From: info@aulix.com
To: Ivan Ivanov [mailto:qmastery16@gmail.com]
Sent: Fri, 04 Jan 2019 02:25:32 +0600
Subject: Re: [coreboot] Re: Please suggest a AM3/AM3+ motherboard which is supported by Coreboot when32GB of RAM installed
The CPU A10-5750M which you mentioned is a more recent one (newer than my Phenom 2 X6).
It is on a more modern 2013 platform, mine is an AM3 Socket of 2010-2011 years with a corresponding old chipset:
- North Bridge: AMD 785G
- South Bridge: AMD SB710
https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-MA785GMT-UD2H-rev-10#sp
Though it is listed as supported on Coreboot supported hardware list, I am not sure how well DDR3 RAM is supported by Coreboot on this board.
Does it work with a maximum amount of RAM which the board can handle under its default BIOS firmware or only a few gigs work like 1-2GB?
From: Ivan Ivanov [mailto:qmastery16@gmail.com]
To: info@aulix.com
Cc: Coreboot [mailto:coreboot@coreboot.org]
Sent: Fri, 04 Jan 2019 01:51:58 +0600
Subject: [coreboot] Re: Please suggest a AM3/AM3+ motherboard which is supported by Coreboot when32GB of RAM installed
I can't say about those AM3 boards but my coreboot'ed AMD Lenovo G505S
is working fine with 16GB DDR3 installed. Maybe you could check if
they have a similar CPU architecture (G505S A10-5750M is Richland) and
also check the similarity of their FCH aka "southbridges" (G505S has
Bolton M3), while waiting for a more helpful answer from someone more
knowledgeable (+ could check if their board_status reports contain a
kernel log where you could check the size of installed RAM)
чт, 3 янв. 2019 г. в 21:30, <info@aulix.com>:
>
> Hello,
>
> I have found that following boards are indicated as supported:
>
> Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000105 EndHTML:0000025498 StartFragment:0000020391 EndFragment:0000025458
>
> ASUS M4A785-M WIP... AMD Fam10h AMD RS780/SB700 ITE™ IT8712F AMD Athlon™ 64 / FX / X2 Socket AM3/AM2(+) DIP8 SPI Y Y —
>
> ASUS M4A785T-M OK... AMD Fam10h AMD RS780/SB700 ITE™ IT8712F AMD Athlon™ 64 / FX / X2 Socket AM3 DIP8 SPI Y Y —
>
> ASUS M4A78-EM OK... AMD Fam10h AMD RS780/SB700 ITE™ IT8712F AMD Athlon™ 64 / FX / X2 Socket AM3/AM2(+) DIP8 SPI Y Y —
>
> ASUS M5A88-V OK... AMD Fam10h AMD 880G/850 ITE™ IT8721F AMD Athlon™Phenom™Sempron™ 64 / FX / X2 Socket AM3/AM3+ DIP8 SPI Y Y —
>
> GIGABYTE GA-MA785GMT-UD2H OK... AMD Fam10h AMD 785G / SB710 ITE IT8718F AMD Phenom™ II / Athlon™ II Socket AM3 ? ? ? ? —
>
> GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-US2H OK AMD Fam10h AMD 780G / SB700 ITE IT8718F AMD Phenom™ / Athlon™ / Sempron™ Socket AM2+ ? ? ? ? —
>
>
>
>
> And actually most of them missing any info on the status page and somewhere is info like:
> The boards works only with less than 4GB of RAM, if installed more then it does not boot Linux.
>
> You can see that some AMD 16GB boards support 32GB two with 4x8GB modules:
>
> https://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php/698565-Can-i-use-8GB-DDR3-single-module-with-Biostar-TA785-G3
>
> http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1714859/asus-m5a88-evo-ram.html
>
> But these are 32GBs with their original BIOSes.
>
> What about 16GB or 32GB with a Coreboot flashed on these boards?
> Did anyone tested and used such config with 16GB or 32GB DDR3 RAM?
>
> Kind Regards,
> Alex
>
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