On 23.10.2007 19:19, Viktor Godard wrote:
I would like to use the LinuxBIOS on the IBM eServer xSeries 335.
Will be difficult to impossible. But see below.
CPU:
Socket type: mPGA 604 (x2)
CPU0:
On pins side: 2800DP/512/533/1.50V , SL6VN COSTA RICA, 3431A517-0534 On upside: C11503 01 S65 On barcode label: 8EE HMM for FRU 118 38L5026 21N36T49D03L 409
Unsupported AFAIK due to lack of docs.
B: NorthBridge ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northbridge_%28computing%29 )
Description: square, close to RAM, removable on mini-board, use heat-sink, silver metal top.
Engraving: SWC, NB7465-P03, 0428NX054
Serverworks. See below.
Q: SouthBridge ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southbridge_%28computing%29 )
Description: sqare, close to CPU0, removable on mini-board, plastic black top Engraving: SWC-SB7440-P01, 0428RUC09
Serverworks chipset, unsupported, but someone posted a few months ago to this list that he had implemented support.
R: Super IO ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_I/O )
Description: plastic, on-board, plastic black top
Engraving: VS418AE, NSC000A4, PC87417-IBM/VLA
NatSemi PC87417-IBM, data sheet available, supportable.
S: Flash Memory 32MB
Description: dual inline short edges, IBM label: T2E127A, U27
Engraving: LH28F320BJE-PBTL90, SHARP, Japan, 0424, 3xJ
Links: http://www.datasheetsite.com/extpdf.php?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ortodoxism.ro%2Fd...
Bios flash chip. Will look at the data sheet, no promises.
Regards, Carl-Daniel