Recovery

Intro

The following documentation describes the process of recovering hardware from the brick state with RTE and Dasharo open-source firmware.

Connections

Set up the connections required for external flashing as described in Generic Testing Stand Setup Protectli VP2410 are flashed using the Pomona clip connection variant. Use the pictures below to easily locate essential components on the mainboard.

SPI flash chip location

Completely remove the motherboard from the platform cover.

If there is little thermal paste on the CPU, apply it before reassembling the motherboard to the platform cover.

CMOS header location

Firmware flashing

To flash firmware, follow the steps described in Generic Testing Stand Setup , noting that: * The chip voltage for this platform is 1.8V * The proper flashrom parameters for this platform are:

```bash
flashrom -p linux_spi:dev=/dev/spidev1.0,spispeed=16000 -c "MX25U6435E/F" -w [path_to_binary]
```