1# Lenovo X1 2 3## Flashing instructions 4 5 6 7You have to remove the keyboard in order to access the flash IC (the chip 8inside the red circle on the picture above), as it is under the wider 9cable (already detached from MB in the picture) connecting the keyboard 10to the mainboard. 11 12The flash IC can be a SOIC-8 one or a WSON-8 one, and may be covered with 13a piece of insulation tape. 14 15For more details have a look at [T420 / T520 / X220 / T420s / W520 common] and 16the general [flashing tutorial]. 17 18Steps to access the flash IC are described here [X2xx series]. 19 20[X2xx series]: x2xx_series.md 21[flashing tutorial]: ../../tutorial/flashing_firmware/ext_power.md 22[T420 / T520 / X220 / T420s / W520 common]: Sandy_Bridge_series.md 23
