pcengines_apu2_update_firmware_rom [Ben's notes]

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PC Engines APU2 - BIOS Update

PC Engines APU2 - BIOS Update

Download files

Download latest BIOS: https://pcengines.github.io/
Download TinyCore http://pcengines.ch/file/apu2-tinycore6.4.img.gz

Prepare bootable USB drive

Make sure the USB drive is not mounted (lsblk or mount command).

Write TinyCore and BIOS image to USB:

gunzip apu2-tinycore6.4.img.gz
sudo dd if=apu2-tinycore6.4.img of=/dev/sdX bs=4k oflag=direct status=progress

sudo mount /dev/sdX1 /mnt
sudo cp apu2_v4.19.0.1.rom /mnt
sudo umount /mnt

Update BIOS

Connect USB drive to APU2
Connect APU2 via serial:
```
screen /dev/ttyUSB0 115200
```
Connect power

Update BIOS

# cd /media/SYSLINUX
# flashrom --programmer internal -w apu2_v4.19.0.1.rom

[hardware, apu2, arch, linux, firmware, BIOS, ]

pcengines_apu2_update_firmware_rom.txt · Last modified: 2023/09/20 19:28 by admin