[coreboot] Re: ASUS AM1I-A and AM1M-A, ECC

2019-09-26 Thread Matt B
Hello, Kyösti Mälkki said, > ECC signals between DIMM sockets and AM3 are not routed in AM1I-A > boardview files I found, while they are in AM1M-A boardview. > Are you able to link to these boardviews? If ECC will not work on the AM1I-A but is known to work on the AM1M-A, and the boards are very

[coreboot] Re: ASUS AM1I-A and AM1M-A, ECC

2019-09-26 Thread Alberto Bursi
Unbuffered and/or NOT registered. The buffered/registered is cheaper on ebay, and also higher density (up to 32GB or 64GB per DDR3 DIMM) so it could look like a bargain but it isn't. It's cheaper because you can't use it on most consumer hardware. AMD hardware that supports buffered and/or Regi

[coreboot] Re: ASUS AM1I-A and AM1M-A, ECC

2019-09-25 Thread Kyösti Mälkki
On Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at 4:34 AM Matt B wrote: > > Hello, > > This might be a dumb question, but not having a manual to go off of, would > the ECC ram have to be buffered or unbuffered? (if it can be made to work > with the AM1I-A at all) Any other important specifications? > > I bought a AM1I-A

[coreboot] Re: ASUS AM1I-A and AM1M-A, ECC

2019-09-25 Thread Matt B
Hello, This might be a dumb question, but not having a manual to go off of, would the ECC ram have to be buffered or unbuffered? (if it can be made to work with the AM1I-A at all) Any other important specifications? I bought a AM1I-A (I've had my eye on a good deal on ebay) and it should be here

[coreboot] Re: ASUS AM1I-A and AM1M-A, ECC

2019-09-23 Thread Matt B
Hello, That has short but very informative indeed. Thank you. :) Even if the pinout is the same, is it possible that some connections have been left disconnected or components unpopulated on the board, which would prevent ECC from working? As a more general porting question, what steps should be

[coreboot] Re: ASUS AM1I-A and AM1M-A, ECC

2019-09-23 Thread Kyösti Mälkki
On Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 6:51 PM Matt B wrote: > > Greetings, > > The AM1I-A [1] is supported by Coreboot, while the AM1M-A [2] is not. The > latter seems to be a larger version of the first, with more expansion options. > > For the smaller 'I' not much is stated in the manual [3] except to check