[LinuxBIOS] Will it work?

Daniel Hill daniel.hill at orcon.net.nz
Mon Jul 30 20:27:57 CEST 2007


Im just wondering if this is compatible with my computer

AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3200+ (Venice)
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum (PCB 1.0) (MS-7125)
NVIDIA® nForce4 Ultra Chipset  
(http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=proddesc&prod_no=165&maincat_no=1&cat2_no=&cat3_no=) 
for more detail
lspci:
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00:00.0 Memory controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 Memory Controller 
(rev a3)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 ISA Bridge (rev a3)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation CK804 SMBus (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a2)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 AC'97 
Audio Controller (rev a2)
00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 IDE (rev f2)
00:07.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller 
(rev f3)
00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller 
(rev f3)
00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:0a.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 Ethernet Controller (rev a3)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] 
HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] 
Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] 
DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] 
Miscellaneous Control
01:0c.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host 
Controller (rev 80)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8053 PCI-E 
Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)
05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc R430 [Radeon 
X800 XL] (PCIe)
05:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc R430 [Radeon X800 XL] 
(PCIe) Secondary
00:00.0 Memory controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 Memory Controller 
(rev a3)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 ISA Bridge (rev a3)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation CK804 SMBus (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a2)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 AC'97 
Audio Controller (rev a2)
00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 IDE (rev f2)
00:07.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller 
(rev f3)
00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller 
(rev f3)
00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:0a.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 Ethernet Controller (rev a3)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] 
HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] 
Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] 
DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] 
Miscellaneous Control
01:0c.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host 
Controller (rev 80)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8053 PCI-E 
Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)
05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc R430 [Radeon 
X800 XL] (PCIe)
05:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc R430 [Radeon X800 XL] 
(PCIe) Secondary
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PLCC BIOS

Winbond W38627THF

Also wondering if it will work using window x64?
and I assume freeDOS wouldn't work either?




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