On Thursday 19 October 2006 21:35, Uwe Hermann wrote:
I'm really not sure about the BIOS chip. There's a chip that _might_ be the BIOS (it has an Abit mGURU sticker on it). It's square, soldered directly to the motherboard, and has >10 thin legs on each of the four sides. According to your FAQ that probably makes it a PLCC but I'm really not qualified to judge this.
It's quite probably a PLCC, most newer boards use PLCC.
The image on the URL you posted suggests that it's _not_ soldered on, i.e. it's in a socket (it's the chip left from the battery).
I was talking about the smaller chip to the left and slightly above of the chip you're talking about. But I don't really know which is the BIOS. Anyway, I don't have the equipment to flash a removable chip :-)
I'm also looking to build a new system soon. What motherboards are known to work with LinuxBIOS that have: socket AM2, PCI express, no embedded video unless it's got free drivers?
Someone else has to answer this question. But please also see http://www.linuxbios.org/pipermail/linuxbios/2006-October/016268.html
It'd be nice if someone could name a few known-good boards.
The post you linked to lists these supported chipsets: AMD8111, CK804, HT1000. As far as I can make out (with google), the first two are socket 940 chipsets and all three are used with server boards. I don't want anything as expensive as that...
Then there's MCP55 = nforce 5xx, which looks OK. The post says: support will be released some time. What is the status of MCP55 support? Does it make a difference which particular MCP55 variation I buy (MCP55P SLI, MCP55 Ultra, MCP55S) and which particular nforce 5xx chip, or are they all the same for LinuxBIOS?
Thanks,