1) I updated the BIOS to NL94510J.86A.0033.2008.0807.1932. This is the most
recent BIOS available from Intel to this board. The old BIOS was
NL94510J.86A.0017.2007.0828.1137. Accordingly to the flash utility, I cannot
use a BIOS update with different prefix (NL94510J.86A).
2) Following another post I disabled APM. With version 4.3 (OpenBSD), it
worked, but the system become unstable and I lose connectivity with remote
SSH sessions. With version 4.4 (OpenBSD) the system hangs at "mtrr: Pentium
Pro MTRR Support".
3) Then I tried to disable ACPI. With version 4.3 the system hangs at "npx0
at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using exception 16". With version
4.4 (OpenBSD) the system hangs when I activate the second NIC (up, dhcp or
IP address).
4) Then I installed version 4.4 on a different hardware with the 3 NIC (3Com
3c905B 100Base-TX, DLink DFE-520TX, plus the on-board NIC with Realket
chipset). The system works with no problem. So, I realize the problem is
with the motherboard. But where?
5) A page
(http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb/CS-008326.htm) from
Intel say that there is support for Linux.
What does "RTC BIOS diagnostic error 80<clock_battery>" mean? Any clues?
The best option is to ask the dealer to replace the board for another wich
supports Linux. Is that right? Or, is there another solution?
Rgds
Marcello
OpenBSD 4.4 (GENERIC) #1021: Tue Aug 12 17:16:55 MDT 2008
dera...@i386.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC
RTC BIOS diagnostic error 80<clock_battery>
cpu0: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 430 @ 1.80GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 1.80
GHz
cpu0:
FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,TM,SBF,SSE3,MWAIT,DS-CPL,TM2,CX16,xTPR
real mem = 1062412288 (1013MB)
avail mem = 1018851328 (971MB)
RTC BIOS diagnostic error 80<clock_battery>
mainbus0 at root
bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+ BIOS, date 08/07/08, SMBIOS rev. 2.4 @ 0xe44d0
(28 entries)
bios0: vendor Intel Corp. version "NL94510J.86A.0033.2008.0807.1932" date
08/07/2008
bios0: Intel Corporation D945GCNL
apm0 at bios0: Power Management spec V1.2
apm0: AC on, battery charge unknown, estimated 0:00 hours
acpi at bios0 function 0x0 not configured
pcibios at bios0 function 0x1a not configured
bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0xae00!
cpu0 at mainbus0
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (no bios)
pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82945G Host" rev 0x02
vga1 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "Intel 82945G Video" rev 0x02
wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
agp0 at vga1: aperture at 0x40000000, size 0x10000000
drm at vga1 unsupported
azalia0 at pci0 dev 27 function 0 "Intel 82801GB HD Audio" rev 0x01: irq 9
azalia0: codec[s]: Realtek/0x0888
audio0 at azalia0
ppb0 at pci0 dev 28 function 0 "Intel 82801GB PCIE" rev 0x01
pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
ppb1 at pci0 dev 28 function 1 "Intel 82801GB PCIE" rev 0x01
pci2 at ppb1 bus 2
re0 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 "Realtek 8168" rev 0x01: RTL8168 2 (0x3800),
irq 10, address 00:1c:c0:7b:06:d9
rgephy0 at re0 phy 7: RTL8169S/8110S PHY, rev. 2
ppb2 at pci0 dev 28 function 2 "Intel 82801GB PCIE" rev 0x01
pci3 at ppb2 bus 3
ppb3 at pci0 dev 28 function 3 "Intel 82801GB PCIE" rev 0x01
pci4 at ppb3 bus 4
uhci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 0 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x01: irq 11
uhci1 at pci0 dev 29 function 1 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x01: irq 9
uhci2 at pci0 dev 29 function 2 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x01: irq 10
uhci3 at pci0 dev 29 function 3 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x01: irq 11
ehci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 7 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x01: irq 11
usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0
uhub0 at usb0 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1
ppb4 at pci0 dev 30 function 0 "Intel 82801BA Hub-to-PCI" rev 0xe1
pci5 at ppb4 bus 5
xl0 at pci5 dev 4 function 0 "3Com 3c905B 100Base-TX" rev 0x24: irq 11,
address 00:10:4b:6c:69:53
exphy0 at xl0 phy 24: 3Com internal media interface
vr0 at pci5 dev 5 function 0 "VIA VT6105 RhineIII" rev 0x8b: irq 11, address
00:21:91:52:ac:df
ukphy0 at vr0 phy 1: Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface, rev. 9: OUI
0x004063, model 0x0034
ichpcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 "Intel 82801GB LPC" rev 0x01: PM disabled
pciide0 at pci0 dev 31 function 1 "Intel 82801GB IDE" rev 0x01: DMA, channel
0 configured to compatibility, channel 1 configured to compatibility
pciide0: channel 0 disabled (no drives)
pciide0: channel 1 ignored (disabled)
pciide1 at pci0 dev 31 function 2 "Intel 82801GB SATA" rev 0x01: DMA,
channel 0 configured to native-PCI, channel 1 configured to native-PCI
pciide1: using irq 9 for native-PCI interrupt
wd0 at pciide1 channel 0 drive 0: <SAMSUNG HD161HJ>
wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 152627MB, 312581808 sectors
wd0(pciide1:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5
atapiscsi0 at pciide1 channel 1 drive 0
scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets, initiator 7
cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <HL-DT-ST, DVDRAM GH20NS15, IL00> ATAPI
5/cdrom removable
cd0(pciide1:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5
ichiic0 at pci0 dev 31 function 3 "Intel 82801GB SMBus" rev 0x01: irq 9
iic0 at ichiic0
spdmem0 at iic0 addr 0x50: 1GB DDR2 SDRAM non-parity PC2-5300CL5
usb1 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0
uhub1 at usb1 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
usb2 at uhci1: USB revision 1.0
uhub2 at usb2 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
usb3 at uhci2: USB revision 1.0
uhub3 at usb3 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
usb4 at uhci3: USB revision 1.0
uhub4 at usb4 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
isa0 at ichpcib0
isadma0 at isa0
com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5
pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0
pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
midi0 at pcppi0: <PC speaker>
spkr0 at pcppi0
lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378/4 irq 7
npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using exception 16
biomask ff6d netmask ff6d ttymask ffff
mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support
softraid0 at root
root on wd0a swap on wd0b dump on wd0b
WARNING: / was not properly unmounted
