Gigabyte m57sli Vendor Cooperation Score - Revision history

Uwe at 00:55, 11 December 2008

2008-12-11T00:55:16Z

Ward: /* Availability */

2008-10-06T16:48:45Z

‎Availability

Ward: /* Availability */

2008-10-06T16:42:04Z

‎Availability

Stuge: Change availability to mention product is EOL

2008-09-12T03:54:35Z

Change availability to mention product is EOL

Ward at 18:04, 21 August 2008

2008-08-21T18:04:32Z

Ward: /* Vendor Cooperation Score */

2008-08-21T17:00:40Z

‎Vendor Cooperation Score

Ward: initial evaluation

2008-08-21T16:57:55Z

initial evaluation

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== Availability ==

[http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=2539 Gigabyte M57SLI] is [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128014 widely available] as of August 2008.

== Vendor Cooperation Score ==

{| border="0" style="font-size: smaller"
|- bgcolor="#6699ff"
! align="left" | Item
! align="left" | Points
! align="left" | Max
! align="left" | Rating

|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| '''[[#Documentation]]'''
| style="background:lime" | 49
| 80
| [[Image:two-hares.png]]

|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| '''[[#Hackability]]'''
| style="background:yellow" | 1
| 24
| [[Image:one-hare.png]]

|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| '''[[#Example and support code]]'''
| style="background:yellow" | 0
| 10
| [[Image:zero-hares.png]]

|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| '''Total'''
| style="background:lime" | 50
| 114
| [[Image:three-hares.png]]
|}

== Documentation ==

Score: 49/80

{| border="0" style="font-size: smaller"
|- bgcolor="#6699ff"
! align="left" | Item
! align="left" | Availability
! align="left" | Points

|- bgcolor="#6699ff"
| colspan="3" | '''CPU (AMD Athlon 64 X2/AMD Athlon 64 FX/AMD Athlon 64)'''

|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| '''Datasheet / register set'''
| Freely available [http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/white_papers_and_tech_docs/44109.pdf] [http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/white_papers_and_tech_docs/33425.pdf] [http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/white_papers_and_tech_docs/30431.pdf]
| style="background:lime" | 10

|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| '''BIOS programming guide'''
| Freely available [http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/white_papers_and_tech_docs/31116.PDF] [http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/white_papers_and_tech_docs/32559.pdf]
| style="background:lime" | 10

|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| '''Errata'''
| Freely available [http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/white_papers_and_tech_docs/41788.pdf] [http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/white_papers_and_tech_docs/33610.pdf] [http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/white_papers_and_tech_docs/25759.pdf]
| style="background:lime" | 10

|- bgcolor="#6699ff"
| colspan="3" | '''Chipset (Nvidia nForce 570-SLI)'''

|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| '''Datasheet / register set'''
| NDA allowing GPL'd code
| style="background:yellow" | 3

|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| '''BIOS programming guide'''
| NDA allowing GPL'd code
| style="background:yellow" | 3

|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| '''Errata'''
| NDA allowing GPL'd code
| style="background:yellow" | 3

|- bgcolor="#6699ff"
| colspan="3" | '''Super I/O (ITE IT8716)'''

|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| '''Datasheet / register set'''
| Freely available [http://www.ite.com.tw/product_info/file/pc/IT8716F_V0.3.zip]
| style="background:lime" | 10

|- bgcolor="#6699ff"
| colspan="3" | '''Mainboard'''

|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| '''Schematics'''
| Documentation is not available or the NDA does not allow release of code.
| style="background:yellow" | 0

|}

== Hackability ==

Score: 1/24. Soldering required to recover from a bad flash.

{| border="0" style="font-size: smaller"
|- bgcolor="#6699ff"
! align="left" | Item
! align="left" | Status
! align="left" | Points

|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| '''Rom chip'''
| Soldered with space on the board for a secondary rom chip (pads unpopulated).
| style="background:yellow" | 1

|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
| '''LPC header'''
| No
| style="background:yellow" | 0

|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| '''JTAG header'''
| No
| style="background:yellow" | 0

|}

== Example and support code ==

{| border="0" style="font-size: smaller"
|- bgcolor="#6699ff"
! align="left" | Item
! align="left" | Status
! align="left" | Points

|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| '''Example and support code'''
| Code is not available or the NDA does now allow release of code.
| style="background:yellow" | 0
|}

== Background on our rating system ==

See the [http://www.coreboot.org/Rating_System Rating System] page for more information.

