap Section
PCHSTRP0  : 0x00000000
PCHSTRP1  : 0x00000001
PCHSTRP2  : 0x00040009
PCHSTRP3  : 0x033dce00
PCHSTRP4  : 0x0030007f
PCHSTRP5  : 0x00000000
PCHSTRP6  : 0x00000010
PCHSTRP7  : 0x60000003
PCHSTRP8  : 0x08033008
PCHSTRP9  : 0x00000000
PCHSTRP10 : 0x0f7f0001
PCHSTRP11 : 0x04c00b82
PCHSTRP12 : 0x00000000
PCHSTRP13 : 0x000c0000
PCHSTRP14 : 0x42224222
PCHSTRP15 : 0x22422222
PCHSTRP16 : 0x00000000
PCHSTRP17 : 0x00000000
PCHSTRP18 : 0x00ff0000
PCHSTRP19 : 0xc8800060
PCHSTRP20 : 0x36008645
PCHSTRP21 : 0x81a60001
PCHSTRP22 : 0x00580e20
PCHSTRP23 : 0x00400001
PCHSTRP24 : 0x00000000
PCHSTRP25 : 0x00000000
PCHSTRP26 : 0x00000000
PCHSTRP27 : 0x00000000
PCHSTRP28 : 0x00001c00
PCHSTRP29 : 0x00000000
PCHSTRP30 : 0xa004b354
PCHSTRP31 : 0x41000030
PCHSTRP32 : 0xc608038f
PCHSTRP33 : 0x00000100
PCHSTRP34 : 0x00000000
PCHSTRP35 : 0x00000000
PCHSTRP36 : 0x00000000
PCHSTRP37 : 0x00010000
PCHSTRP38 : 0x00000001
PCHSTRP39 : 0x00000000
PCHSTRP40 : 0x00000000
PCHSTRP41 : 0x00000000
PCHSTRP42 : 0x00030000
PCHSTRP43 : 0x00000001
PCHSTRP44 : 0x00000000
PCHSTRP45 : 0x00000000
PCHSTRP46 : 0x00000000
PCHSTRP47 : 0x00010000
PCHSTRP48 : 0x00000007
PCHSTRP49 : 0x00000070
PCHSTRP50 : 0x00000203
PCHSTRP51 : 0x00000064
PCHSTRP52 : 0x00000300
PCHSTRP53 : 0x00000003
PCHSTRP54 : 0x00000003
PCHSTRP55 : 0x000001bf
PCHSTRP56 : 0x68070000
PCHSTRP57 : 0x00000000
PCHSTRP58 : 0x00000000
PCHSTRP59 : 0x00000006
PCHSTRP60 : 0x00000000
PCHSTRP61 : 0x55511106
PCHSTRP62 : 0x00055555
PCHSTRP63 : 0x0000aa15
PCHSTRP64 : 0x16150000
PCHSTRP65 : 0x87654321
PCHSTRP66 : 0x0000cba9
PCHSTRP67 : 0xff08f093
PCHSTRP68 : 0xfcfcfcf4
PCHSTRP69 : 0x00000000
AltMeDisable bit is not set

Found Master Section
FLMSTR1:   0x00200700 (Host CPU/BIOS)
  Platform Data Region Write Access: disabled
  GbE Region Write Access:           disabled
  Intel ME Region Write Access:      disabled
  Host CPU/BIOS Region Write Access: disabled
  Flash Descriptor Write Access:     disabled
  Platform Data Region Read Access:  disabled
  GbE Region Read Access:            disabled
  Intel ME Region Read Access:       disabled
  Host CPU/BIOS Region Read Access:  disabled
  Flash Descriptor Read Access:      disabled
  Requester ID:                      0x0700

FLMSTR2:   0x00400500 (Intel ME)
  Platform Data Region Write Access: disabled
  GbE Region Write Access:           disabled
  Intel ME Region Write Access:      disabled
  Host CPU/BIOS Region Write Access: disabled
  Flash Descriptor Write Access:     disabled
  Platform Data Region Read Access:  disabled
  GbE Region Read Access:            disabled
  Intel ME Region Read Access:       disabled
  Host CPU/BIOS Region Read Access:  disabled
  Flash Descriptor Read Access:      disabled
  Requester ID:                      0x0500

FLMSTR3:   0x00000000 (GbE)
  Platform Data Region Write Access: disabled
  GbE Region Write Access:           disabled
  Intel ME Region Write Access:      disabled
  Host CPU/BIOS Region Write Access: disabled
  Flash Descriptor Write Access:     disabled
  Platform Data Region Read Access:  disabled
  GbE Region Read Access:            disabled
  Intel ME Region Read Access:       disabled
  Host CPU/BIOS Region Read Access:  disabled
  Flash Descriptor Read Access:      disabled
  Requester ID:                      0x0000

Found Processor Strap Section
????:      0xffffffff
????:      0xffffffff
????:      0xffffffff
????:      0xffffffff
????:      0xffffffff
????:      0xffffffff
????:      0xffffffff
????:      0xffffffff

Resources:
https://www.asus.com/us/displays-deskto ... /techspec/
https://docs.mrchromebox.tech/docs/supp ... vices.html
https://docs.mrchromebox.tech/docs/firm ... bling.html
https://github.com/MrChromebox/scripts/ ... sources.sh
https://github.com/htruong/ezpi4me
https://github.com/platomav/MEAnalyzer

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