Problem Interfacing with efi chip, mbp a1502

therealjayvi wrote: Unfortunately my friend if your motherboard does not have the protruding EFI chip then the only way is to purchase the proprietary clip...

Unless you're willing to use the pictures from Step 2 in my videos (THANK YOU FOR WATCHING THEM BTW!!) and, instead of attaching the wires from your Pi to the SOIC8 clip, attach them to your pi and solder the ends directly to the barely visible pins of the chip at the same locations where they would normally connect to the SOIC8 clip. The newer style boards still have an EFI chip but Apple got a little smarter about it and they look different. The chip is much flatter than the standard EFI chip and the pins are tucked in closely to the chip, so just barely visible. You can tell which chip this is because typically it has much more apparent writing on it and will probably say MXIC in all capitals. Or you could try to remove the chip, flash externally, and then replace. Some members here are experienced at this method and have no problems with it; others, myself included, are not so skilled lol. I would only recommend this last solution if you have experience doing exactly this because if something goes wrong or you attach something incorrectly then it could cause irreparable damage. Best of luck, let me know if this helps.

reverendalc wrote: also, you can remove the chip from the MLB and flash it that way... REALLY easy if you're good at soldering (-;