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

Efrem Mc efremmc2 at gmail.com
Tue Jan 26 20:41:47 EST 2016


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> 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>
> 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>
>> 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>
>> > > 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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