<div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">> - Memory: 16x 4 GB = 64 GB Corsair DDR3-1600 SDRAM (CMZ32GX3M8X1600C9</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">)</span><br><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">I will try shot in the dark, since I have no idea about AMD architecture. Seems that you have 8-memory channels architecture,</span></div><div>And being you I will start reducing amount of memory to see if anything changes. Would first do 8x 4GB and see what will happen with Coreboot?</div><div><br></div><div>Have no idea and original MRC algorithm (number of them) in BIOS is/are the same as in Coreboot... And I am trying to target the differences!</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.anandtech.com/show/6068/lrdimms-rdimms-supermicros-latest-twin/2">https://www.anandtech.com/show/6068/lrdimms-rdimms-supermicros-latest-twin/2</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Zoran</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 8:05 AM, Daniel K <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:shambles_09@hotmail.com" target="_blank">shambles_09@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">I'm trying out coreboot for the first time. This is great work you are all doing.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Having a few issues with my ASUS KGPE-D16 and wonder if anyone could help.<br>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">The issue is that my CPU fans appear to spin at maximum speed at all times, and the whole boot process is black until my Debian login screen.<br>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Flash method:</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Flashing a couple of <span>25Q16BVAIG</span> DIP8 chips with a
<span>CH341A</span> external USB programmer I bought online and the flashrom linux tool.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Using a chip extraction tool for the swap, and making sure to clear my CMOS memory between each swap.<br>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Image creation:</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Followed the steps from: <a href="https://www.coreboot.org/Build_HOWTO" class="m_-773147642757325103OWAAutoLink" id="m_-773147642757325103LPlnk930648" target="_blank">
https://www.coreboot.org/<wbr>Build_HOWTO</a><br>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">I checked out the commit reported at the latest successful run:
<a href="https://review.coreboot.org/gitweb/cgit/coreboot.git/commit/?id=3f09b0ffef990286ecca344cf73023b35be42406" class="m_-773147642757325103OWAAutoLink" id="m_-773147642757325103LPlnk147402" target="_blank">
https://review.coreboot.org/<wbr>gitweb/cgit/coreboot.git/<wbr>commit/?id=<wbr>3f09b0ffef990286ecca344cf73023<wbr>b35be42406</a><br>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">For the .config file, I tried both creating my own with 'make nconfig' and also copied the .config from the latest successful run at: <span><a href="https://review.coreboot.org/gitweb/cgit/board-status.git/tree/asus/kgpe-d16/4.6-1125-g3f09b0f/2017-08-21T04_40_02Z/config.txt" class="m_-773147642757325103OWAAutoLink" id="m_-773147642757325103LPlnk203888" target="_blank">https://review.coreboot.<wbr>org/gitweb/cgit/board-status.<wbr>git/tree/asus/kgpe-d16/4.6-<wbr>1125-g3f09b0f/2017-08-21T04_<wbr>40_02Z/config.txt</a></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">I don't bother getting the <span>AMD IMC</span>,
<span>AMD XHCI</span>, and <span>AMD PSP </span>because I don't believe my motherboard needs it according to the board page: <a href="https://www.coreboot.org/Board:asus/kgpe-d16" class="m_-773147642757325103OWAAutoLink" id="m_-773147642757325103LPlnk494994" target="_blank">https://www.coreboot.<wbr>org/Board:asus/kgpe-d16</a></p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">I also don't bother getting the vgabios.rom because according to
<a href="https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NzQwMQ" class="m_-773147642757325103OWAAutoLink" id="m_-773147642757325103LPlnk958779" target="_blank">
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.<wbr>php?page=news_item&px=NzQwMQ</a>, coreboot has native vga text-mode? And this page states only text-mode works for my CPU:
<a href="https://www.raptorengineering.com/coreboot/kgpe-d16-status.php" class="m_-773147642757325103OWAAutoLink" id="m_-773147642757325103LPlnk28737" target="_blank">
https://www.raptorengineering.<wbr>com/coreboot/kgpe-d16-status.<wbr>php</a><br>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Detailed issue description:<br>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">In all instances, my PC boots up and shows a black screen for about 10-20 seconds.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">About 5-10 seconds in, my CPU fans start blowing at what appears to be maximum speed.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">After another 5-15 seconds, I see my Debian login screen and am able to use my computer normally.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">However the loud fans put me on edge and I end up turning the PC off after a while.<br>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">At subsequent boots, the fans start up at maximum speed right away.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Swapping back to my vendor BIOS brings the fans back to normal. Could this be microcode related?</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Same happens for both my onboard graphics as well as my PCIe GPU.<br>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">System specifications:</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">- Motherboard: ASUS KGPE-D16<br>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">- CPU: 2x <span>AMD Opteron 6272 (2.1 GHz)</span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><span>- Memory: 16x 4 GB = 64 GB <span>Corsair DDR3-1600 SDRAM (CMZ32GX3M8X1600C9</span></span>)</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">- Video: EVGA <span>GeForce GTX 570 (128MB)</span><br>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">- Storage: Don't know if this matters, but I have 1x SSD and 1x HDD SATA 3 drives, and one PCIe M.2 NVMe adapter with an M.2 SSD.</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Additional notes:<br>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">- Also tried the latest KGPE-D16 Libreboot image but I only get a permanent black screen with that.<br>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">- Disconnected the <span>ASMB4/KVM</span> module.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">- Don't think I have <span>LRDIMM</span> RAM because I'm able to boot into Debian.</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Regards,</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">- Daniel K.<br>
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