{
  "id": "acer/chromebook-712",
  "vendor": "Acer",
  "model": "Chromebook 712",
  "aliases": [
    "Google Kindred"
  ],
  "category": "laptop",
  "status": "open-firmware",
  "summary": "Supported by coreboot (src/mainboard/google/hatch). Flash: SPI, soldered. flashrom: yes.",
  "projects": [
    {
      "name": "coreboot",
      "url": "https://github.com/coreboot/coreboot/tree/main/src/mainboard/google/hatch",
      "kind": "firmware",
      "license": "GPL-2.0"
    }
  ],
  "install": [
    {
      "project": "coreboot",
      "method": "other",
      "guide": "https://doc.coreboot.org/tutorial/flashing_firmware/index.html",
      "difficulty": "hard",
      "brick_risk": "high",
      "reversible": "yes",
      "tools": [
        "flashrom",
        "SPI flash programmer (CH341A) to recover from a failed flash"
      ],
      "notes": "Chromebooks already ship coreboot-based firmware; flashing your own build needs the firmware write protection disabled first (a screw, the battery or a debug cable, depending on the model). There are no official images: you build coreboot for this board from source (some boards need vendor binaries extracted from the stock firmware). Back up the original flash contents first: writing them back with a programmer restores the stock firmware."
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "sources": [
      "coreboot"
    ]
  },
  "updated": "2026-10-17"
}