Hi all,
On Thursday, Oct 12, 2006, Uwe Hermann said:
I'd really, really like to see a bunch of popular, cheap, mainstream boards supported out of the box. IMHO this is really essential to get more developers on board.
Looking at a few random shops here in Germany, it seems that the most popular brands are Asus, ASRock, MSI, Gigabyte for mainbaords in the price range of 40-80 Euros.
So; we've acquired a couple of machines based on an Asus A8N-VM CSM board (http://usa.asus.com/products4.aspx?l1=3&l2=15&l3=210&model=766&a...), with an Opteron 150. Uwe, this board costs $80 at Newegg so I guess it falls into your cheap & common category.
This is the lspci output:
0000:00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2) 0000:00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 0 (rev a2) 0000:00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 1 (rev a2) 0000:00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 5 (rev a2) 0000:00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 4 (rev a2) 0000:00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2) 0000:00:00.6 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 3 (rev a2) 0000:00:00.7 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 2 (rev a2) 0000:00:02.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1) 0000:00:03.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1) 0000:00:04.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1) 0000:00:05.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a2) 0000:00:09.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Host Bridge (rev a2) 0000:00:0a.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 LPC Bridge (rev a2) 0000:00:0a.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP51 SMBus (rev a2) 0000:00:0b.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a2) 0000:00:0b.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a2) 0000:00:0d.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 IDE (rev a1) 0000:00:0e.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Serial ATA Controller (rev a1) 0000:00:0f.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Serial ATA Controller (rev a1) 0000:00:10.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 PCI Bridge (rev a2) 0000:00:10.1 0403: nVidia Corporation MCP51 High Definition Audio (rev a2) 0000:00:14.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Ethernet Controller (rev a1) 0000:00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration 0000:00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map 0000:00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller 0000:00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control 0000:03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 105e (rev 06) 0000:03:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 105e (rev 06) 0000:04:05.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 80) 0000:04:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82545GM Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 04)
The intel ethernet controllers are plug in cards.
The SuperIO chip is - according to the URL pasted above - an Nvidia nforce 430MCP. The actual chip on the mainboard reads:
Nvidia P5080239 0534A2 MCP51-N-A2 GH 9940.1
The bios rom is an SST 49LF0048.
I tried flashrom. No dice:
# ./flashrom -V Calibrating delay loop... Setting up microsecond timing loop 601M loops per second ok No LinuxBIOS table found. Warning: Unknown system. Flash detection will most likely fail. Trying Am29F040B, 512 KB probe_29f040b: id1 0xff, id2 0xff Trying Am29F016D, 2048 KB probe_29f040b: id1 0xff, id2 0xff Trying At29C040A, 512 KB probe_jedec: id1 0xff, id2 0xff Trying Mx29f002, 256 KB probe_29f002: id1 0xec, id2 0x66 Trying SST29EE020A, 256 KB probe_jedec: id1 0xec, id2 0x66 Trying SST28SF040A, 512 KB probe_28sf040: id1 0xff, id2 0xff Trying SST39SF010A, 128 KB probe_jedec: id1 0x50, id2 0x0 Trying SST39SF020A, 256 KB probe_jedec: id1 0xec, id2 0x66 Trying SST39SF040, 512 KB probe_jedec: id1 0xff, id2 0xff Trying SST39VF020, 256 KB probe_jedec: id1 0xec, id2 0x66 Trying SST49LF040B, 512 KB probe_jedec: id1 0xff, id2 0xff Trying SST49LF040, 512 KB probe_jedec: id1 0xff, id2 0xff Trying SST49LF020A, 256 KB probe_jedec: id1 0xec, id2 0x66 Trying SST49LF080A, 1024 KB probe_jedec: id1 0xff, id2 0xff Trying SST49LF002A/B, 256 KB probe_jedec: id1 0xec, id2 0x66 Trying SST49LF003A/B, 384 KB probe_jedec: id1 0x6d, id2 0xe1 Trying SST49LF004A/B, 512 KB probe_jedec: id1 0xff, id2 0xff Trying SST49LF008A, 1024 KB probe_jedec: id1 0xff, id2 0xff Trying Pm49FL002, 256 KB probe_jedec: id1 0xec, id2 0x66 Trying Pm49FL004, 512 KB probe_jedec: id1 0xff, id2 0xff Trying W29C011, 128 KB probe_jedec: id1 0x50, id2 0x0 Trying W29C020C, 256 KB probe_jedec: id1 0xec, id2 0x66 Trying W49F002U, 256 KB probe_jedec: id1 0xec, id2 0x66 Trying W49V002A, 256 KB probe_jedec: id1 0xec, id2 0x66 Trying W49V002FA, 256 KB probe_jedec: id1 0xec, id2 0x66 Trying W39V040A, 512 KB probe_jedec: id1 0xff, id2 0xff Trying W39V040B, 512 KB probe_jedec: id1 0xff, id2 0xff Trying M29F040B, 512 KB probe_29f040b: id1 0xff, id2 0xff Trying M29F400BT, 512 KB probe_m29f400bt: id1 0xff, id2 0xff Trying 82802ab, 512 KB probe_82802ab: id1 0xff, id2 0xff Trying 82802ac, 1024 KB probe_82802ab: id1 0xff, id2 0xff Trying F49B002UA, 256 KB probe_jedec: id1 0xec, id2 0x66 Trying LHF00L04, 1024 KB probe_lhf00l04: id1 0xff, id2 0xff No EEPROM/flash device found.
