On Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 12:31:31AM +0100, Harald Gutmann wrote:
Of course this assumes that soldering 0402 resistors is considered
simple, which isn't likely true unless you're good at SMT soldering.
A friend of mine helped me with the soldering, but he said that it is nearly
impossible to
On Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 10:04:43AM -0500, Ward Vandewege wrote:
Actually, if you're interested in SMT soldering, check out this
'101' video:
http://www.curiousinventor.com/guides/Surface_Mount_Soldering/101
There is some very helpful information in there!
Indeed! I definately recommend
On Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 12:31:31AM +0100, Harald Gutmann wrote:
The switch mod can be simplified to use existing pads and no pins
have to be lifted from the flash chips anymore.
1. Remove R509.
2. Populate R89 and R130 with 10k or 100k pull-up 0402 resistors.
3. Solder the switch
Am Sonntag, 2. Dezember 2007 05:48:23 schrieb Peter Stuge:
On Sat, Dec 01, 2007 at 07:46:14PM -0500, Richard Smith wrote:
CS# from the IT8716F is routed up to R509 which is a zero ohm
resistor.
If this resistor is in place then CS is hardwired to CS# on U5
which is the SPI chip that's
On 07.12.2007 20:28, Richard Smith wrote:
Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
fancontrol and cool'n'quite and the powerdown is missing without acpi.
i think there is just no acpi code in the lb part for the m57sli4
flashrom isn't working when lb is booted.
Only
On 05.12.2007 14:00, Harald Gutmann wrote:
Am Mittwoch, 5. Dezember 2007 13:44:53 schrieb ST:
Hi
one of the main big things on that board is the missing ACPI
implementation. the other issues seem to be just little things:
ACPI or in my case fan control is a real showstopper
Am Sonntag, 2. Dezember 2007 16:08:12 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Great work Richard!
In fact what you have found, confirms the theory of one of my cow-workers
that sometimes MB manufacturers ask chip makers to issue custom revisions
for some types of components used in new series of a MB.
Yes, please!
Ok I will try to schedule it to near future.
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Hi all,
Adding ACPI support which should at least do poweroff properly or
deliver power button event is
quite simple. Maybe I can write some howto to wiki?
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On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 02:07:38PM +0100, Rudolf Marek wrote:
Hi all,
Adding ACPI support which should at least do poweroff properly or
deliver power button event is
quite simple. Maybe I can write some howto to wiki?
Yes, please!
Thanks,
Ward.
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On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 02:07:38PM +0100, Rudolf Marek wrote:
Hi all,
Adding ACPI support which should at least do poweroff properly or
deliver power button event is
quite simple. Maybe I can write some howto to wiki?
Please do.
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On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 11:50:35AM +0100, Harald Gutmann wrote:
Am Sonntag, 2. Dezember 2007 16:08:12 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Great work Richard!
In fact what you have found, confirms the theory of one of my cow-workers
that sometimes MB manufacturers ask chip makers to issue custom
Am Mittwoch, 5. Dezember 2007 13:44:53 schrieb ST:
Hi
one of the main big things on that board is the missing ACPI
implementation. the other issues seem to be just little things:
ACPI or in my case fan control is a real showstopper for me. What has to be
done to remedie this problem?
Hi
one of the main big things on that board is the missing ACPI
implementation. the other issues seem to be just little things:
ACPI or in my case fan control is a real showstopper for me. What has to be
done to remedie this problem?
flashrom isn't working when lb is booted.
Only on the newer
Great work Richard!
In fact what you have found, confirms the theory of one of my cow-workers that
sometimes MB manufacturers ask chip makers to issue custom revisions for some
types of components used in new series of a MB. (Of course the specs of these
revisions remain strictly confidential
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Carl-Daniel, I didn't say our datasheetd differ.. What I have said is that I
did physical measurements on my motherboard and what I have measured didn't
match at all the pin-out into the datasheet!! (see my previous posts..)
Maybe this is only a minor hardware issue
On Sat, Dec 01, 2007 at 07:46:14PM -0500, Richard Smith wrote:
CS# from the IT8716F is routed up to R509 which is a zero ohm
resistor.
