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Flashing T400
Today I tried to flash a Lenovo T400. It was already laying around here for a while, waiting to be flashed with Libreboot. The reason was because I was a bit scared of the disassembling of the device. And yes, I was right. T60 is not that easy to fully disassemble but this one tops it.
It took me about 40 minutes to remove all screws and to free the mainboard in order to access the flash chip. Sadly I made a mistake while attaching the clip to the chip and but power to it. This lead to the flasher to be destroyed. Hopefully the board is still working but I have not tested it yet. I have already ordered a new flasher and hope I can continue liberating that device. I will keep you updated.
In the meantime, here you can get a view of the disassembled T400.