1# ThinkPad Lenovo X230s 2 3## Disassembly Instructions 4 5You must remove the following parts to access the SPI flash chip: 6 7 8 9* Base cover 10 11The [Hardware Maintenance Manual](https://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/ 12mobiles_pdf/x230s_hmm_en_0c10860_01.pdf) could be used as a guidance of disassembly. 13 14The SPI flash chip (W25Q128.V in the form of SOIC-8 for the author's X230s, but varying is possible) 15is located at the circled place. 16 17Unlike [most Ivy Bridge ThinkPads](Ivy_Bridge_series.md), X230s has a single 16MiB SPI flash chip. 18 19The general [flashing tutorial](../../tutorial/flashing_firmware/index.md) has more details. 20