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 == Availability ==
-[http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=2539 Gigabyte M57SLI] has gone out of production as of September 2008. As of early October 2008, it's no longer available from [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128014 one major distributor], but may still be available from others.
+[http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=2539 Gigabyte M57SLI] has gone out of production as of September 2008. As of early October 2008, it's no longer available from [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128014 one major distributor], but may still be available [http://www.google.com/products?q=m57sli&btnG=Search+Products&hl=en from other sources].
 == Vendor Cooperation Score ==

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 == Availability ==
-[http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=2539 Gigabyte M57SLI] has gone out of production as of September 2008, but [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128014 may still be available] from some distributors.
+[http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=2539 Gigabyte M57SLI] has gone out of production as of September 2008. As of early October 2008, it's no longer available from [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128014 one major distributor], but may still be available from others.
 == Vendor Cooperation Score ==

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 == Availability ==
-[http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=2539 Gigabyte M57SLI] has gone out of production as of September 2008. As of early October 2008, it's no longer available from [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128014 one major distributor], but may still be available [http://www.google.com/products?q=m57sli&btnG=Search+Products&hl=en from other sources].
+The [http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=2539 Gigabyte GA-M57SLI-G4] has gone out of production as of September 2008. As of early October 2008, it's no longer available from [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128014 one major distributor], but may still be available [http://www.google.com/products?q=m57sli&btnG=Search+Products&hl=en from other sources].
 == Vendor Cooperation Score ==
@@ Line 17: / Line 17: @@
 | 80
 | [[Image:four-hares.png]]
 |- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
 | '''[[#Hackability]]'''
@@ Line 23: / Line 22: @@
 | 24
 | [[Image:one-hare.png]]
 |- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
 | '''[[#Example and support code]]'''
@@ Line 29: / Line 27: @@
 | 10
 | [[Image:zero-hares.png]]
 |- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
 | '''Total'''
@@ Line 54: / Line 51: @@
 | Freely available [http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/white_papers_and_tech_docs/44109.pdf] [http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/white_papers_and_tech_docs/33425.pdf] [http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/white_papers_and_tech_docs/30431.pdf]
 | style="background:lime" | 10
 |- bgcolor="#dddddd"
 | '''BIOS programming guide'''
 | Freely available [http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/white_papers_and_tech_docs/31116.PDF] [http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/white_papers_and_tech_docs/32559.pdf] [http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/white_papers_and_tech_docs/26094.PDF]
 | style="background:lime" | 10
 |- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
 | '''Errata'''
@@ Line 66: / Line 61: @@
 |- bgcolor="#6699ff"
-| colspan="3" | '''Chipset (Nvidia nForce 570-SLI)'''
+| colspan="3" | '''Chipset (NVIDIA nForce 570-SLI a.k.a. MCP55)'''
 |- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
@@ Line 72: / Line 67: @@
 | NDA allowing GPL'd code
 | style="background:yellow" | 3
 |- bgcolor="#dddddd"
 | '''BIOS programming guide'''
 | NDA allowing GPL'd code
 | style="background:yellow" | 3
 |- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
 | '''Errata'''
@@ Line 84: / Line 77: @@
 |- bgcolor="#6699ff"
-| colspan="3" | '''Super I/O (ITE IT8716)'''
+| colspan="3" | '''Super I/O (ITE IT8716F)'''
 |- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
@@ Line 112: / Line 105: @@
 |- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
-| '''Rom chip'''
+| '''ROM chip'''
-| Soldered with space on the board for a secondary rom chip (pads unpopulated).
+| Soldered with space on the board for a secondary ROM chip (pads unpopulated).
 | style="background:yellow" | 1
 |- bgcolor="#dddddd"
 | '''LPC header'''
 | No
 | style="background:yellow" | 0
 |- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
 | '''JTAG header'''
@@ Line 141: / Line 132: @@
 | style="background:yellow" | 0
 |}
 == Background on our rating system ==
-See the [http://www.coreboot.org/Rating_System Rating System] page for more information.
+See the [[Rating System]] page for more information.

@@ Line 16: / Line 16: @@
 | style="background:lime" | 49
 | 80
-| [[Image:two-hares.png]]
+| [[Image:four-hares.png]]
 |- bgcolor="#eeeeee"