[coreboot] New user of KGPE-D16

Timothy Pearson tpearson at raptorengineering.com
Wed Feb 14 23:42:43 CET 2018


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Good to hear.  I was going to mention bad CPU but that seemed unlikely;
on this end we always make sure the CPU contacts are shiny before
attempting boot so that could explain the discrepancy.

On 02/14/2018 04:38 PM, Elisenda Cuadros wrote:
> Thank you for your reply Timothy.
> 
> I removed the heatsink and cleaned the cpu contacts.
> 
> Now it boots.
> 
> Thank you for your support.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> - Eli
> 
> 
> On 14/02/18 22:46, Timothy Pearson wrote:
> Dead / incompatible DIMM, DIMM(s) in wrong slots, or damaged mainboard.
>   The fact that the vendor BIOS won't post is a very bad sign, since in
> our experience the vendor BIOS is far more forgiving of faulty DIMMs
> than coreboot (basically, the vendor BIOS will show something on the VGA
> port even if the DIMMs are completely damaged and unable to properly
> store data).
> 
> On 02/14/2018 03:28 PM, Elisenda Cuadros wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I recently bought an Asus KGPE-D16 board, with an Opteron 6238 and 4
>>>> Micron MT18JSF25672PDZ-1G4F1DD modules.
>>>>
>>>> Firstly I tried to boot with vendor BIOS but I don't get any output
>>>> on VGA.
>>>>
>>>> I have a PCI Post Card and it seems it arrives to 3E and then I think it
>>>> enters in a loop.
>>>>
>>>> I flashed Coreboot with default settings just to try to get some more
>>>> useful logs. The result I think is more or less the same, it doesn't
>>>> arrive to payload.
>>>>
>>>> Memory is installed in A2,B2,C2 and D2 slots.
>>>>
>>>> I spent multiple hours trying to figure where is the problem.
>>>>
>>>> Do you have any ideas?
>>>>
>>>> I attach the console log.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>>
>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>
>>>> - Eli
>>>>
> 
> -- Timothy Pearson
> Raptor Engineering
> +1 (415) 727-8645 (direct line)
> +1 (512) 690-0200 (switchboard)
> https://www.raptorengineering.com
>>

- -- 
Timothy Pearson
Raptor Engineering
+1 (415) 727-8645 (direct line)
+1 (512) 690-0200 (switchboard)
https://www.raptorengineering.com
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