> 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
> deraadt@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
