Question About Board Type and Hardware ID (Lenovo 300e)

System Details

  • Device: Lenovo 300e Chromebook Gen 3

  • OS: Currently Using Fedora XFCE Spin

  • Firmware Type: UEFI Full ROM

  • Firmware Version: MrChromebox-2408.1 (09/14/2024)

  • Internal storage type: eMMC

Summary of the Issue

I came back to this chromebook after a while and realized I need to update the firmeware. When attempting to do so with the script I got this…

ChromeOS Device Firmware Utility Script [2026-04-09]
(c) Mr Chromebox [email protected]

** Device: Lenovo 100e or 14e Chromebook / NEC Chromebook Y1
** Board Name: VILBOZ
** Platform: AMD Picasso
** Fw Type: Full ROM / UEFI
** Fw Ver: MrChromebox-2408.1 (09/14/2024)
** Update Available (04/09/2026)
** Fw WP: Disabled

** [WP] 1) Install/Update UEFI (Full ROM) Firmware
** [WP] 2) Restore Stock Firmware
**       3) Backup Current Firmware
** [WP] 4) Flash Custom Firmware
**       5) Set Hardware ID (HWID)
**       C) Clear UEFI NVRAM

Set Hardware ID (HWID) for UEFI Firmware

Current HWID is: VILBOZ360-[REDACTED]

WARNING: Changing HWID is not normally needed, and if you mess it up,
it could result in the wrong firmware being flashed, which will almost
certainly result in your device being bricked. Proceed at your own risk.

Really change your HWID? [y/N] N

Question

Do VILBOZ and VILBOZ360 share the same MrChromebox UEFI firmware binary, or are they different? My script detects VILBOZ but my HWID is VILBOZ360.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Run Firmware Script

  2. Select option 5

  3. See the output

Expected Behavior

Board Name should show as VILBOZ360 and Device should show as Lenovo 300e Chromebook Gen 3.

a VILBOZ is a VILBOZ.

There are lots of variants and I can’t keep track of / print all the options. Some HWIDs have 10 different boards they could be.

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Just to clarify…

So, they do share the same UEFI firmware and the result I am seeing is expected, yes?

I didn’t mess anything up?

that’s correct

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