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  • Coreboot Ported To A ~$30 AMD AM1 Motherboard

    Phoronix: Coreboot Ported To A ~$30 AMD AM1 Motherboard

    For those searching for a low-cost system/motherboard for experimenting with Coreboot, there's another new AMD motherboard that now works with Coreboot's upstream Git code. The board costs only about $30 USD and works with all modern AMD AM1 processors...

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  • #2
    Whats not working? Special Standby is interesting.

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    • #3
      Yeess! Huzzah! That's nearly the one I have, should be the one just without the additional PCI (via PCIe2PCI bridge chip). They all had very similar layouts. And for the money I might just buy that one. Besides Biostar is horribly slow when it comes to fixing the BIOS (firmware / AGESA errors discovered by Rudolf Marek) so you're better off running something real like Coreboot + payload.
      This is good news.
      Stop TCPA, stupid software patents and corrupt politicians!

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      • #4
        Just wonder how hard is "installation" process?

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        • #5
          Hell Yeah!

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          • #6
            Looks like a nice board for a private server or so.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by GreatEmerald View Post
              Looks like a nice board for a private server or so.
              You be better off buying an Asus etc.... Not much more cost and better components.... I only researched some but all signs point to this being an absolute crapshoot of a board.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by cb88 View Post
                You be better off buying an Asus etc.... Not much more cost and better components.... I only researched some but all signs point to this being an absolute crapshoot of a board.
                I was just thinking that those crapshoot boards might actually be the best way to get Coreboot out there and tested. Reduce the Chinese/American warehouse storage as well. It might turn some crapshot boards in to less-than crapshot with a better BIOS. Coreboot benefits from a bigger product base, with that the 'advertising' from more exposure and word of mouth as always, and obviously more real-world scenario's for receiving testing and bug reports.
                Hi

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by cb88 View Post
                  You be better off buying an Asus etc.... Not much more cost and better components.... I only researched some but all signs point to this being an absolute crapshoot of a board.
                  Huh? Seems you did some thorough research, Sir.

                  ASUS is NOT always of good quality, believe me. I've dealt with them. Also a lot of manufacturers put chips on board that are a no-go (yet) for our beloved penguin. I own one of these Biostar AM1 boards and they are definitely not to be seen in any relation to crap. They have a few downsides like every mainboard - you can't ever have all good things in one. E.g. they had planned to release a DVI version but that was never available so I had to use the one with HDMI (sucks) and VGA (okay). While their BIOS/UEFI works and gets the job done it barely ever sees updates.
                  But then, these boards offer a lot of interfaces for the small form factor and the chips soldered here do work with Linux and - as I predicted in my review of the AM1MHP - Coreboot. Because, be it a random thing or not, finally someone soldered a SuperIO / EC that works.
                  Stop TCPA, stupid software patents and corrupt politicians!

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Adarion View Post
                    Huh? Seems you did some thorough research, Sir.

                    ASUS is NOT always of good quality, believe me. I've dealt with them. Also a lot of manufacturers put chips on board that are a no-go (yet) for our beloved penguin. I own one of these Biostar AM1 boards and they are definitely not to be seen in any relation to crap. They have a few downsides like every mainboard - you can't ever have all good things in one. E.g. they had planned to release a DVI version but that was never available so I had to use the one with HDMI (sucks) and VGA (okay). While their BIOS/UEFI works and gets the job done it barely ever sees updates.
                    But then, these boards offer a lot of interfaces for the small form factor and the chips soldered here do work with Linux and - as I predicted in my review of the AM1MHP - Coreboot. Because, be it a random thing or not, finally someone soldered a SuperIO / EC that works.
                    Thank you for your insight, however why do you say HDMI sucks?

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