[om-qa] Preliminary bug to be fixed for OMLx3 Beta.

Ben Bullard benbullard79 at cox.net
Tue Jan 26 21:02:17 EST 2016


BIOS is v. 2602

Ben Bullard
ben79
--------------------
OpenMandriva-QA Team

On 01/26/2016 07:41 PM, Efrem Mc wrote:
> Thanks for the info Ben!
>
> Please check your BIOS version on the motherboard.
>
> The current BIOS is at the following link:
> http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/LGA1150/H97M-E/H97M-E-ASUS-2602.zip
>
> According to some research I completed, your M/B does support the M 
> type cards but runs at the B speeds.
>
>   * *M.2 runs at B speeds which are quite a bit slower than M
>     *
>   * *Only 4 SATA ports (ports 5 and 6 are reserved for the m.2 slot*
>
>
> There are two types of sockets for M.2: one with a "B key" and one 
> with a "M key".
> A "B key" can utilize up to two PCI-E lanes while a "M key" can use up 
> to four PCI-E lanes. Right now, however, the majority of M.2 sockets 
> use a "M key" even if the socket only uses two PCI-E lanes.   As for 
> the drives, most PCI-E x2 drives are keyed for B+M (so they can work 
> with any socket) and PCI-E x4 drives are keyed just for M.
>
> Your Curcial 500GB MX200 drive has a B+M key.  I believe you are 
> seeing "B" speeds which are close to normal SSD drives using 2 lanes.  
> You need to run with 4 lanes.
>
> I would check your BIOS for the latest version and report your version 
> here before upgrading so you can note what happened.
>
> The M/B companies leaves these critical details out of the manual and 
> from their spec sheets.
>
> I will make sure when I do purchase one soon that it is "M" keyed.  I 
> will get something small like 80Gb - 160Gb in size.  The only thing I 
> do not like that it is internal so no swaps... if needed.
>
> Regards,
> Efrem
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 7:12 PM, Ben Bullard <benbullard79 at cox.net 
> <mailto:benbullard79 at cox.net>> wrote:
>
>     Motherboard is ASUS H97M-E
>
>     Curcial 500GB MX200 M.2 socket ---  MX200 series includes 2.5 inch
>     SATA drives as well.
>
>     Machine is using GPT partition table and UEFI.
>
>     Let me know if that answers your questions.
>
>     Ben Bullard
>
>     ben79
>
>     On 01/26/2016 05:31 PM, Efrem Mc wrote:
>>     The motherboard I have supports a M.2 slot.  I did not purchase a
>>     M.2 drive.  What manufacturer of the SSD drive and what BIOS mode
>>     being used such as Legacy or UEFI?  My motherboard is from EVGA
>>     in the Z170 series.
>>
>>     Some of the M/B requires the latest BIOS updates and settings of
>>     the M.2 slot.  My M/B disables SATA slots 4 and 5 if I use the
>>     M.2 slot.  What benchmark tool is being used to show the results?
>>
>>     Regards,
>>     Efrem McCrimon
>>
>>     On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 5:42 PM, Colin Close
>>     <itchka at compuserve.com <mailto:itchka at compuserve.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         Great stuff Efrem,
>>         It's good to have you on board. Ben79 is having trouble with
>>         an m.2 socketed ssd drive just as a heads up. It runs really
>>         slow and seems to suffer data corruption. We have yet to
>>         isolate the exact cause.
>>         Best,
>>         Colin
>>
>>
>>         On Tuesday 26 Jan 2016 17:29:31 Efrem Mc wrote:
>>         > Thanks download successfully.  I am going to create two
>>         systems on an i5
>>         > 6600K with 32Gb onto a 120Gb SSD - a) Legacy BIOS boot to
>>         SSD   and b) UEFI
>>         > boot onto a different 120Gb SSD
>>         >
>>         > I purchased two 120Gb SSD for testing, two 32Gb sticks, and
>>         two 8Gb sticks
>>         > dedicated to testing OpenMandrivaLx.
>>         > I will build from a USB stick to the drive.
>>         >
>>         > I will have to change the bios on each boot since the m/b
>>         support a single
>>         > bios
>>         > Motherboard: Intel Z170 chipset
>>         >
>>         >
>>         > Regards,
>>         > Efrem McCrimon
>>         >
>>         >
>>         > On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 1:12 AM, Ben Bullard
>>         <benbullard79 at cox.net <mailto:benbullard79 at cox.net>> wrote:
>>         >
>>         > > 14103 is most recent .iso:
>>         > >
>>         > > https://abf.io/platforms/cooker/products/136
>>         > >
>>         > > Ben Bullard
>>         > > ben79
>>         > > --------------------
>>         > > OpenMandriva-QA Team
>>         > >
>>         > >
>>         > >
>>         > > On 01/23/2016 10:41 PM, Efrem Mc wrote:
>>         > >
>>         > > Which link can I use to load the latest x64 iso.  I have
>>         two systems I
>>         > > want to try and one will have two version (Legacy, UEFI)
>>         on an Intel i5
>>         > > 6600K CPU with 32Gb of 3200Mhz memory.  The motherboard
>>         is an EVGA Z170
>>         > > with the Intel Z170 chipset.
>>         > >
>>         > > Regards,
>>         > > Efrem McCrimon
>>         > >
>>         > > On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 1:00 AM, Colin Close
>>         <itchka at compuserve.com <mailto:itchka at compuserve.com>>
>>         > > wrote:
>>         > >
>>         > >> Thanks for this Ben,
>>         > >> I have isolated and found a fix for the unlocking issue.
>>         > >> We should see a fix issues soon.
>>         > >> Best,
>>         > >> Colin
>>         > >>
>>         > >> On Wednesday 20 Jan 2016 13:49:12 Ben Bullard wrote:
>>         > >> > This is just a start so feel free to add, comment, or
>>         whatever. I'm
>>         > >> > going to try to go through the lists and see where I
>>         can help, add
>>         > >> > information, or find workaround, or what ever. I know
>>         TPG has asked for
>>         > >> > help on Discover/Muon and Digikam and I will poke
>>         around and see if I
>>         > >> > can help but probably needs people who know code,
>>         languages, ect. There
>>         > >> > is a difference between being able to use the command
>>         line and actually
>>         > >> > knowing what the &^%$ you are doing...:-\
>>         > >> >
>>         > >> > Definitely need to be fixed for Beta release:
>>         > >> > 1381, 1387, 1419, 1457, 1466, 1470, 1475, 1479, 1482
>>         > >> >
>>         > >> > Maybe need to be fixed for Beta release:
>>         > >> > 1426, 1434, 1455, 1463, 1464, 1465
>>         > >> >
>>         > >> >
>>         > >>
>>         > >>
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