If this resistor is in place then CS is hardwired to CS# on U5
which is the SPI chip that's loaded. If you pull R509 then the CS#
to both chips are free to
On 23.09.2007 23:16, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Quoting Carl-Daniel Hailfinger [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
OK, I have the 0.2 and 0.3 datasheet of IT8716F and I can't find any
difference in interfaces between the datasheets. Please be more specific
what you think has been replaced (including page
Carl-Daniel, I didn't say our datasheetd differ.. What I have said is that I
did physical measurements on my motherboard and what I have measured didn't
match at all the pin-out into the datasheet!! (see my previous posts..)
Maybe this is only a minor hardware issue and it doesn't impact the
Hi Florentin,
On 24.09.2007 17:12, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Carl-Daniel, I didn't say our datasheetd differ.. What I have said is that I
did physical measurements on my motherboard and what I have measured didn't
match at all the pin-out into the datasheet!! (see my previous posts..)
I'm
On 03.09.2007 11:04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Quoting Peter Stuge [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
I have a little question : does someone have a more up-to-date
version of the DS of the it8716 chip? It seems to me that the
version that can be currently downloaded on the ite website doesn't
match at all
On 02.09.2007 16:25, Ward Vandewege wrote:
On Sat, Sep 01, 2007 at 09:30:54PM +0200, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
On 01.09.2007 19:57, Peter Stuge wrote:
Once we figure out the hardware, it will still be neccessary to
reboot into DOS/Windows to flash either chip. :(
SPI detection/flashing
On 02.09.2007 16:39, Ward Vandewege wrote:
On Sat, Sep 01, 2007 at 09:30:54PM +0200, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
On 01.09.2007 19:57, Peter Stuge wrote:
Once we figure out the hardware, it will still be neccessary to
reboot into DOS/Windows to flash either chip. :(
SPI detection/flashing
On 12.09.2007 02:52, Peter Stuge wrote:
On Wed, Sep 12, 2007 at 03:11:19AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Now I will try to add support for SPI flash and ITE8716 superio in
flashrom (I have never done that before, it will be hard for
me!..). Btw, is someone else working with this board at
Some random things I noticed, not all of them critical or related to your
issue at hand:
PCI: 00:18.0 init
PCI: 00:01.0 init
set power on after power fail
RTC Init
Invalid CMOS LB checksum
I wonder why, but probably not critical.
PNP: 002e.1 init
PNP: 002e.4 init
FAN_CTL: reg = 0x02a9,
I use Chemtronics Chem-Wik Desoldering Braid. It seems to work really
well. It sucks up all the solder so the pads are left pretty much
bare:-)
Thanks - Joe
Quoting Peter Stuge [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On Mon, Sep 10, 2007 at 12:03:37PM +0530, jtd wrote:
I think lifting a corner pin should be
On Tue, Sep 11, 2007 at 05:47:53AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I use Chemtronics Chem-Wik Desoldering Braid. It seems to work
really well. It sucks up all the solder so the pads are left pretty
much bare:-)
Yeah - braid is good! Sometimes there can still be a very small
amount of solder
On Wed, Sep 12, 2007 at 03:11:19AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Finaly a little victory with the SPI version of the GA-M57SLI-S4
board..
It works!!!
Great to hear. Glad you can confirm they didn't do too much to change
it.
But some issues remain:
-1) no support in flashrom for spi
On Monday 10 September 2007 03:54, Peter Stuge wrote:
On Sun, Sep 02, 2007 at 08:13:24PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
* what Q4-1, Q5-1, R99-1 and R102-2 connects to on U5, if
anything.
Q4-1 - U9-CS#
Q5-1 - U5-CS#
On Sun, Sep 09, 2007 at 11:14:40PM +0200, todthgie wrote:
1.
On Mon, Sep 10, 2007 at 12:03:37PM +0530, jtd wrote:
I think lifting a corner pin should be doable for pretty much
anyone with a little soldering experience but if you can find a 0
ohm that's great! :)
A nice method of desoldering soic pins is to use a 26 swg enamelled
copper wire. Pass
Quoting ST [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
But well i don't have a new board and i don't know SPI stuff. But you should
try to measure all the pins i used for my stuff. Probably there is a
connection... or the CS# of both SPI chips is connected to different pins of
the SuperIO?
