<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div id="yiv9920736098"><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 16px;" class="yiv9920736098">Hi guys,</span><div id="yiv9920736098" class="yiv9920736098" style=""><div class="yiv9920736098" style=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;" class="yiv9920736098"><div id="yiv9920736098yui_3_16_0_1_1410366141450_2487" class="yiv9920736098" style=""></div></div></div></div><div id="yiv9920736098yui_3_16_0_8_1410366141450_11" class="yiv9920736098" style=""><span style="font-size:16px;"
id="yiv9920736098yui_3_16_0_1_1410366141450_6203" class="yiv9920736098">I am planning to buy a laptop and want to run coreboot on it. I have basic information regarding the CPU and chipset in these laptops. I will be greatful if someone can let me know
which of these CPU+chipset combo has the potential to be best supported by coreboot:</span></div><div id="yiv9920736098yui_3_16_0_8_1410366141450_11" class="yiv9920736098" style=""><span class="yiv9920736098" style="font-size:16px;" id="yiv9920736098yui_3_16_0_8_1410366141450_50"><br style=""></span></div><div id="yiv9920736098yui_3_16_0_8_1410366141450_11" class="yiv9920736098" style=""><span id="yiv9920736098yui_3_16_0_1_1410366141450_6135" style="font-size:16px;" class="yiv9920736098"><span id="yiv9920736098yui_3_16_0_8_1410366141450_23" class="yiv9920736098" style="">(1) AMD A6 4400M Dual Core 2.7GHz + </span>A70M chipset<br class="yiv9920736098" style=""></span></div><div id="yiv9920736098yui_3_16_0_8_1410366141450_11" class="yiv9920736098" style=""><span id="yiv9920736098yui_3_16_0_1_1410366141450_6134" style="font-size:16px;" class="yiv9920736098">(2) AMD A8 4500M </span><span style="font-size:12pt;" class="yiv9920736098"
id="yiv9920736098yui_3_16_0_8_1410366141450_41">Quad Core</span><span style="font-size:12pt;" id="yiv9920736098yui_3_16_0_1_1410366141450_6684" class="yiv9920736098"> </span>2.1 GHz + A70M chipset</div><div id="yiv9920736098yui_3_16_0_8_1410366141450_11" class="yiv9920736098" style=""><span id="yiv9920736098yui_3_16_0_1_1410366141450_6133" style="font-size:16px;" class="yiv9920736098">(3) <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; line-height: 15px;" id="yiv9920736098yui_3_16_0_1_1410366141450_5979" class="yiv9920736098">AMD A8-5545M Quad Core 1.7 GHz + </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;" id="yiv9920736098yui_3_16_0_8_1410366141450_34" class="yiv9920736098">A76M FCH</span></div><div id="yiv9920736098yui_3_16_0_8_1410366141450_11" class="yiv9920736098" style="">(4) <span style="font-size:12pt;" id="yiv9920736098yui_3_16_0_1_1410366141450_6521" class="yiv9920736098">AMD A6-5200 </span><span
style="font-size:12pt;" class="yiv9920736098" id="yiv9920736098yui_3_16_0_1_1410366141450_6956">Quad Core 2.0 GHz</span><span style="font-size:12pt;" class="yiv9920736098" id="yiv9920736098yui_3_16_0_1_1410366141450_6957"> + A68M chipset</span></div><div id="yiv9920736098yui_3_16_0_8_1410366141450_11" class="yiv9920736098" style=""><span style="font-size:12pt;" class="yiv9920736098" id="yiv9920736098yui_3_16_0_8_1410366141450_38"><br class="yiv9920736098" style=""></span></div><div id="yiv9920736098yui_3_16_0_8_1410366141450_11" class="yiv9920736098" style="">I believe (1) and (2) should be supported but am not 100% sure.</div><div id="yiv9920736098yui_3_16_0_8_1410366141450_11" class="yiv9920736098" style=""><br></div><div id="yiv9920736098yui_3_16_0_8_1410366141450_11" class="yiv9920736098" style="">Is there any possibility of running coreboot on motherboards with newer 6000 series AMD CPUs?</div><div
id="yiv9920736098yui_3_16_0_8_1410366141450_11" class="yiv9920736098" style=""><br id="yiv9920736098yui_3_16_0_1_1410366141450_7862"></div><div id="yiv9920736098yui_3_16_0_8_1410366141450_11" class="yiv9920736098" style="">Thanks in advance,</div><div id="yiv9920736098yui_3_16_0_8_1410366141450_11" class="yiv9920736098" style="">Vick</div></div></div></div></div></body></html>