The project this time is converting chromebooks to Linux.
Peter Mui of Fixit Clinic was given a stack of EOL chromebooks from the
Fremont school district. Unfortunately they neglected to unlock them first.
But I have found that the bios can be reflashed so you can boot a Linux
installer bypassing the Google check.
I had a thought of using a Pi to do the flash as PI gpio can do SPI. But most of the
chromebooks have 1.8V bios chips while the PI has 3.3V gpio.
I probably have level shifters but I have recently dumped stuff unorganized into
storage. So I will likely not find them in time.
For now I am using a USB programmer with an 1.8V adapter.
Yes I will also try to be online at
shared space so maybe some background noise.
Thomas
P.S. You may be interested: SudoRoom has a hardware hack night every Tuesday from 7pm
Also It's a Fixit Clinic.