Re: [coreboot] Support for BCM MX57QM

[Zoran Stojsavljevic]

> The board is a Socket G1 board with a QM57 chipset, and it was running

fine with an i7 620M before I bricked it
> adding ucode for an i7 920XM.   The BIOS looks to be a a Winbond

25Q64BVSIG 25/SPI (flashed with AMI).  The Super
> IO isIT8783F.

Jesus Christ! How you were able to mix ucode of two complete different
families of CORE CPUs?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrandale [*i7 620M*]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarksfield_(microprocessor) [*i7 920XM*]

Man! :-(

Zoran

On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 5:28 PM, Ty Abonil  wrote:
> Hello CB Community-
>
> I recently aquired a BCM MX57QM board via ebay and bricked it trying to
> update some microcodes.  The board has an SPI header, so I was going to
> pick up a programmer to try again, or restore to a supported ROM, and
> thought that I might as well see if a coreboot build may work.
>
> The board is a Socket G1 board with a QM57 chipset, and it was running
> fine with an i7 620M before I bricked it adding ucode for an i7 920XM.
> The BIOS looks to be a a Winbond 25Q64BVSIG 25/SPI (flashed with AMI).  The
> Super IO is IT8783F.
>
> Tangentially, any tips on what programmer/cables to use would also be
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> http://www.bcmcom.com/admin/Manual/MX57QM_Users_Manua_1.1.pdf
> MX57QM - BCM Advanced Research
> http://www.bcmcom.com/admin/Manual/MX57QM_Users_Manua_1.1.pdf
> www.bcmcom.com
> 1 MX57QM Intel® QM57 Mini ITX featuring latest two chips design, supports
> Intel® Core™ i7, i5, i3 Arrandale Mobile processors, DDR3-800/1066 SODIMM
> up to 8GB,
> ×
> ×