This is optional but will decrease the developer boot screen time from 30 seconds to less than 1 second ( faster boot). The next step is to Disable Firmware Write Protect: If pressing Ctrl + D does not get you to Developer Mode then you will need to try a different keyboard.Īfter about 5 minutes you will see the developer boot screen. Press the recovery button again to confirm.At the recovery screen press Ctrl + D to enter Developer Mode.Turn on the Chromebox and then remove the paperclip.Insert paperclip into the small home next to the SD card slot to press the recovery button.The first step is to enable Developer Mode: These steps remove ChromeOS and install OpenELEC – so consult the documentation ( and do not do this) if you prefer a different configuration! You have been warned! Seriously, read the documentation!Įnormous thanks to Matt DeViller for providing the installation script, documentation and support to the community!įor reference I installed OpenELEC on an Asus ChromeBox M004U. As that PC just died I needed a replacement – something smaller – and something cheaper! The ChromeBox looked like an ideal choice … I have been running OpenELEC as my media center of choice for quite a while now on a 7 or 8 year old PC. There is a lot of great documentation available for installing OpenELEC aka XBMC (now renamed Kodi) on a Chromebox – but I wanted a brief summary of the steps I performed should I need to do it again. The difference in price between the two is not that great any-more. In addition I would now recommend a low end Intel NUC over a Chrombox because of ease of installation. I now recommend installing LibreELEC instead of OpenELEC. I wrote this guide in 2014 and now in 2018 I find that the add-ons in OpenELEC for scraping Movies etc no longer work.
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