# Help updating CM5 EEPROM

**URL:** <https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/help-updating-cm5-eeprom/21997>\
**Category:** uConsole\
**Created:** [March 30, 2026, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/help-updating-cm5-eeprom/21997 "2026-03-30T18:26:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![trinity](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/trinity/32/16167_2.png) [@trinity](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/trinity)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2026, 3:36am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/help-updating-cm5-eeprom/21997/5 "2026-03-31T03:36:01Z")

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> [@brlowe](#):
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> Some say to use RPIBoot but I can olny find USBBoot so I’m a little lost.

usbboot is an application implementing the protocol RPIBOOT. I started [a thread](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/21767) about using the HackerGadgets board with RPIBOOT and usbboot.

> [@Using RPIBOOT on the HackerGadgets CM4/5 adapter](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/using-rpiboot-on-the-hackergadgets-cm4-5-adapter/21767/1):
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> The Raspberry Pi team developed the companion tool [usbboot](https://github.com/raspberrypi/usbboot) which uses libusb1 to implement an RPIBOOT protocol client, and performs some file validation and lower-level USB tasks that are a bit beyond the amount of research I’m willing to do today.

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