No, the second SPI CS#
Hi
Mh, i don't know anything about SPI, but i think if they also have
#init pins it should work.
They don't.
Not good.
If i remember correctly on my v1.0 M57SLI-S4 there have been SPI pins within
the PLCC connectors. These pins where not connected to any of the open
presumably SPI pins.
how about #HOLD ?
- Original Message -
From: Peter Stuge [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: linuxbios@linuxbios.org
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 19:55
Subject: Re: [LinuxBIOS] different versions of the GA-M57SLI-S4 (PLCC vs
SPI)
On Wed, Sep 05, 2007 at 03:20:08PM +0200, ST wrote
On Fri, Sep 07, 2007 at 09:17:14PM +0200, todthgie wrote:
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From: Peter Stuge [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: linuxbios@linuxbios.org
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 19:55
The only signal we can work with is CS#
how about #HOLD ?
It's not good enough on it's own.
Hi
Is the modification now wrong?
ST, can you chime in here?
Mh, i don't know anything about SPI, but i think if they also have #init pins
it should work.
Just my 2ct
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On Wed, Sep 05, 2007 at 03:20:08PM +0200, ST wrote:
Is the modification now wrong?
ST, can you chime in here?
Mh, i don't know anything about SPI, but i think if they also have
#init pins it should work.
They don't.
The only signal we can work with is CS# which is connected directly
to
On Wed, Sep 05, 2007 at 07:55:59PM +0200, Peter Stuge wrote:
I'd lift the pin.
What resistance is there between U5-CS# and U5-VCC ?
What resistance is there between U9-CS# and U9-VCC ?
Thanks.
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Quoting Peter Stuge [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On Wed, Sep 05, 2007 at 07:55:59PM +0200, Peter Stuge wrote:
I'd lift the pin.
What resistance is there between U5-CS# and U5-VCC ?
8 kohm
What resistance is there between U9-CS# and U9-VCC ?
infinity
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Quoting Peter Stuge [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
super_io-pad61 - spi_chip-pad1 (nCS)
Is this a 0 ohm connection?
I think so.. (at least my multimeter in bip-bip mode shouts loud when I connect
the 2 pads ;-) = that means 5ohms in general..)
I have a little question : does someone have a more
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb:
via. (btw, as a joke, has someone here a good friend which is tooth physician
or
radiologist to do a X-ray radiography of this board? ;-) )
OT : reverse engineering a 4+ layer pcb with a 2D X-ray may still be
tricky. I wonder how it is being done professionally ?
8
On Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 10:44:35PM +0200, Quux wrote:
OT : reverse engineering a 4+ layer pcb with a 2D X-ray may still
be tricky. I wonder how it is being done professionally ?
Probably not at all. For testing the board is just put on a bed of
nails..
8 pin SOIC socket ar ~ ?30 compared
On Sat, Sep 01, 2007 at 07:57:18PM +0200, Peter Stuge wrote:
Is the modification now wrong?
ST, can you chime in here?
Hard to tell without testing. I could give it a go if I had a board.
But, someone please send a high-res photo of this part of the board:
Quoting Peter Stuge [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On Sat, Sep 01, 2007 at 10:13:21PM +0200, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
SPI detection/flashing support is on my list.
Is the SPI flash connected to the sio on the m57sli?
No idea.
So we should find out.
Ward - do you have a continuity
On Sat, Sep 01, 2007 at 11:08:16PM +0200, Peter Stuge wrote:
On Sat, Sep 01, 2007 at 10:13:21PM +0200, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
SPI detection/flashing support is on my list.
Is the SPI flash connected to the sio on the m57sli?
No idea.
So we should find out.
