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shops, they do this sort of thing (and more advanced things) all day and should be able to help you for around $50 if you bring the needed components (PLCC socket, resistor, wire and switch). Possibly a friendly TV or radio repair shop could help too, but they may not have suitable soldering equipment for the surface mount parts. | shops, they do this sort of thing (and more advanced things) all day and should be able to help you for around $50 if you bring the needed components (PLCC socket, resistor, wire and switch). Possibly a friendly TV or radio repair shop could help too, but they may not have suitable soldering equipment for the surface mount parts. | ||
If you're going to work on this board, you need a backup plan in the event you flash a faulty BIOS image | If you're going to work on this board, you need a backup plan in the event you flash a faulty BIOS image. You have been warned! | ||
Once you put a socket on the board, you will also discover that the [http://www.ioss.com.tw/web/English/RD1BIOSSavior/SelectionChart/PLCCTYPE/RD1PMC4.html RD1-PMC4 BiosSavior] does not work with this motherboard: the RD1's built-in chip seems to be incompatible with the mainboard. This means you will need to hot-swap BIOS chips until you have a working LinuxBIOS chip. Plugging your BIOS chip into the RD1 and switching it to 'ORG' does work though. I have used the BiosSavior to ease hot swapping; it's a lot easier to pull out the BiosSavior and replace the chip plugged into it than to replace the ROM chip on the board. | Once you put a socket on the board, you will also discover that the [http://www.ioss.com.tw/web/English/RD1BIOSSavior/SelectionChart/PLCCTYPE/RD1PMC4.html RD1-PMC4 BiosSavior] does not work with this motherboard: the RD1's built-in chip seems to be incompatible with the mainboard. This means you will need to hot-swap BIOS chips until you have a working LinuxBIOS chip. Plugging your BIOS chip into the RD1 and switching it to 'ORG' does work though. I have used the BiosSavior to ease hot swapping; it's a lot easier to pull out the BiosSavior and replace the chip plugged into it than to replace the ROM chip on the board. | ||
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In the US, FrozenCPU seems to have stock (verified 2007/04). Eksitdata in Sweden also seems to have stock (verified 2007/03). | In the US, FrozenCPU seems to have stock (verified 2007/04). Eksitdata in Sweden also seems to have stock (verified 2007/03). | ||
This board sells for ($104 in the US). With it's current F8 legacy BIOS it requires the '''noapic''' bootparameter with most kernels. [http://www.vectorlinux.com VectorLinux] is a suggested distro since it supports NVIDIA hardware right out of the box (network and video). Vectorlinux autobuilds the LinuxBIOS source tree. You only need to put a bcc binary to /bin which you find in internet. romcc does not build with current vectorlinux, try an older tool chain, but flashrom builds. | |||
This wiki page is maintained by Ward Vandewege (ward at gnu dot org). | This wiki page is maintained by Ward Vandewege (ward at gnu dot org). | ||