[coreboot] They're selling used KCMA-D8's for $100 on fleabay

[Timothy Pearson]

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On 07/19/2018 10:35 PM, Taiidan at gmx.com wrote:
> (not affiliated with shady chinese seller, no idea how legit but if they
> don't deliver a working board just complain to ebay)
> 
> Great chance to get the last and best owner controlled x86 board for
> your legacy applications - they appear to be selling them for cheap as
> they don't know how easy it is to flash a BIOS that can run the
> 42xx/43xx CPU's.
> 

Be careful here.  There is a hardware design flaw on older KCMA-D8
boards that won't allow the 42xx/43xx CPUs to run; the only way to tell
is by looking at the board serial and comparing against the tables in an
ASUS errata document.

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