Libre Computer Board BIOS/Firmware Update Images

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You can update firmware with these new instructions found here: How to Flash Firmware or Recover Firmware on Libre Computer AML Boards Below is the old method which still works and is equivalent.

Please update your board if it is listed below. You can dd the image directly to a flash drive and insert it in your board to update the firmware.

Pre-Production Boards

Boards that do not have firmware:

  • ALL-H3-CC Tritium
  • AML-S905X-CC Le Potato
  • ROC-RK3328-CC Renegade

Boards without firmware need images with the bootloader for that specific board, image files ending with +board.img.

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link is bad.
good one is https://boot.libre.computer/ci/aml-s905d3-cc-spiflash

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Fixed thanks for reporting.

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hello, iā€™ve got the LAFRITE s805x-ac 1Gb,.
Iā€™ve lost the U-boot menu.

i flash to USB key the file i download : aml-s805x-ac-spiflash :
i get
image

but when i boot the board with USB key plug in the port next Gpio : nothing happend : black screen
even if i plug an USB key with an OS inside (Ubuntu ā€¦)

help me please
thank you

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Did you move the bootloader switch on the board?

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Would it be possible to get some versioning for these files? It would be easier to track if the latest version is installed.

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Yes, that is a great idea! Thereā€™s already a version string in the u-boot image, it should be just added to the filename, then the ā€œroc-rk3399-pc-spiflashā€ should be a redirect to a file with a version appended. Same for all other firmware images.

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These files are produced via CI through our GitHub. You can monitor changes there and see if the update is relevant to you. Each board is broken down on a branch basis. We do big updates once every half year or so. GitHub - libre-computer-project/libretech-u-boot

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On November 24, 2023 I ordered a Le Potato on Amazon. To my surprise, they filled my order with a Sweet Potato. A quick bit of research and I was very happy with the unexpected upgrade.

A bit of work with my Dremel to modify the power port for USB C on the eleUniverse ABS Case and a KKSB 30mm PWM SBC Fan - 3 Pin OS Fan Control for Raspberry Pi and Other PWM SBCs and I am up and running Ubuntu with a 128gig EMMC.

My question is, am I needing to flash the BIOS, anyway? Everything is looking so good and this is so new to me that I donā€™t want to risk messing things up if it isnā€™t necessaryā€¦
3 pin fan

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If you have the order #, we can let the distributor know about this issue.

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Thanks for the reply but I donā€™t really have a problem with Amazon. Everything I ordered was to go with a Le Potato and they sent me a (imo) better SBC. The eleUniverse ABS Case is not meant for a Sweet Potato and still has the old micro power supply opening as well as the opening for the audio jack and a cooling fan with just red and black connections. They are fine for the boards they were designed for.

The reason for my post was my concern about flashing the firmware. I donā€™t know if my board is new enough that it isnā€™t needed. Possibly, flashing it wonā€™t harm anything if it is already current.

I am very, very happy with what I have. I just donā€™t want to mess it up.
Thanks again for the reply.

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Flashing will not mess up unless you pull power from the board. Even if you do, itā€™s recoverable. Have no fear with flashing.

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Hi.
Iā€™m trying to flash a La Frite thatā€™s probably not been updated since I first got the board (Kickstarter release) and when I run the spiflash image at the top of the thread, it errors about not being able to find the boot file.

1000011612
10000116121920Ɨ1440 321 KB

If I connect a network cable it drops into trying to find a tftp server to try and pxe boot

Would like to try an put some new images on this board but not having a lot of luckā€¦

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Ok so it seems I hadnā€™t flashed the USB stick properly (used 2 different methods - gnome disks partition restore and KDE part ed restore. Both failed to write the image) before dropping to DD and getting a satisfactory write. (The partitions showed up with dd, they didnā€™t with the other methods which should have been a giveaway)

But I have a new problem now.

The spiflash image booted and ran a load of things but it ended with a checksum mismatch.
(Sorry I didnā€™t get a screenshot) and now it wonā€™t boot. It appears to have bricked the device. It was booting to a firmware bootloader (the screenshot I posted before) but now itā€™s just black screen (well no screen output at all) with or without a USB stick.

Can this be unbricked or is it a dead parrot now?

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Is there a way to tell current firmware on my Alta board ? Also board revision - is it correlated with UART 3-pins location (it seems they got moved from next to HDMI to being parallel the GPIO 40-pin connector between revisions)?

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Type version in the u-boot console and compare the timestamp.

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I see there are CI builds for aml-s905x-cc and I know le potato doesnā€™t have any SPI flash for BIOS/EFI, but is there a way to update existing eMMC/uSD images with the CI builds? Is it as simple as:

wget https://boot.libre.computer/ci/aml-s905x-cc
dd if=aml-s905x-cc of=/dev/mmcblk0
dd if=aml-s905x-cc of=/dev/mmcblk1

??

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With these images, PXE boot seems to be disabled by default, and whatā€™s more, it doesnā€™t seem to work. U-Boot complains ā€˜serveripā€™ isnā€™t set (thought it should get it from the DHCP server). So I set that, but then the TFTP fails with UDP checksum errors.

Iā€™m using an old 1GB board (from the kickstarter). Are old images available anywhere?

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libretech-flash-tool gives you the command it uses. It takes it from CI.

We do not boot PXE automatically because itā€™s a security vulnerability.

It should not be fatal. Please provide logs.

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The link for the firmware for the ROC-RK3328-CC-V2 Renegade R2 appears to be broken. I get a 404 error when I try to download it. I just ordered one from Amazon and would like to put the latest firmware on it before using it.

The link is https://boot.libre.computer/release/roc-rk3328-cc-v2/roc-rk3328-cc-v2-spiflash.img