[LinuxBIOS] asus A8N-VM CSM

[Ward Vandewege]

On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 11:53:54PM +0200, Uwe Hermann wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 12:32:13PM -0700, Lu, Yinghai wrote:
> > The SuperIO chip is - according to the URL pasted above - an Nvidia
> > nforce
> > 430MCP. The actual chip on the mainboard reads:
> > 
> >   Nvidia
> >   P5080239 0534A2
> >   MCP51-N-A2
> >   GH 9940.1
> 
> Wait, I think this is actually (just) the southbridge, the Super I/O is
> probably another chip. Please check this screenshot:
> http://www.computerbase.de/bild/article/517/8/
> 
> The chip in the lower-right corner should be the Super I/O, which is
> probably a Winbond W83627EHG-A. The manual for the mainboard seems to
> suggest the same, see screenshot on page 65 of this PDF:
> ftp://dlsvr03.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/socket939/A8N-VMCSM/e2294_a8n-vm_csm.pdf

The winbond chip reads:

W83627EHG-A
620T9C261 28760UB

So, yes!

> If this is the case, it's probably easy to get the Super I/O working.
> According to
> http://www.winbond.com/e-winbondhtm/partner/_Computer_SIO_LPCSIO4DS.htm
> the W83627EHG is compatible with the W83627HG which is in turn
> compatible with the W83627HF, which is supported by LinuxBIOS :)

Excellent :)

Thanks,
Ward.
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