3.7 KiB
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Without coreboot/libreboot this board is completely useless, since the vendor bios is very bad. It cannot boot from any HDD whether it is connected to the SATA port or USB. With libreboot it works just fine.
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The vendor bios write protects the flash so it requires external flashing to install libreboot on this device. Once libreboot is flashed there is no problem to update the firmware internally
Here is an image of the board:
Here is an image of the D945GCLF2 board:
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And SPI SOIC8 flash chip
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How to replace thermal paste and fan
This board comes with very crappy disposable loud fan, that one has no
bearings, which can not be repaired or oiled properly, do not waste your
time trying to fix it, just buy one chinese same size fan
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Make sure that new one has same wiring
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This is a new one, with bearing and maintenable
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Now remove the both coolers rotating them a bit, slowly, then clean both
silicons and both coolers (removing cmos battery first is recommended)
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Put a little bit of non conductive thermal paste on both silicons (only
cpu silicon iis shown on that image)
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Before assembling new fan, some need new longer screws, make sure having
these (on the left is original one, too short for new fan)
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After that, assemble your new fan into CPU cooler
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Finally assemle both coolers on both chips, do not forget put in the CPU
fan connector back, and you are done.