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| ASUS | | ASUS | ||
| [http://www.asus.com.tw/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=15&l3=148&l4=0&model=382&modelmenu=1 A8N-SLI] | | [http://www.asus.com.tw/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=15&l3=148&l4=0&model=382&modelmenu=1 A8N-SLI] | ||
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| [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=151773 lspci]. [http://www.egielda.com.pl/images/art/cache/b86601a9ce009b71faa27496009fdea1.jpg Socketed BIOS]. | | [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=151773 lspci]. [http://www.egielda.com.pl/images/art/cache/b86601a9ce009b71faa27496009fdea1.jpg Socketed BIOS]. | ||
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| [http://www.asus.com.tw/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=15&l3=148&l4=0&model=375&modelmenu=1 A8N-SLI Deluxe] | | [http://www.asus.com.tw/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=15&l3=148&l4=0&model=375&modelmenu=1 A8N-SLI Deluxe] | ||
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| [http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/showproduct.php/product/3410 lspci]. [http://www.pcper.com/images/reviews/98/board_side.jpg Socketed BIOS]. | | [http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/showproduct.php/product/3410 lspci]. [http://www.pcper.com/images/reviews/98/board_side.jpg Socketed BIOS]. | ||
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| [http://www.asus.com.tw/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=15&l3=148&l4=0&model=539&modelmenu=1 A8N-SLI Premium] | | [http://www.asus.com.tw/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=15&l3=148&l4=0&model=539&modelmenu=1 A8N-SLI Premium] | ||
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| [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131540 NewEgg] | | [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131540 NewEgg] | ||
| [http://www.abclinuxu.cz/hardware/zakladni-desky/socket-939/asus-a8n-sli-premium lspci]. [http://www.nvnews.net/articles/gpu_world_tour_2006/images/systems/3800/a8n_sli_premium_1.jpg Socketed BIOS]. flashrom works. | | [http://www.abclinuxu.cz/hardware/zakladni-desky/socket-939/asus-a8n-sli-premium lspci]. [http://www.nvnews.net/articles/gpu_world_tour_2006/images/systems/3800/a8n_sli_premium_1.jpg Socketed BIOS]. flashrom works. | ||
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| [http://www.asus.com.tw/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=15&l3=148&l4=0&model=789&modelmenu=1 A8N-SLI SE] | | [http://www.asus.com.tw/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=15&l3=148&l4=0&model=789&modelmenu=1 A8N-SLI SE] | ||
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| [http://tracker.linuxbios.org/trac/LinuxBIOS/attachment/ticket/6/output.txt lspci]. [http://myarticle.enet.com.cn/images/200603/1142314731163/DSCN4750.jpg Socketed BIOS]. | | [http://tracker.linuxbios.org/trac/LinuxBIOS/attachment/ticket/6/output.txt lspci]. [http://myarticle.enet.com.cn/images/200603/1142314731163/DSCN4750.jpg Socketed BIOS]. | ||
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| [http://www.hardwareschotte.de/hardware/preise/proid_1266090/preis_ASUS+A8NE-FM A8NE-FM/S] | | [http://www.hardwareschotte.de/hardware/preise/proid_1266090/preis_ASUS+A8NE-FM A8NE-FM/S] | ||
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| [TODO: lspci]. Socketed BIOS. | | [TODO: lspci]. Socketed BIOS. | ||
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| + | | ASUS | ||
| + | | [http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=101&l3=370&l4=0&model=1266&modelmenu=1 M2N4-SLI] | ||
| + | | AMD K8 | ||
| + | | NVIDIA CK804 | ||
| + | | ITE ITxxxx | ||
| + | | AMD Sempron / Athlon™ 64 / FX / X2 | ||
| + | | Socket AM2 | ||
| + | | style="background:red" | NS | ||
| + | | [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131068 NewEgg] | ||
| + | | [http://www.phoronix.net/forums/archive/index.php/t-2079.html lspci]. [http://img5.pcpop.com/ProductImages/500x375/0/218/000218777.jpg Socketed BIOS]. | ||
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| + | | DFI | ||
| + | | [http://www.dfi.com.tw/Product/xx_product_spec_details_r_us.jsp?PRODUCT_ID=3449&CATEGORY_TYPE=LP&SITE=US LANPARTY nF4 SLI-DR] | ||
| + | | AMD K8 | ||
| + | | NVIDIA CK804 | ||
| + | | ITE IT8712F | ||
| + | | AMD Sempron / Athlon™ 64 / FX / X2 | ||
| + | | Socket 939 | ||
| + | | style="background:red" | NS | ||
| + | | ? | ||
| + | | ? | ||
