Does anyone here use coreboot?

[Gilles Gravier]

Hi!

Are you considering doing this... just for the technical joy? Or do you
have a specific need to go to non proprietary BIOS? As far as I know,
the A8N32-SLI works fine... your limitation of 3.2GB RAM is due to a 32
bit OS...

You should access the 8GB with a 64 bit Ubuntu. It's not a BIOS issue.

Gilles.

Andrew Kane wrote:
> My motherboard is an Asus A8N-SLI with an Athlon X2 64 proc. I have
> 8GB RAM installed, but the kernel can only use about 3.2GB. I have
> solved this problem by tweaking BIOS settings, but at the expense of
> having both my (built in) network adapters stop working.
>
> I've been considering using coreboot and nuking the BIOS. I would, of
> course, ensure that I have the ability to re-flash the manufacturer's
> BIOS image before I attempt this.
>
> I'm just writing to see if anyone here has attempted to use coreboot
> on a regular desktop system before, and to solicit the advice of wiser
> heads.
>
> Thanks to you all for general awesomeness.
>
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