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Good morning all, having some issues with my T60 right now. I was attempting to flash libreboot to my T60, but somehow ended up bricking it in the process after attempting to flash it. As it is right now, when I attempt to boot I get the beep pattern 3-1-4-3. Looking online, I don't see any mention of it. Does anyone know what this means, and if I can recover from this BIOS brick? I already have the machine partially disassembled, so if hardware flashing is needed I can attempt to. I should note that my only hardware flasher at the moment is a CH341A, which I'm well aware many do not recommend, but it's what I have currently. Any help is greatly appreciated.

I've had a similar problem. I tried an internal flash of the latest Libreboot on a T60, and it bricked. I was hoping to find some answers in this forum. Seems we're in the same boat.

Hopefully only the bios chip is toast.
if that is the case, you can always buy another bios chip and solder in a new one.

Unfortunately, I cannot find a T60 bios chip on eBay...
Nor does the seller I bought from Croatia is selling pre-flashed LibreBoot bios chips anymore.

If you used "--programmer internal" parameter, disconnect CMOS battery for 15 minutes and plug it back.
I "bricked" my t60 this way too, but it helped me and I was able to flash it second time.