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Before being merged with the commitdc6e1f32c1("Import website-build to build the GNU Boot website."), website-build was a separate git repository. And so, even after the merge, until the commit20d122e94a("website-build: use website from local git repository."), it still worked in the same way and still downloaded the website from git. This prevented merging the website and website-build directories together as the GNU Boot repository also needed to be a valid Untitled website repository as well. Now after this commit, the website is built from the same git tree, so we can simply adjust the build scripts to be able to move things around. In addition of making things more clear for contributors, it also simplify the migration to haunt as with haunt we typically have the haunt.cfg (and the autotools build code if needed) code in the top directory and the markdown files in a subdirectory. Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org> Acked-by: Adrien 'neox' Bourmault <neox@gnu.org>
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title: Intel D945GCLF desktop board
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x-unreviewed: true
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If you just want flashing instructions, go to
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[../install/d945gclf.md](../install/d945gclf.md)
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D945GCLF2D also reported working by a user.
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Introduction
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============
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This board is a mini-itx desktop board for 2008. It uses an atom 230,
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which is a singe core CPU but it is hyperthreaded so it appears to have
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2 thread to the OS. The flash chip is very small, 512KiB, so grub2 does
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not fit, which is why libreboot has to use seabios on this target. Full
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disk encryption like on other supported targets will not be possible, so
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plan accordingly.
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This board has a 945gc chipset which is the desktop equivalent of 945gm
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which can be found in the Lenovo x60/t60 or macbook2,1. This chipset
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features an ICH7 southbridge. It has 1 DIMM slot that can accommodate up
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to 2G of DDR2 RAM.
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Connectivity-wise it has 1 PCI slot, a 10/100 ethernet port, 4 usb slot
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and 4 usb ports, with one internal header and 2 SATA ports.
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The D945GCLF2 is an upgraded version of this board. The differences are:
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1 more USB header, 10/100/1000 ethernet and a dual core cpu (also
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hyperthreaded). Since the board is almost identical (and coreboot code
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seem to indicate that it works, since MAX\_CPU=4 is set), it is believed
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that it should also work but this is untested.
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Remarks about vendor bios:
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--------------------------
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- Without coreboot/libreboot this board is utery useless, since the
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vendor bios is very bad. It cannot boot from any HDD whether it is
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connected to the SATA port or USB. With libreboot it works just
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fine.
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- The vendor bios write protects the flash so it requires external
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flashing to install libreboot on this device. Once libreboot is
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flashed there is no problem to update the firmware internally
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Here is an image of the board:\
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\
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Here is an image of the D945GCLF2 board:\
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{width="80%" height="80%"}\
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And SPI SOIC8 flash chip\
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{width="50%" height="50%"}
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How to replace thermal paste and fan
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------------------------------------
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This board comes with very crappy disposable loud fan, that one has no
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bearings, which can not be repaired or oiled properly, do not waste your
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time trying to fix it, just buy one chinese same size fan\
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{width="50%" height="50%"}
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{width="50%" height="50%"}\
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Make sure that new one has same wiring\
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{width="50%" height="50%"}\
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This is a new one, with bearing and maintenable\
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{width="50%" height="50%"}
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{width="50%" height="50%"}\
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Now remove the both coolers rotating them a bit, slowly, then clean both
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silicons and both coolers (removing cmos battery first is recommended)\
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{width="50%" height="50%"}\
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Put a little bit of non conductive thermal paste on both silicons (only
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cpu silicon iis shown on that image)\
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{width="50%" height="50%"}\
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Before assembling new fan, some need new longer screws, make sure having
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these (on the left is original one, too short for new fan)\
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{width="50%" height="50%"}\
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After that, assemble your new fan into CPU cooler\
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{width="50%" height="50%"}\
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Finally assemle both coolers on both chips, do not forget put in the CPU
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fan connector back, and you are done.
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