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You must flash standalone, +flashing in-circuit doesn't work. The flash chip is socketed, so it's +easy to remove and reflash. + +## Working + +- PS/2 keyboard with SeaBIOS & Tianocore (in Mint 18.3/19.1) + +- Rear/front headphones connector audio & mic + +- S3 Suspend to RAM (tested with OS installed in a HDD/SSD and also with a + Mint 18.3/19.1 LiveUSB pendrive connected to USB3/USB2), but please + see [Known issues] + +- USB2 on rear (tested mouse/keyboard plugged there. Also, booting with + a Mint 18./19.1 LiveUSB works ok) + +- USB3 (Z77's and Asmedia's works, but please see [Known issues]) + +- Gigabit Ethernet (RTL8111F) + +- SATA3, SATA2 and eSATA (tested on all ports, hot-swap and TCG OPAL working) + (Blue SATA2) (Blue SATA2) (White SATA3) (Red eSATA SATA3 rear) + port 3 port 5 port 1 port 8 + port 4 port 6 port 2 port 7 + +- NVME SSD boot on PCIe-x16/x8/4x slot using Tianocore + (tested with M.2-to-PCIe adapter and a M.2 Samsung EVO 970 SSD) + +- CPU Temp sensors (tested PSensor on linux + HWINFO64 on Win10) + +- TPM on TPM-header (tested tpm-tools with Asus TPM 1.2 Infineon SLB9635TT12) + +- Native raminit and also MRC.bin(systemagent-r6.bin) memory initialization + (please see [Native raminit compatibility] and [MRC memory compatibility]) + +- Integrated graphics with both libgfxinit and the Intel Video BIOS OpROM + (VGA/DVI-D/HDMI tested and working) + +- 1x PCIe GPU in PCIe-16x/8x/4x slots (tested using Zotac GeForce GTX + 750Ti and FirePro W5100 under Mint 18.3/19.1) + +## Known issues + +- The rear's USB3s on bottom (closest to the PCB) have problems booting or + being used before the OS loads. For better compatibility, please use + the Z77's ones above the Ethernet connector or the Asmedia's top one + +- After S3 suspend, some USB3 connectors on rear seem not to work + +- At the moment, the power led does not blink when entering S3 state + +- Currently, we have not setup the SuperIO's Hardware Monitor (HWM), + so only the CPU sensors are reported + +- If you use the MRC.bin, the NVRAM variable gfx_uma_size may be ignored + as IGP's UMA could be reconfigured by the blob + +- Using TianoCore + a PCIe GPU under Windows crashes with an + ACPI_BIOS_ERROR fatal code, not sure why. Using just the IGP + works perfectly + +- Under Windows 10, if you experiment problems with PS/2 devices, change + HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\i8042prt->Start from '3' to '1' + +## Untested + +- EHCI debugging +- S/PDIF audio +- Wake-on-LAN +- Serial port + +## Not working + +- PS/2 keyboard in Win10 using Tianocore (please see [Known issues]) +- PS/2 mouse using Tianocore +- PCIe graphics card on Windows and Tianocore (throws critical ACPI_BIOS_ERROR) + +## Native raminit compatibility + +- GSkill F3-2133C10D-16GAB(XMP,1.60v) 2x8GB kit works at 1333Mhz instead + of XMP 2133Mhz + +- Team Xtreem TXD38G2133HC9NDC01(XMP,1.50v) 2x4GB kit works at 1600Mhz + instead of XMP 2133Mhz + +- Kingston KVR1066D3N7K2/4G(JEDEC,1.50v) 2x4GB kit works at 1066Mhz + but the board only detects half its RAM, because those DIMMs have + Double Sided(DS) chips and seems only Single Sided(SS) ones are + fully detected + +- GSkill F3-10666CL9T2-24GBRL(JEDEC,1.50v) 6x4GB kit (4 DIMMs used) + works perfectly at full speed (1333Mhz) + +## MRC memory compatibility + +- GSkill F3-2133C10D-16GAB(XMP,1.60v) 2x8GB kit works at 1333Mhz + instead of XMP 2133Mhz + +- Team Xtreem TXD38G2133HC9NDC01(XMP,1.50v) 2x4GB kit works at + 1600Mhz instead of XMP 2133Mhz + +- Kingston KVR1066D3N7K2/4G(JEDEC,1.50v) 2x4GB kit works at 1066Mhz + but the board only detects half its RAM, as those DIMMs have + Double Sided(DS) chips and seems only Single Sided(SS) ones are + fully detected + +- GSkill F3-10666CL9T2-24GBRL(JEDEC,1.50v) 6x4GB kit (4 DIMMs used) + works perfectly at full speed (1333Mhz) + +## Technology + +```eval_rst ++------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| Northbridge | :doc:`../../northbridge/intel/sandybridge/index` | ++------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| Southbridge | bd82x6x | ++------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| CPU | model_206ax | ++------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| Super I/O | Nuvoton NCT6779D | ++------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| EC | None | ++------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +| Coprocessor | Intel Management Engine | ++------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ +``` + +## Extra resources + +- [Flash chip datasheet][W25Q64FVA1Q] + +[ASUS P8Z88-M Pro]: https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P8Z77M_PRO/ +[W25Q64FVA1Q]: https://www.winbond.com/resource-files/w25q64fv%20revs%2007182017.pdf +[flashrom]: https://flashrom.org/Flashrom |