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| + | | MSI | ||
| + | | [http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=proddesc&prod_no=249&maincat_no=1 K8N Neo4-F (MS-7125)] | ||
| + | | AMD K8 | ||
| + | | NVIDIA CK804 | ||
| + | | Winbond™ Wxxxxx | ||
| + | | AMD Opteron™ / Athlon™ 64 / FX / X2 | ||
| + | | Socket 939 | ||
| + | | style="background:red" | NS | ||
| + | | [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130491R NewEgg] | ||
| + | | [http://linuxbios.org/pipermail/linuxbios/2006-May/014478.html lspci]. [http://www.egielda.com.pl/images/art/5094fd836a12d09ad70ce725cd9ef574.jpg Socketed BIOS]. | ||
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| + | | colspan="10" | '''AMD K8 + NVIDIA MCP55''' | ||
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| + | | Abit | ||
| + | | [http://www.abit-usa.com/products/mb/techspec.php?categories=1&model=318 KN9S] | ||
| + | | AMD K8 | ||
| + | | NVIDIA MCP55 (?) | ||
| + | | ? | ||
| + | | AMD Opteron™ / Athlon™ 64 / FX / X2 | ||
| + | | Socket AM2 | ||
| + | | style="background:red" | NS | ||
| + | | [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813127007 NewEgg] | ||
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| + | | Abit | ||
| + | | [http://www.abit-usa.com/products/mb/techspec.php?categories=1&model=316 KN9 Ultra] | ||
| + | | AMD K8 | ||
| + | | NVIDIA MCP55 | ||
| + | | ? | ||
| + | | AMD Sempron / Athlon™ 64 / FX / X2 | ||
| + | | Socket AM2 | ||
| + | | style="background:red" | NS | ||
| + | | [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813127008 NewEgg] | ||
| + | | [http://www.phoronix.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2077 lspci]. [http://www.unlimitpc.com/article/computex2006_day2/abit/big/IMG_3219.JPG Socketed BIOS]. [http://www.linuxbios.org/pipermail/linuxbios/2006-November/017018.html No serial port]. | ||
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| [http://linuxmint.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=26841#26841 lspci]. [http://www.amdzone.com/pics/cpus/athlon64/fx62/M2N32-SLIDeluxe.jpg Socketed BIOS]. | | [http://linuxmint.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=26841#26841 lspci]. [http://www.amdzone.com/pics/cpus/athlon64/fx62/M2N32-SLIDeluxe.jpg Socketed BIOS]. | ||
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| − | | AMD Sempron / Athlon™ 64 | + | | AMD Sempron / Athlon™ 64 / X2 |
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| + | | [http://help.lockergnome.com/linux/18-rc5-pata-drivers-MSI-K9N-Ultra-report-AMD64-ftopict369162.html lspci] | ||
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| + | | MSI | ||
| + | | [http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?model=K9N4_Ultra-F&class=mb K9N4 Ultra-F (MS-7310)] | ||
| + | | AMD K8 | ||
| + | | NVIDIA MCP55 (?) | ||
| ? | | ? | ||
| + | | AMD Sempron / Athlon™ 64 / X2 | ||
| + | | Socket AM2 | ||
| + | | style="background:red" | NS | ||
| + | | [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813130063 NewEgg] | ||
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| + | | MSI | ||
| + | | [http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?model=K9N_Platinum&class=mb K9N Platinum (MS-7250)] | ||
| + | | AMD K8 | ||
| + | | NVIDIA MCP55 | ||
| ? | | ? | ||
| + | | AMD Athlon™ 64 / FX / X2 | ||
| + | | Socket AM2 | ||
| + | | style="background:yellow" | WIP<sup>3</sup> | ||
| + | | [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813130049 NewEgg] | ||
| + | | [http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.20/+bug/94820 lspci]. [http://www.virtual-hideout.net/articles/AMD_Tech_Tour_2006_Seattle/MSI/06.JPG Socketed BIOS]. | ||
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| + | | [http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=proddesc&prod_no=170&maincat_no=1 K8N Neo3 (MS-7135)] | ||
| + | | AMD K8 | ||
| + | | NVIDIA MCP55 | ||
| + | | Winbond® W83627THF | ||
| + | | AMD Sempron™ / Athlon™ 64 / Turion™ 64 | ||
| + | | Socket 754 | ||
| + | | style="background:yellow" | WIP<sup>8</sup> | ||
| + | | ? | ||
| + | | TODO: lspci. [http://img.zol.com.cn/article/3/485/lizxq2tLtwiU.jpg Socketed BIOS]. | ||
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Revision as of 14:51, 13 October 2007
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Currently LinuxBIOS doesn't support too many desktop/workstation-type mainboards, but we intend to support more of them in the future. This page documents which desktop mainboards are being worked on or are good candidates for future support, where you can buy them etc.
