Bios: external flashing

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You’ll need a pogo pin adapter. It’s not a soic-8.

How to prepare for reflashing firmware

I’m rebuilding my firmware to try to fix a keyboard issue I’ve been having. I followed DHowett’s guide for building. I’m using Windows Subsystem for Linux. It seems to have built a correctly-sized binary. I followed the warning to use GCC 10. I’ve got ectool booting properly and showing version as well, but I chickened out before reflashing because I really don’t want to brick my laptop. Before doing the reflash, what tools should I get or other preparation can I do to ensure I’ll be able to re…