@Anson Hello and thank you plenty Anson!I have started the hunt for a tool that can assist me with checking the torque of the screws. I proceed to the other steps until I have such tools in my hand...

Hi Jacob, The chances of 5 out of 6 DIMMs being bad are too low. So I hope you can help me do the following things. First, use a torque screwdriver to tighten the CPU screw cover in the order 1-...

@Anson Ruan Hi!Thanks for the information!Latest update.I got 6 new fresh RAM-sticks. All of the recommended type and model from the AVL.The system now boots, but it fails to use all six of the ins...

Unfortunately, the Ampere Altra development platform doesn't offer memory choices, but our Ampere Altra Devkit which is shipped without memory, provides the flexibility for your setup. For more de...

I'd like to order a developer platform, but I'd like 32gb DIMMs.  Can I order it that way, or do I need to order with minimal memory and then toss the regular 16gb DIMMs?    

Dear @Real Ouellet, The patches that we created and have are based on NXP GitHub Kernel. It can be found here[patches]. This patch is based on kernel 5.10.x version. You can take these patches and ...

@Alex Wang Any update about the testing?

I want to do this:* Download most up-to-date 5.10.xxx LTS (or 6.x LTS) mainline kernel from kernel.org (currently 5.10.206, 6.6) * Download a set of ".patch" files from Adlink (Github) * Apply pa...

Hi David, If the screwdriver torque is not right, the system may not be able to boot up or lose memory...For example, install 16GB x6 RAM, but you can only get 16GB or 32GB or 64GB.Because the C...

@Anson Ruan Thanks for the clarification!I found a supplier that is able to send me new sticks on short notice, So will probably/hopefully recieve six new sticks of the confirmed 64gb modules today...

Hi David,   I took a phto to explaine the location of those 9 screws: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1guZ8ATf-eafK5JAGq1PGR5zyUc10a5Qv/view?usp=drive_link Let me check your purchase record...

I have now tested to move one stick around.Still getting the same error.  ERROR: MC[X]: 00f100b4 where X is changing to the current slot of the DIMM.I assume I might of been in bad luc...

@Anson Ruan Hello! Thanks for your reply.Im not sure what 9 star shaped screws you are talking about. The screws connecting the cpu-module to the carrier board is only 8? (I assume they a...

Hi David, Thanks for your help and information. I'm guessing one of the DIMMs may be damaged or a compibility problem.Do you see any console log after "ERROR initialization faliure. Enter safemode...

@Anson Ruan thanks for the quick reply! NOTICE: DRAM FW version 211207 CP: 0ff00900 MEMC param: mcu_enable_mask = 00000011 [default: 000000ff] MCU param: ecc_en = 00000002 [default: 0000...

Hi David, Could you help me open these two links to check the memory installation and the serial UART console port for debug messages: 1. Memory installation guide: https://www.ipi.wiki/pa...

Hello you all!My gear just arrived, so I started hooking everything up.When I plug in power - My led3 indicator gives me "82" - as push power btn, the led changes to "FF".I get no BIOS promt, but I...

@Alex Wang Thanks for your help. Will waitting for your test result. Happy New Year!!😀

Hi Gary,  we also got the Transcend TS4TMTE720T (one of the part you mentioned above). we will do a simple test and will share result to you. couple days will be expected.  thanks 

@Rebecca Cran OK that's good to know, but I'm definitely not interested in going down that route. Signing an NDA for the sole purpose of getting a board to properly boot is a bit excessive :-) ...