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Supported Desktop Motherboards
Please see the "Desktops / Workstations" section of the list of supported mainboards. You can also have a look at the "Server" section, as the differences between desktop/server are not always very big. The current "flagships" as far as modern, LinuxBIOS-supported desktop mainboards are concerned are probably:
- GIGABYTE GA-M57SLI-S4 (the ROM chip is soldered on, thus it needs a hardware hack; newer revisions use SPI, which is even harder to deal with)
- ASUS A8N-E (socketed PLCC chip)
- MSI MS-7260 a.k.a. K9N Neo (socketed PLCC chip)
Candidate desktop mainboards for support in the future
Mainboards with AMD K8 northbridge and NVIDIA CK804 or NVIDIA MCP55 southbridge, as well as SiS 761GX/966L based systems are good candidates for new mainboards. All or most components are supported already, so adding LinuxBIOS support for such a mainboard should be relatively easy. Please contact us on the mailing list if you intend to work on such a board or if you want to help with testing.
| Vendor | Mainboard | Northbridge | Southbridge | Super I/O | CPU | Socket | Status | Buy | Notes |
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| ASUS | A8N-SLI | AMD K8 | NVIDIA CK804 | ? | AMD Athlon™ 64 / FX / X2 | Socket 939 | NS | — | lspci. Socketed BIOS. |
| ASUS | A8N-SLI Deluxe | AMD K8 | NVIDIA CK804 | ITE IT8712F | AMD Athlon™ 64 / FX / X2 | Socket 939 | NS4 | — | lspci. Socketed BIOS. |
| ASUS | A8N-SLI Premium | AMD K8 | NVIDIA CK804 | ITE IT8712F | AMD Athlon™ 64 / FX / X2 | Socket 939 | NS | NewEgg | lspci. Socketed BIOS. flashrom works. |
| ASUS | A8N-SLI SE | AMD K8 | NVIDIA CK804 | ITE ITxxxx | AMD Athlon™ 64 / FX / X2 | Socket 939 | NS | — | lspci. Socketed BIOS. |
| ASUS | A8NE-FM/S | AMD K8 | NVIDIA CK804 | ASUS A8000 (clone of SMSC DME1737) | AMD Athlon™ 64 / FX / X2 | Socket 939 | WIP5 | — | [TODO: lspci]. Socketed BIOS. |
| ASUS | M2N4-SLI | AMD K8 | NVIDIA CK804 | ITE ITxxxx | AMD Sempron / Athlon™ 64 / FX / X2 | Socket AM2 | NS | NewEgg | lspci. Socketed BIOS. |
| DFI | LANPARTY nF4 SLI-DR | AMD K8 | NVIDIA CK804 | ITE IT8712F | AMD Sempron / Athlon™ 64 / FX / X2 | Socket 939 | NS | ? | ? |
| MSI | K8N Neo4-F (MS-7125) | AMD K8 | NVIDIA CK804 | Winbond™ Wxxxxx | AMD Opteron™ / Athlon™ 64 / FX / X2 | Socket 939 | NS | NewEgg | lspci. Socketed BIOS. |
| AMD K8 + NVIDIA MCP55 | |||||||||
