Hello All,
I have this computer since 11 years and working with triple boot from SSD and HDD. Also I have PCI graphics card Radeon 512 KB. I overclocked the CPU to 2Ghz to run Linux Mint and Win 10.
I had a problem with windows 10 due to the PCI graphics card conflicting when installed ram is more than 2Gb. Linux does not have. It works with 4gb and PCI Graphics card. After checking all information I find out that PCI Hole is the main reason and legacy BIOS does not have memory remapping function. Maybe that was necessary for this board. While I was searching how to change the existing BIOS I ended up coreboot.
I downloaded the latest release and compiled in linux mint. (There are some missing steps in the HOWTO page while compiling) Then I used flashrom internally. Seabios boot was successful. He are my findings :
- Seabios boots only with the SSD. - Linux Mint in HDD did not boot. WIn10 in HDD did not boot. - 2nd RAM slot is not working. So max memory is 2gb only. - GRUB2 did not work. - PCI graphics card did not work. Only on Board. - Gigabyte SATA ports did not work. Only Sata ports of Intel chipset NM10. - There is no any improvement in Boot speed.
Because of the above I revert and installed the stock BIOS from Gigabyte.
I believe this project is great and I would like to thank for all contributers.
Regards