Ward - do
On Sat, Sep 01, 2007 at 09:30:54PM +0200, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
On 01.09.2007 19:57, Peter Stuge wrote:
Once we figure out the hardware, it will still be neccessary to
reboot into DOS/Windows to flash either chip. :(
SPI detection/flashing support is on my list. However, it
On Sat, Sep 01, 2007 at 09:30:54PM +0200, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
On 01.09.2007 19:57, Peter Stuge wrote:
Once we figure out the hardware, it will still be neccessary to
reboot into DOS/Windows to flash either chip. :(
SPI detection/flashing support is on my list. However, it
again me ;)
also when probing the 25 pad (SCK) of SIO with the scope, there doesn't seem to
be electrical activity on this node (it stays tied @ 5V all the time..)
also I have given an erroneous measure in my previous mail: the frequency of the
spi clock is 16 MHz and not 25..
Florentin
Quoting
Hey!
On Sun, Sep 02, 2007 at 10:11:08AM -0400, Ward Vandewege wrote:
Ward - do you have a continuity tester?
I have a multimeter.
Great!
Could you see if the SPI
flash chip is connected to the Super IO?
They are about 5 or 6 cm apart.
It's not really possible to tell from visual
Quoting Peter Stuge [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
For 2 I need to put some labels on a super io photo, so let's start
with 1. For the first iteration, please check:
* which signals are connected straight across between U5 and U9. (I
suspect SI, SCLK, HOLD#, VCC, GND, WP# and maybe also SO are all
- Original Message -
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: linuxbios@linuxbios.org
Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2007 20:13
Subject: Re: [LinuxBIOS] different versions of the GA-M57SLI-S4 (PLCC vs
SPI)
Quoting Peter Stuge [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
For 2 I need to put some labels on a super io photo
Hmmm.. interesting findings I made!..
First of all I have to apologize because I have given some erroneous information
in my previous posts..
Here we go:
Quoting Peter Stuge [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Could you see if the SPI
flash chip is connected to the Super IO?
They are about 5 or 6 cm
On Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 01:43:27AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Quoting Peter Stuge [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Could you see if the SPI
flash chip is connected to the Super IO?
They are about 5 or 6 cm apart.
It's not really possible to tell from visual inspection. Maybe
with some
On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 08:09:20AM -0400, Ward Vandewege wrote:
On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 12:35:47PM +0100, Chris Lingard wrote:
They say the socket that I got is wrong, (PLCC32).
Will the SST 49LF040 be wrong too.
Most likely if your board is not plcc.
Yes - then neither socket nor
On 01.09.2007 19:57, Peter Stuge wrote:
Once we figure out the hardware, it will still be neccessary to
reboot into DOS/Windows to flash either chip. :(
SPI detection/flashing support is on my list. However, it won't get done
in the next 3 weeks because I'm getting married next week and will
On Sat, Sep 01, 2007 at 09:30:54PM +0200, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
Once we figure out the hardware, it will still be neccessary to
reboot into DOS/Windows to flash either chip. :(
SPI detection/flashing support is on my list.
Is the SPI flash connected to the sio on the m57sli?
On 01.09.2007 21:50, Peter Stuge wrote:
On Sat, Sep 01, 2007 at 09:30:54PM +0200, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
Once we figure out the hardware, it will still be neccessary to
reboot into DOS/Windows to flash either chip. :(
SPI detection/flashing support is on my list.
Is the SPI flash
On Sat, Sep 01, 2007 at 10:13:21PM +0200, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
SPI detection/flashing support is on my list.
Is the SPI flash connected to the sio on the m57sli?
No idea.
So we should find out.
Ward - do you have a continuity tester? Could you see if the SPI
flash chip is
Hi Chris,
On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 12:35:47PM +0100, Chris Lingard wrote:
Same problem here, my M57SLI has been at the computer shop for over one
week awaiting the modification.
They say the socket that I got is wrong, (PLCC32).
Will the SST 49LF040 be wrong too.
Most likely if your
Ward Vandewege wrote:
Hi Chris,
On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 12:35:47PM +0100, Chris Lingard wrote:
Same problem here, my M57SLI has been at the computer shop for over one
week awaiting the modification.
They say the socket that I got is wrong, (PLCC32).
Will the SST 49LF040 be wrong too.
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