Desktops

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.

Color Legend Motherboard has not been started. Motherboard is work in progress.

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)
• ASUS A8V-E SE (socketed PLCC chip)

Candidate desktop mainboards for support in the future

Mainboards with

• AMD K8 + NVIDIA CK804,
• AMD K8 + NVIDIA MCP55,
• AMD K8 + SiS 761GX/966(L),
• AMD K8 + VIA K8T890 / VT8237R, or
• VIA CN700 / VT8237R (WIP)

chipsets 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
AMD K8 + NVIDIA CK804
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 (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	?	Socketed BIOS (confirmed in IRC).
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.
MSI	K8N Neo3 (MS-7135)	AMD K8	NVIDIA CK804	Winbond® W83627THF	AMD Sempron™ / Athlon™ 64 / Turion™ 64	Socket 754	WIP9	?	May not always have socketed ROM.
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.
AMD K8 + SiS 761GX / 966(L)
Elitegroup	761GXM-M	AMD K8	SiS® 761GX/966(L)	?	AMD Athlon™ 64 / FX / X2	Socket AM2	NS	?	?
Foxconn®	761GXM2MA-KRS2H	AMD K8	SiS® 761GX/966(L)	?	AMD Athlon™ 64 / FX / X2	Socket AM2	NS	?	?
Foxconn®	761GXM2MA-RS2	AMD K8	SiS® 761GX/966(L)	?	AMD Athlon™ 64 / FX / X2	Socket AM2	NS	?	?
MSI	K9SGM	AMD K8	SiS® 761GX/966(L)	?	AMD Athlon™ 64 / FX / X2	Socket AM2	NS	?	?
Shuttle®	SS21T	AMD K8	SiS® 761GX/966(L)	?	AMD Athlon™ 64 / FX / X2	Socket AM2	NS	NewEgg	?
AMD K8 + VIA K8T890(CE) / VT8237R
Abit	AX8	AMD K8	VIA K8T890/VT8237	Winbond® ...	AMD Athlon™ 64 / FX	Socket 939	NS	?	lspci. Socketed PLCC.
Abit	AX8 v2.0	AMD K8	VIA K8T890/VT8237R	?	AMD Athlon™ 64 / FX / X2	Socket 939	NS	?	?
Abit	AX8-3rd Eye	AMD K8	VIA K8T890/VT8237R	?	AMD Athlon™ 64 / FX	Socket 939	NS	?	?
Abit	AX8-V	AMD K8	VIA K8T890/VT8237R	?	AMD Athlon™ 64 / FX	Socket 939	NS	?	?
Albatron	K8X890 Pro	AMD K8	VIA K8T890/VT8237R	?	AMD Athlon™ 64 / FX	Socket 939	NS	?	?
Albatron	K8X890 Pro II	AMD K8	VIA K8T890/VT8237R	?	AMD Athlon™ 64 / FX	Socket 939	NS	?	?
ASUS	A8V-E Deluxe	AMD K8	VIA K8T890/VT8237R	?	AMD Athlon™ 64 / FX	Socket 939	NS	?	?
ASUS	M2V	AMD K8	VIA K8T890/VT8237A	?	AMD Sempron / Athlon™ 64 / FX / X2	Socket AM2	NS	NewEgg	?
ASUS	M2V-X	AMD K8	VIA K8T890/VT8237A	?	AMD Sempron / Athlon™ 64 / FX / X2	Socket AM2	NS	?	?
Elitegroup	K8T890-A754	AMD K8	VIA K8T890/VT8237R+	?	AMD Sempron / Athlon™ 64	Socket 754	NS	?	?
Elitegroup	K8T890-A	AMD K8	VIA K8T890/VT8237R	?	AMD Athlon™ 64 / FX / X2	Socket 939	NS	NewEgg	?
EPoX	EP-9HEAI	AMD K8	VIA K8T890/VT8237R	?	AMD Athlon™ 64 / FX	Socket 939	NS	?	?
Jetway	939Turbo-G-EC	AMD K8	VIA K8T890CE/VT8237R(?)	?	AMD Athlon™ 64 / FX / X2 (?)	Socket 939	NS	?	?

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.
⁹ See http://www.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2008-February/031102.html.