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Re:HP Unveils Premium Chromebook: 3K Display, Intel Core M, ... by pgeorgi on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @07:51PM (#11625169)
All chromebooks allow to completely overwrite the firmware.

It requires opening the machine though (and then turning a screw), both as a crude security measure (it's not a drive-by attack if it takes 10 minutes of physical access) and a stability guarantee (without the modification, the system basically can't be stuck, no matter how broken an update might be).

Disclosure: I work on Chrome OS firmware.

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Re:HP Unveils Premium Chromebook: 3K Display, Intel Core M, ... by rrego on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @09:18PM (#11633276)
I suppose I've been reading third party documentation.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Chrome_OS_devices/Chrom...

Along with the link above indicates otherwise. Are these websites both wrong?

I did completely overwrite the firmware for my Acer c720 (by removing that write protect screw) but I assumed that was an exception.

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Re:HP Unveils Premium Chromebook: 3K Display, Intel Core M, ... by pgeorgi on Friday May 06, 2016 @05:30AM (#11642699)
The write protect screw (or a similar mechanism) exists and works the same way on every Chromebook.
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