Hi all Following your instructions regarding requesting assistance with the compatability of LinuxBIOS with different mainboards here are the specifications. I have an AMD Athlon XP2400+ in a Foxconn 741M01C-GX-6L as a desktop machine
This is the output of 'lspci -vvv'
00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 741/741GX/M741 Host (rev 0 3) Subsystem: Foxconn International, Inc. Unknown device 0c4d Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Step ping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort - <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 32 Region 0: Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64M] Capabilities: [c0] AGP version 3.5 Status: RQ=32 Iso- ArqSz=2 Cal=3 SBA+ ITACoh- GART64- HTrans- 64 bit- FW- AGP3+ Rate=x4,x8 Command: RQ=1 ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA- AGP- GART64- 64bit- FW- Rate=<n one>
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS AGP Port (virtual PCI-t o-PCI bridge) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Step ping- SERR+ FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 99 Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=32 I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff Memory behind bridge: ec000000-ec0fffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: d8000000-e7ffffff Secondary status: 66MHz+ FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ <SERR- <PERR- BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA+ VGA+ MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS963 [MuTIOL Media IO] (r ev 25) Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle+ MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Step ping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort - <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 0
00:02.1 SMBus: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS961/2 SMBus Controller Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Step ping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort - <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 0 Region 4: I/O ports at 10c0 [size=32]
00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (prog-if 80 [ Master]) Subsystem: Foxconn International, Inc. Unknown device 0c4d Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Step ping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort - <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 128 Interrupt: pin ? routed to IRQ 16 Region 4: I/O ports at 4000 [size=16] Capabilities: [58] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot -,D3cold+) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Subsystem: Foxconn International, Inc. Unknown device 0c4d Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Step ping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort - <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 32 (20000ns max), Cache Line Size 08 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 18 Region 0: Memory at ec126000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Subsystem: Foxconn International, Inc. Unknown device 0c4d Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Step ping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort - <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 32 (20000ns max), Cache Line Size 08 Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 19 Region 0: Memory at ec120000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI Fast Et hernet (rev 91) Subsystem: Foxconn International, Inc. Unknown device 0c4d Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Step ping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort - <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 32 (13000ns min, 2750ns max) Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 20 Region 0: I/O ports at e000 [size=256] Region 1: Memory at ec122000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] [virtual] Expansion ROM at 50000000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot +,D3cold+) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
00:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CM8738 (rev 10) Subsystem: C-Media Electronics Inc CMI8738/C3DX PCI Audio Device Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Step ping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort - <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 32 (500ns min, 6000ns max) Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 5 Region 0: I/O ports at e400 [size=256] Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot -,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
00:0a.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Subsystem: Belkin Root Hub Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Step ping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort - <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 32 (250ns min, 10500ns max), Cache Line Size 08 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 20 Region 0: Memory at ec123000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot +,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
00:0a.1 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Subsystem: Belkin Root Hub Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Step ping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort - <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 32 (250ns min, 10500ns max), Cache Line Size 08 Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 16 Region 0: Memory at ec124000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot +,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
00:0a.2 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 (rev 04) (prog-if 20 [EHCI]) Subsystem: Belkin Root Hub Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Step ping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort - <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 32 (4000ns min, 8500ns max), Cache Line Size 10 Interrupt: pin C routed to IRQ 17 Region 0: Memory at ec125000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot +,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R300 ND [Radeon 9 700 Pro] (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 0002 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Step ping+ SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort - <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 32 (2000ns min), Cache Line Size 08 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10 Region 0: Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] Region 1: I/O ports at d000 [size=256] Region 2: Memory at ec030000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] [virtual] Expansion ROM at ec000000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: [58] AGP version 3.0 Status: RQ=256 Iso- ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA+ ITACoh- GART64- HTrans- 6 4bit- FW+ AGP3+ Rate=x4,x8 Command: RQ=1 ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA+ AGP- GART64- 64bit- FW- Rate=<n one> Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot -,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R300 [Radeon 9700 Pro] ( Secondary) Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 0003 Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Step ping+ SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort - <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Region 0: Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [disabled] [size=128 M] Region 1: Memory at ec020000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size =64K] Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot -,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
I afraid I don't know what the SuperIO chip on the mainboard is; how can I identify this? Both the northbridge and southbridge are noted in the lspci output. There are two DIL chips; LRTS6121A and ICS CA530347A 0507 952703BF Is this what you need? Sorry
This seems to be the mainboard which matches the one I have most closely; http://www.foxconnchannel.com/Product/motherboard_detail.aspx?ID=en-us000012...
The problem with this mainboard is that it doesn't seem to like Linux boot systems. I have the Gentoo 2006.0 LiveCD Installer, and have installed this onto hda, but the system will not boot giving a non system disk error message. I've also contacted EdLUG about this as well. I was hoping that if LinuxBIOS is compatible, I can flash it to the memory and it will be able to boot the system.
Thanks for all your help Keith
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