Ahamed Husni wrote:
Please add your thoughts and concerns about the project and suggest a mainboard for the project :)
You're correct that socketed RAM is important for the project; mainboards with onboard RAM usually have no SPD memory at all, so the SMBus may not be at all accessible.
Any particular mainboard might not be so important as long as the SMBus can be accessed somewhere; possibly a cellphone repair store can help solder the three SMBus wires to a small connector for the purpose of the project.
But it would be great to also consider what the user story is for people who want to use this on other mainboards.
Ideally it shouldn't be neccessary to buy a niche product like a RAM breakout adapter; it would be great to also explore more ways to access the SMBus signals, e.g. PCI Express optionally has SMBus, smart batteries have it, etc.
Kind regards
//Peter