Hi all,
I have built a personal video recorder using VDR and vdr-softdevice plugin on a MSI 694T mainboard running a 900 MHz Celeron. I would like to speed up the boot process: the BIOS needs over 10 seconds before starting LILO.
I need the following features:
- ATX wakeup timer - nvram-wakeup needs a reboot for the changes to take effect - wake-on-LAN (for starting the computer by the remote control unit bundled with the DVB-T tuner card; see my hardware hack at http://www.iki.fi/~msmakela/electronics/worc5/) - PCI, AGP and IDE (USB is not needed)
Here's the lspci output:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C693A/694x [Apollo PRO133x] (rev c4) 0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C598/694x [Apollo MVP3/Pro133x AGP] 0000:00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 40) 0000:00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) 0000:00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 1a) 0000:00:07.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 1a) 0000:00:07.4 Bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 40) 0000:00:07.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50) 0000:00:0e.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 74) 0000:00:10.0 Multimedia video controller: Conexant Winfast TV2000 XP (rev 05) 0000:00:10.2 Multimedia controller: Conexant: Unknown device 8802 (rev 05) 0000:00:10.4 Multimedia controller: Conexant: Unknown device 8804 (rev 05) 0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G400 AGP (rev 82)
The superio chip is a VIA 686, identified by Linux as
VP_IDE: VIA vt82c686b (rev 40) IDE UDMA100 controller on pci0000:00:07.1 ide0: BM-DMA at 0xff00-0xff07, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA ide1: BM-DMA at 0xff08-0xff0f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio
and
ALSA device list: #0: VIA 82C686A/B rev50 with ICE1232 at 0xdc00, irq 18
The markings on the chip are VIA VT82C686B 0130CD TAIWAN 13C002600.
The south bridge (next to the processor, I hope this is the correct terminology) is a VIA VT82C694T 0130CD TAIWAN 2IB0004361.
The BIOS device is a PLCC chip with 9 pins on the long side and 7 pins on the short side. I can peel off the AMIBIOS label if needed.
Here is some more information on this motherboard:
http://www.msicomputer.com/product/detail_spec/694T_Pro.htm http://www.mainboard.cz/mb/msi/694TPRO.htm
If you need any more information, please let me know.
Marko
wow, that's an old bridge! I think it is very similar to 8601, so it might be made to work.
ron
On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 08:47:16AM -0600, Ronald G. Minnich wrote:
wow, that's an old bridge! I think it is very similar to 8601, so it might be made to work.
Well, based on some further Googling, I don't have high hopes on the availability or quality of VIA documentation.
I guess I'll have to acquire a spare flash chip, so that my "production" system won't become unusable.
What would you advise as the next step? Or should I try to get an Intel-based system instead? I might get an Asus P2B 99 (sp?) board that has a 900 MHz Slot 1 Pentium III processor.
With best regards,
Marko Mäkelä
look for chips you know we support, is your best bet.
ron
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