On Thursday 19 October 2006 21:35, Uwe Hermann wrote: > > I'm really not sure about the BIOS chip. There's a chip that _might_ be > > the BIOS (it has an Abit mGURU sticker on it). It's square, soldered > > directly to the motherboard, and has >10 thin legs on each of the four > > sides. According to your FAQ that probably makes it a PLCC but I'm really > > not qualified to judge this. > > It's quite probably a PLCC, most newer boards use PLCC. > > The image on the URL you posted suggests that it's _not_ soldered on, > i.e. it's in a socket (it's the chip left from the battery). I was talking about the smaller chip to the left and slightly above of the chip you're talking about. But I don't really know which is the BIOS. Anyway, I don't have the equipment to flash a removable chip :-)
> > > I'm also looking to build a new system soon. What motherboards are known > > to work with LinuxBIOS that have: socket AM2, PCI express, no embedded > > video unless it's got free drivers? > > Someone else has to answer this question. But please also see > http://www.linuxbios.org/pipermail/linuxbios/2006-October/016268.html It'd be nice if someone could name a few known-good boards. The post you linked to lists these supported chipsets: AMD8111, CK804, HT1000. As far as I can make out (with google), the first two are socket 940 chipsets and all three are used with server boards. I don't want anything as expensive as that... Then there's MCP55 = nforce 5xx, which looks OK. The post says: support will be released some time. What is the status of MCP55 support? Does it make a difference which particular MCP55 variation I buy (MCP55P SLI, MCP55 Ultra, MCP55S) and which particular nforce 5xx chip, or are they all the same for LinuxBIOS? Thanks, -- Dan Armak
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