On 18.02.2008 21:18, Ronald Hoogenboom wrote: >>> And there still isn't any VGA output. >>> >> :( >> >> Can you try a few different graphics cards? My GeForce 6200 cheapo >> card works well. >> > > I've been able to borrow a cheapo ATI RV515 [Radeon X1300] and that one > indeed works. So what is the story with the Nvidia GeForce 8600GT? Why > doesn't the bootrom on the card initialize it properly via the x86 > emulator? > > Is there /ANYBODY/ who has had some success with an nvidia 8600GT and > coreboot? Or are there other VGA cards that have similar problems? >
Have you tried vm86 and x86emu? Sometimes only vm86 works due to quirks not addressed by the emulator. > Something else I noticed is that the CPU fan speed isn't regulated with > coreboot. The K8-temp goes over 90 C and the fan is still reving slow at > 800 RPM (nice and quiet, but not so good for my athlons health). > That would be a really big bad bug. Do you know which chip controls the fan on your board? Regards, Carl-Daniel -- http://www.hailfinger.org/ -- coreboot mailing list [email protected] http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
