Hi!
I need to know if my motherboard is supported. I'm pretty sure most of its components are at least work-in-progress, but I'm not sure. Here is what I know about my system:
CPU: Intel Pentium II 400Mhz -- I'm thinking about upgrading it soon... Northbridge: Intel 82443BX Southbridge: Intel 82371EB Super I/O: SMSC FDC37M707 Mainboard: Intel SE440BX-2 *Flash Chip: Intel... TSOC? It's a pity I can't send pictures; I need help identifying it!
lspci output: 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 03) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 03) 00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02) 00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01) 00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01) 00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02) 00:0d.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 04)
00:0d.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! Game Port (rev 01) 00:0e.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Agere Systems FW323 (rev 61) 00:10.0 Ethernet controller: D-Link System Inc DL10050 Sundance Ethernet (rev 12) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV4 [RIVA TNT] (rev 04)
Thanks! -- robjoski-1
Robert Oscilowski wrote:
Hi!
I need to know if my motherboard is supported. I'm pretty sure most of its components are at least work-in-progress, but I'm not sure. Here is what I know about my system:
CPU: Intel Pentium II 400Mhz -- I'm thinking about upgrading it soon...
This board can only handle a 100MHz FSB, so keep that in mind. If you get a CPU with a 133MHz FSB, it will run at 100MHz, but you effectively get a 25% speed loss because of the north bridge.
Northbridge: Intel 82443BX
WIP? Not sure if this ever got wrapped up, but it boots.
Southbridge: Intel 82371EB Super I/O: SMSC FDC37M707
Not supported, yet. the fdc37m60x is supported though, should be an easy port.
Mainboard: Intel SE440BX-2 *Flash Chip: Intel... TSOC? It's a pity I can't send pictures; I need help identifying it!
Yes, this is a TSOP flash chip, it should be located behind the top ISA slot, below the CMOS battery. You'll need to have that replaced with a TSOP socket to test linuxbios.
-Corey
Corey,
Thanks for the quick reply! Unfortunately, I'm not so quick... So... what is a TSOP socket?
You'll need to have that replaced with a TSOP socket to test linuxbios.
How would I go about doing that? What else has to be done before I can run it?
With all due respect,
R.J.O aka "robjoski-1"
Robert Oscilowski wrote:
Corey,
Thanks for the quick reply! Unfortunately, I'm not so quick... So... what is a TSOP socket?
You'll need to have that replaced with a TSOP socket to test linuxbios.
How would I go about doing that? What else has to be done before I can run it?
With all due respect,
R.J.O aka "robjoski-1"
I think it was either Carl-Daniel or Peter that linked to this recently: http://www.emulation.com/catalog/off-the-shelf_solutions/sockets/tsop/index.... IIRC, that flash chip is 48 pin. The onboard flash chip would have to be desodiered and replaced with a socket like this one. You'd also have to purchase at least one, if not more, additional flash chips to flash linuxbios on to. This way, if anything goes wrong, you have the factory bios to fall back onto.
Personally, I'd recommend getting a different motherboard over a socket. You can probably pick up another 440bx based board with a socketed PLCC or DIP bios off ebay for around the same price as this socket (~$20). PLCC and DIP bios chips can be purchase from distributors like mouser.com and avnet.com in the US. You'll find mention of BIOS Savior RD1s in the wiki, but these are no longer manufactured and are growing nearly impossible to find, I know frozencpu.com still has a few. Or you can go for a pentium 3 based board and continue work on the i810 port I've started (complete except vga and fully dynamic sdram detection), or grab one of the already-support motherboards listed in the Supported Motherboards page of the wiki. Just my 2 cents.
-Corey
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