| Abit | KN9S | AMD K8 | NVIDIA MCP55 (?) | ? | AMD Opteron™ / Athlon™ 64 / FX / X2 | Socket AM2 | NS | NewEgg | — |
| Abit | KN9 Ultra | AMD K8 | NVIDIA MCP55 | ? | AMD Sempron / Athlon™ 64 / FX / X2 | Socket AM2 | NS | NewEgg | lspci. Socketed BIOS. No serial port. |
| ASUS | M2N-E | AMD K8 | NVIDIA MCP55 | ? | AMD Sempron / Athlon™ 64 / FX / X2 | Socket AM2 | NS | NewEgg | lspci. Socketed BIOS. |
| ASUS | M2N32-SLI Deluxe/Wireless | AMD K8 | NVIDIA MCP55 | ITE IT8716F (?) | AMD Sempron / Athlon™ 64 / FX / X2 | Socket AM2 | WIP6 | — | lspci. Socketed BIOS. |
| Biostar | TFORCE 550 | AMD K8 | NVIDIA MCP55 (?) | ? | AMD Athlon™ 64 / X2 | Socket AM2 | NS | NewEgg | — |
| MSI | K9N Ultra (MS-7250) | AMD K8 | NVIDIA MCP55 | ? | AMD Sempron / Athlon™ 64 / X2 | Socket AM2 | NS | — | lspci |
| MSI | K9N4 Ultra-F (MS-7310) | AMD K8 | NVIDIA MCP55 (?) | ? | AMD Sempron / Athlon™ 64 / X2 | Socket AM2 | NS | NewEgg | — |
| MSI | K9N Platinum (MS-7250) | AMD K8 | NVIDIA MCP55 | ? | AMD Athlon™ 64 / FX / X2 | Socket AM2 | WIP3 | NewEgg | lspci. Socketed BIOS. |
| MSI | K8N Neo3 (MS-7135) | AMD K8 | NVIDIA MCP55 | Winbond® W83627THF | AMD Sempron™ / Athlon™ 64 / Turion™ 64 | Socket 754 | WIP8 | ? | TODO: lspci. Socketed BIOS. |
| AMD K8 + SiS 761GX/966L | |||||||||
| Elitegroup | 761GXM-M | AMD K8 | SiS® 761GX | SiS® 966L | AMD Athlon™ 64 / FX / X2 | Socket AM2 | NS | ? | ? |
| Foxconn® | 761GXM2MA-KRS2H | AMD K8 | SiS® 761GX | SiS® 966 | AMD Athlon™ 64 / FX / X2 | Socket AM2 | NS | ? | ? |
| Foxconn® | 761GXM2MA-RS2 | AMD K8 | SiS® 761GX | SiS® 966L | AMD Athlon™ 64 / FX / X2 | Socket AM2 | NS | ? | ? |
| GIGABYTE | GA-2761GXDK | AMD K8 | SiS® 761GX | SiS® 966/L | AMD Athlon™ 64 / FX / X2 | Socket AM2 | WIP7 | ? | ? |
| MSI | K9SGM | AMD K8 | SiS® 761GX | SiS® 966/L | AMD Athlon™ 64 / FX / X2 | Socket AM2 | NS | ? | ? |
| Shuttle® | SS21T | AMD K8 | SiS® 761GX | SiS® 966/L | AMD Athlon™ 64 / FX / X2 | Socket AM2 | NS | NewEgg | ? |
3 See http://linuxbios.org/pipermail/linuxbios/2006-November/017322.html.
4 See http://www.openbios.org/pipermail/linuxbios/2006-December/017580.html.
5 See http://www.linuxbios.org/pipermail/linuxbios/2007-July/023029.html.
6 See http://www.linuxbios.org/pipermail/linuxbios/2007-September/024474.html.
7 See http://www.linuxbios.org/pipermail/linuxbios/2007-October/025353.html. The code is not committed, yet.
8 See http://www.linuxbios.org/pipermail/linuxbios/2007-October/025753.html.