Replacing BIOS in a ThinkPad with GPL CoreBoot (former LinuxBios)

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Published on September 16, 2018 9:51:04 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUaDkQFD7FE

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Corporations sometimes make asinine decisions that turn their customers into their enemies. One of these decisions forced me to replace the BIOS in my IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad with a free and less constrained alternative. This video documents how I did it.

Thanks to Leandro Pereira, who pointed me to this guide, that I followed: https://tylercipriani.com/blog/2016/11/13/coreboot-on-the-thinkpad-x220-with-a-raspberry-pi/

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Music used (in order of appearance):
— Music: Energy Breaker :: Wind that Whips the Wilderness :: Yukio Nakajima :: (Converted into MIDI, played using OPL3 emulator)
— Music (clip): Ma Navu (Barry & Batya Segal)
— Music: Earthbound :: Monkey Maze :: Akio Ōmuri and others
— Music: Final Fantasy V :: World 3 :: Nobuo Uematsu (SPC-OPL3 conversion)
— Music: Varokaa heikkoa jäätä (YLE)
— Music: Star Ocean :: Past Days :: Motoi Sakuraba (SPC-OPL3 conversion)
— Music: Sangokushi Eiketsu Den :: Palace :: Akinaga Yoshida (SPC-OPL3 conversion)
— Music: Bahamut Lagoon :: Matelite :: Noriko Matsueda (SPC-OPL3 conversion)
— Music (clip): Shuva Hashem (Avraham Fried)
Also sound effects from Chrono Trigger.

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