diff --git a/site/docs/hardware/t1650.md b/site/docs/hardware/t1650.md index 8701f11..7e8afb0 100644 --- a/site/docs/hardware/t1650.md +++ b/site/docs/hardware/t1650.md @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ This platform uses an Intel Flash Descriptor, and defines an Intel GbE NVM region. As such, release/build ROMs will contain the same MAC address. To change the MAC address, please read [nvmutil documentation](../install/nvmutil.md). -WARNING about GPU compatibility +WARNING about CPU/GPU compatibility ------------------------------- At the time of testing this board, I didn't have a CPU with graphics built in, @@ -105,6 +105,13 @@ into it. You can find a list here: +**NOT ALL CPUs support ECC memory. You must use one that supports it, if you +want to have the ECC feature, or else it won't work. ECC allows for error +correction, mitigating certain defects that develop over time in the RAM (it +will not account for all defects, and memory always needs to be replaced +eventually) - with ECC RAM, this machine is more suitable to applications where +data integrity matters.** + Because of this, Libreboot currently only provides ROM images where SeaBIOS is the first payload, and SeaBIOS is relied upon the execute the VGA ROM that's stored on the graphics card. However, coreboot's libgfxinit is also enabled, @@ -146,7 +153,7 @@ You *could* laboriously switch clips, but I flash lots of machines all the time so I did *this* (don't try this at home - I wasn't at home when I tried it): -![Do not try this at home](https://av.libreboot.org/t1650/rpi_two_clips.jpg) +Do not try this at home I just use one and insulate the other one that I'm not using. If the wires are short enough, induction won't be a problem, but these are highspeed signals. You @@ -156,32 +163,32 @@ The side cover comes off easily, and you can find the flash ICs next to the RAM. Here's the SOIC8 IC being flashed: -![SOIC8 flash IC on T1650](https://av.libreboot.org/t1650/t1650_soic8.jpg) +SOIC8 flash IC on T1650 and here is the SOIC16 IC being flashed: -![SOIC16 flash IC on T1650](https://av.libreboot.org/t1650/t1650_soic16.jpg) +SOIC16 flash IC on T1650 Here is SeaBIOS after a successful boot attempt: -![SeaBIOS on T1650](https://av.libreboot.org/t1650/t1650_seabios.jpg) +SeaBIOS on T1650 Here is GRUB: -![GRUB on T1650](https://av.libreboot.org/t1650/t1650_grub.jpg) +GRUB on T1650 MemTest86+: -![MemTest86+ on T1650](https://av.libreboot.org/t1650/t1650_memtest86plus.jpg) +MemTest86+ on T1650 The Debian installer: -![Debian installation](https://av.libreboot.org/t1650/t1650_debian_installer.jpg) +Debian installation and here is Mozilla Firefox in Debian booted on T1650, showing the Libreboot flashing instructions [in Chinese](../install/spi.zh-cn.md): -![Libreboot flashing instructions](https://av.libreboot.org/t1650/t1650_libreboot_website.jpg) +Libreboot flashing instructions Other aspects of the machine are not much to write home about. It's a standard desktop PC form factor, and you can just run whatever you want on it.