Please suggest a AM3/AM3+ motherboard which is supported by Coreboot when32GB of RAM installed

Hello,

I have found that following boards are indicated as supported:

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ASUS     M4A785-M         WIP...   AMD Fam10h    AMD  RS780/SB700          ITE™ IT8712F     AMD Athlon™ 64 / FX / X2          Socket AM3/AM2(+)    DIP8      SPI         Y             Y             —

ASUS     M4A785T-M      OK...      AMD Fam10h    AMD  RS780/SB700          ITE™ IT8712F     AMD Athlon™ 64 / FX / X2          Socket AM3      DIP8      SPI         Y             Y             —

ASUS     M4A78-EM         OK...      AMD Fam10h    AMD  RS780/SB700          ITE™ IT8712F     AMD Athlon™ 64 / FX / X2          Socket AM3/AM2(+)    DIP8      SPI         Y             Y             —

ASUS     M5A88-V            OK...      AMD Fam10h    AMD  880G/850 ITE™ IT8721F     AMD Athlon™Phenom™Sempron™ 64 / FX / X2           Socket AM3/AM3+        DIP8      SPI         Y             Y             —

GIGABYTE           GA-MA785GMT-UD2H OK...      AMD  Fam10h    AMD 785G / SB710         ITE IT8718F         AMD Phenom™ II / Athlon™ II          Socket  AM3        ?             ?             ?             ?            —

GIGABYTE           GA-MA78GM-US2H       OK          AMD Fam10h    AMD 780G / SB700         ITE IT8718F         AMD  Phenom™ / Athlon™ / Sempron™   Socket AM2+     ?              ?             ?             ?            —

And actually most of them missing any info on the status page and somewhere is info like:
The boards works only with less than 4GB of RAM, if installed more then it does not boot Linux.

You can see that some AMD 16GB boards support 32GB two with 4x8GB modules:

https://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php/698565-Can-i-use-8GB-DDR3...

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1714859/asus-m5a88-evo-ram.html

But these are 32GBs with their original BIOSes.

What about 16GB or 32GB with a Coreboot flashed on these boards?
Did anyone tested and used such config with 16GB or 32GB DDR3 RAM?

Kind Regards,
Alex

[Ivan Ivanov]

I can't say about those AM3 boards but my coreboot'ed AMD Lenovo G505S
is working fine with 16GB DDR3 installed. Maybe you could check if
they have a similar CPU architecture (G505S A10-5750M is Richland) and
also check the similarity of their FCH aka "southbridges" (G505S has
Bolton M3), while waiting for a more helpful answer from someone more
knowledgeable (+ could check if their board_status reports contain a
kernel log where you could check the size of installed RAM)

чт, 3 янв. 2019 г. в 21:30, :
> Hello,
>
> I have found that following boards are indicated as supported:
>
> Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000105 EndHTML:0000025498 StartFragment:0000020391 EndFragment:0000025458
>
> ASUS     M4A785-M         WIP...   AMD Fam10h    AMD RS780/SB700          ITE™ IT8712F     AMD Athlon™ 64 / FX / X2          Socket AM3/AM2(+)    DIP8      SPI         Y             Y             —
>
> ASUS     M4A785T-M      OK...      AMD Fam10h    AMD RS780/SB700          ITE™ IT8712F     AMD Athlon™ 64 / FX / X2          Socket AM3      DIP8      SPI         Y             Y             —
>
> ASUS     M4A78-EM         OK...      AMD Fam10h    AMD RS780/SB700          ITE™ IT8712F     AMD Athlon™ 64 / FX / X2          Socket AM3/AM2(+)    DIP8      SPI         Y             Y             —
>
> ASUS     M5A88-V            OK...      AMD Fam10h    AMD 880G/850 ITE™ IT8721F     AMD Athlon™Phenom™Sempron™ 64 / FX / X2           Socket AM3/AM3+        DIP8      SPI         Y             Y             —
>
> GIGABYTE           GA-MA785GMT-UD2H OK...      AMD Fam10h    AMD 785G / SB710         ITE IT8718F         AMD Phenom™ II / Athlon™ II          Socket AM3       ?            ?            ?            ?            —
>
> GIGABYTE           GA-MA78GM-US2H       OK          AMD Fam10h    AMD 780G / SB700         ITE IT8718F         AMD Phenom™ / Athlon™ / Sempron™   Socket AM2+    ?            ?            ?            ?            —
>
> And actually most of them missing any info on the status page and somewhere is info like:
> The boards works only with less than 4GB of RAM, if installed more then it does not boot Linux.
>
> You can see that some AMD 16GB boards support 32GB two with 4x8GB modules:
>
> https://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php/698565-Can-i-use-8GB-DDR3...
>
> http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1714859/asus-m5a88-evo-ram.html
>
> But these are 32GBs with their original BIOSes.
>
> What about 16GB or 32GB with a Coreboot flashed on these boards?
> Did anyone tested and used such config with 16GB or 32GB DDR3 RAM?
>
> Kind Regards,
> Alex
>
> coreboot mailing list -- [e-mail]
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Fw: Re: Re: Please suggest a AM3/AM3+ motherboard which is supported by Coreboot when32GB of RAM installed

