Editing AMD Geode/Troubleshooting
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== BIOS flashing == | == BIOS flashing == | ||
One night I was bored so I installed Debian 12 in QEMU then transferred it to the board's CompactFlash | One night I was bored so I installed Debian 12 in QEMU then transferred it to the board's CompactFlash. | ||
I had some trouble with the RAM detecting. The board wouldn't beep due to lack of RAM but it also wouldn't initialize. Under a microscope the joints look bad, but I'm a little more suspicious of the SODIMM connection pins in the socket itself. The RAM doesn't feel like it snaps it properly, or maybe it's not making proper contact. | I had some trouble with the RAM detecting. The board wouldn't beep due to lack of RAM but it also wouldn't initialize. Under a microscope the joints look bad, but I'm a little more suspicious of the SODIMM connection pins in the socket itself. The RAM doesn't feel like it snaps it properly, or maybe it's not making proper contact. | ||
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I'm tempted to believe this whole thing is some kind of memory issue, but that doesn't make much sense given OSes seemed to run just fine. | I'm tempted to believe this whole thing is some kind of memory issue, but that doesn't make much sense given OSes seemed to run just fine. | ||
== To-do == | == To-do == | ||
I need to: | I need to: | ||
* Repair | * Repair the Ethernet | ||
* Re-create the broken output | |||
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* Run a memory test using memtest86+ and its serial mode | * Run a memory test using memtest86+ and its serial mode | ||