This is with the SST part switched in (biossavior). Similar problem with the biossavior set to RD1:
# ./flashrom -V Calibrating delay loop... Setting up microsecond timing loop 601M loops per second ok No LinuxBIOS table found. Warning: Unknown system. Flash detection will most likely fail. Trying Am29F040B, 512 KB probe_29f040b: id1 0xff, id2 0xff Trying Am29F016D, 2048 KB probe_29f040b: id1 0xff, id2 0xff Trying At29C040A, 512 KB probe_jedec: id1 0xff, id2 0xff Trying Mx29f002, 256 KB probe_29f002: id1 0xcf, id2 0x6f Trying SST29EE020A, 256 KB probe_jedec: id1 0xcf, id2 0x6f Trying SST28SF040A, 512 KB probe_28sf040: id1 0xff, id2 0xff Trying SST39SF010A, 128 KB probe_jedec: id1 0xff, id2 0xff Trying SST39SF020A, 256 KB probe_jedec: id1 0xcf, id2 0x6f Trying SST39SF040, 512 KB probe_jedec: id1 0xff, id2 0xff Trying SST39VF020, 256 KB probe_jedec: id1 0xcf, id2 0x6f Trying SST49LF040B, 512 KB probe_jedec: id1 0xff, id2 0xff Trying SST49LF040, 512 KB probe_jedec: id1 0xff, id2 0xff Trying SST49LF020A, 256 KB probe_jedec: id1 0xcf, id2 0x6f Trying SST49LF080A, 1024 KB probe_jedec: id1 0xff, id2 0xff Trying SST49LF002A/B, 256 KB probe_jedec: id1 0xcf, id2 0x6f Trying SST49LF003A/B, 384 KB probe_jedec: id1 0xa3, id2 0xb8 Trying SST49LF004A/B, 512 KB probe_jedec: id1 0xff, id2 0xff Trying SST49LF008A, 1024 KB probe_jedec: id1 0xff, id2 0xff Trying Pm49FL002, 256 KB probe_jedec: id1 0xcf, id2 0x6f Trying Pm49FL004, 512 KB probe_jedec: id1 0xff, id2 0xff Trying W29C011, 128 KB probe_jedec: id1 0xff, id2 0xff Trying W29C020C, 256 KB probe_jedec: id1 0xcf, id2 0x6f Trying W49F002U, 256 KB probe_jedec: id1 0xcf, id2 0x6f Trying W49V002A, 256 KB probe_jedec: id1 0xcf, id2 0x6f Trying W49V002FA, 256 KB probe_jedec: id1 0xcf, id2 0x6f Trying W39V040A, 512 KB probe_jedec: id1 0xff, id2 0xff Trying W39V040B, 512 KB probe_jedec: id1 0xff, id2 0xff Trying M29F040B, 512 KB probe_29f040b: id1 0xff, id2 0xff Trying M29F400BT, 512 KB probe_m29f400bt: id1 0xff, id2 0xff Trying 82802ab, 512 KB probe_82802ab: id1 0xff, id2 0xff Trying 82802ac, 1024 KB probe_82802ab: id1 0xff, id2 0xff Trying F49B002UA, 256 KB probe_jedec: id1 0xcf, id2 0x6f Trying LHF00L04, 1024 KB probe_lhf00l04: id1 0xff, id2 0xff No EEPROM/flash device found.
Is there any hope for this board? If so; what should I try next?
Thanks, Ward.