_____

From: [e-mail]
To: Ivan Ivanov [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Fri, 04 Jan 2019 02:25:32 +0600
Subject: Re: [coreboot] Re: Please suggest a AM3/AM3+ motherboard which is supported by Coreboot when32GB of RAM installed

The CPU A10-5750M which you mentioned  is a more recent one (newer than my Phenom 2 X6).

It is on a more modern 2013 platform, mine is an AM3 Socket of 2010-2011 years with a corresponding old chipset:

* North Bridge: AMD 785G   
* South Bridge: AMD SB710   
More details about my motherboard can be found at:
https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-MA785GMT-UD2H-rev-10#sp

Though it is listed as supported on Coreboot supported hardware list, I am not sure how well DDR3 RAM is supported by Coreboot on this board.
Does it work with a maximum amount of RAM which the board can handle under its default BIOS firmware or only a few gigs work like 1-2GB?

_____

From: Ivan Ivanov [mailto:[e-mail]]
To: [e-mail]
Cc: Coreboot [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Fri, 04 Jan 2019 01:51:58 +0600
Subject: [coreboot] Re: Please suggest a AM3/AM3+ motherboard which is supported by Coreboot when32GB of RAM installed

I can't say about those AM3 boards but my coreboot'ed AMD Lenovo G505S
  is working fine with 16GB DDR3 installed. Maybe you could check if
  they have a similar CPU architecture (G505S A10-5750M is Richland) and
  also check the similarity of their FCH aka "southbridges" (G505S has
  Bolton M3), while waiting for a more helpful answer from someone more
  knowledgeable (+ could check if their board_status reports contain a
  kernel log where you could check the size of installed RAM)

чт, 3 янв. 2019 г. в 21:30, :
> Hello,
>
> I have found that following boards are indicated as supported:
>
> Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000105 EndHTML:0000025498 StartFragment:0000020391 EndFragment:0000025458
>
> ASUS     M4A785-M         WIP...   AMD Fam10h    AMD RS780/SB700          ITE™ IT8712F     AMD Athlon™ 64 / FX / X2          Socket AM3/AM2(+)    DIP8      SPI         Y             Y             —
>
> ASUS     M4A785T-M      OK...      AMD Fam10h    AMD RS780/SB700          ITE™ IT8712F     AMD Athlon™ 64 / FX / X2          Socket AM3      DIP8      SPI         Y             Y             —
>
> ASUS     M4A78-EM         OK...      AMD Fam10h    AMD RS780/SB700          ITE™ IT8712F     AMD Athlon™ 64 / FX / X2          Socket AM3/AM2(+)    DIP8      SPI         Y             Y             —
>
> ASUS     M5A88-V            OK...      AMD Fam10h    AMD 880G/850 ITE™ IT8721F     AMD Athlon™Phenom™Sempron™ 64 / FX / X2           Socket AM3/AM3+        DIP8      SPI         Y             Y             —
>
> GIGABYTE           GA-MA785GMT-UD2H OK...      AMD Fam10h    AMD 785G / SB710         ITE IT8718F         AMD Phenom™ II / Athlon™ II          Socket AM3       ?            ?            ?            ?            —
>
> GIGABYTE           GA-MA78GM-US2H       OK          AMD Fam10h    AMD 780G / SB700         ITE IT8718F         AMD Phenom™ / Athlon™ / Sempron™   Socket AM2+    ?            ?            ?            ?            —
>
> And actually most of them missing any info on the status page and somewhere is info like:
> The boards works only with less than 4GB of RAM, if installed more then it does not boot Linux.
>
> You can see that some AMD 16GB boards support 32GB two with 4x8GB modules:
>
> https://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php/698565-Can-i-use-8GB-DDR3...
>
> http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1714859/asus-m5a88-evo-ram.html
>
> But these are 32GBs with their original BIOSes.
>
> What about 16GB or 32GB with a Coreboot flashed on these boards?
> Did anyone tested and used such config with 16GB or 32GB DDR3 RAM?
>
> Kind Regards,
> Alex
>
> coreboot mailing list -- [e-mail]
> To unsubscribe send an email to [e-mail]

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