From: Arnt Karlsen <arnt@???>
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2025 03:16:05 +0200
> ..with a 2.40GHz Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Socket 775 cpu?
Correct. Photo at
https://easthope.ca/HP.Pavilion.jpg . Numbers
match here.
https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Desktop-Hardware-and-Upgrade-Questions/Requesting-BIOS-update-GZ614AA-A2L-a6345f/td-p/7165091
With one notational idiosyncracy. The labels on this box have
GZ614AA#A2L whereas various documents have GZ614AA-A2L.
The Web page cited above has a mention that the last BIOS was 5.43.
The BIOS here shows 5.15 12/31/07.
> Chk with: lshw |less
Did this and extracted some pertinent information.
# lshw >&1 | tee aFile
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: Benicia
vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
physical id: 0
version: 1.01
serial: X312345678
...
*-cpu
description: CPU
product: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 4
bus info: cpu@0
version: 6.15.11
slot: CPU 1
size: 1625MHz
capacity: 2400MHz
width: 64 bits
clock: 267MHz
capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic
sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht tm pbe sy
scall nx x86-64 constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl cpuid aperfmper
f pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm pti dtherm cpuf
req
configuration: microcode=182
hwinfo is an alternative.
# hwinfo --cpu >&1 | tee aFile
01: None 00.0: 10103 CPU
[Created at cpu.465]
Unique ID: rdCR.j8NaKXDZtZ6
Hardware Class: cpu
Arch: X86-64
Vendor: "GenuineIntel"
Model: 6.15.11 "Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz"
Features: fpu,vme,de,pse,tsc,msr,pae,mce,cx8,apic,sep,mtrr,pge,mca,cmov,pat,ps
e36,clflush,dts,acpi,mmx,fxsr,sse,sse2,ht,tm,pbe,syscall,nx,lm,constant_tsc,arch
_perfmon,pebs,bts,rep_good,nopl,cpuid,aperfmperf,pni,dtes64,monitor,ds_cpl,est,t
m2,ssse3,cx16,xtpr,pdcm,lahf_lm,pti,dtherm
Clock: 1600 MHz
BogoMips: 4799.75
Cache: 4096 kb
Units/Processor: 4
Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
02: None 01.0: 10103 CPU
[Created at cpu.465]
Unique ID: wkFv.j8NaKXDZtZ6
Hardware Class: cpu
Arch: X86-64
Vendor: "GenuineIntel"
Model: 6.15.11 "Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz"
Features: fpu,vme,de,pse,tsc,msr,pae,mce,cx8,apic,sep,mtrr,pge,mca,cmov,pat,ps
e36,clflush,dts,acpi,mmx,fxsr,sse,sse2,ht,tm,pbe,syscall,nx,lm,constant_tsc,arch
_perfmon,pebs,bts,rep_good,nopl,cpuid,aperfmperf,pni,dtes64,monitor,ds_cpl,est,t
m2,ssse3,cx16,xtpr,pdcm,lahf_lm,pti,dtherm
Clock: 1600 MHz
BogoMips: 4799.75
Cache: 4096 kb
Units/Processor: 4
Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
03: None 02.0: 10103 CPU
[Created at cpu.465]
Unique ID: +rIN.j8NaKXDZtZ6
Hardware Class: cpu
Arch: X86-64
Vendor: "GenuineIntel"
Model: 6.15.11 "Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz"
Features: fpu,vme,de,pse,tsc,msr,pae,mce,cx8,apic,sep,mtrr,pge,mca,cmov,pat,ps
e36,clflush,dts,acpi,mmx,fxsr,sse,sse2,ht,tm,pbe,syscall,nx,lm,constant_tsc,arch
_perfmon,pebs,bts,rep_good,nopl,cpuid,aperfmperf,pni,dtes64,monitor,ds_cpl,est,t
m2,ssse3,cx16,xtpr,pdcm,lahf_lm,pti,dtherm
Clock: 1600 MHz
BogoMips: 4799.75
Cache: 4096 kb
Units/Processor: 4
Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
04: None 03.0: 10103 CPU
[Created at cpu.465]
Unique ID: 4zLr.j8NaKXDZtZ6
Hardware Class: cpu
Arch: X86-64
Vendor: "GenuineIntel"
Model: 6.15.11 "Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz"
Features: fpu,vme,de,pse,tsc,msr,pae,mce,cx8,apic,sep,mtrr,pge,mca,cmov,pat,ps
e36,clflush,dts,acpi,mmx,fxsr,sse,sse2,ht,tm,pbe,syscall,nx,lm,constant_tsc,arch
_perfmon,pebs,bts,rep_good,nopl,cpuid,aperfmperf,pni,dtes64,monitor,ds_cpl,est,t
m2,ssse3,cx16,xtpr,pdcm,lahf_lm,pti,dtherm
Clock: 1600 MHz
BogoMips: 4799.75
Cache: 4096 kb
Units/Processor: 4
Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
> ... also try: lspci -nn | grep -E 'VGA|Display'
With the Radeon card installed, the display is black before presenting
a command line. Therefore the lspci and further suggested commands are
not possible.
> ..one of these?:
> https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Radeon+X600Pro+256MB+V%2FD%2FVO&ia=images&iax=images
Yes. Photo here.
https://easthope.ca/RadeonX600Pro.256MB.jpg
> ..your card should have a 2 decades old RV380 graphics processor
Confirmed in the following.
> which should work best with the xserver-xorg-video-radeon display
> driver, details in: apt-cache show xserver-xorg-video-radeon |less
# apt-cache show xserver-xorg-video-radeon
Package: xserver-xorg-video-radeon
Version: 1:19.1.0-3
Installed-Size: 870
Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force <debian-x@???>
Architecture: amd64
Provides: xorg-driver-video
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libdrm-radeon1 (>= 2.4.39), libgbm1 (>= 8.1~0), libude
v1 (>= 183), xorg-video-abi-25, xserver-xorg-core (>= 2:21.1.1)
Homepage:
https://wiki.freedesktop.org/xorg/RadeonFeature/
Description-en: X.Org X server -- AMD/ATI Radeon display driver
This package provides the 'radeon' driver for the AMD/ATI cards. The
following chips should be supported: R100, RV100, RS100, RV200, RS200,
RS250, R200, RV250, RV280, RS300, RS350, RS400/RS480, R300, R350, R360,
RV350, RV360, RV370, RV380, RV410, R420, R423/R430, R480/R481,
RV505/RV515/RV516/RV550, R520, RV530/RV560, RV570/R580,
RS600/RS690/RS740, R600, RV610/RV630, RV620/RV635, RV670, RS780/RS880,
RV710/RV730, RV740/RV770/RV790, CEDAR, REDWOOD, JUNIPER, CYPRESS,
HEMLOCK, PALM, SUMO/SUMO2, BARTS, TURKS, CAICOS, CAYMAN, ARUBA, TAHITI,
PITCAIRN, VERDE, OLAND, HAINAN, BONAIRE, KABINI, MULLINS, KAVERI, HAWAII.
.
More information about X.Org can be found at:
<URL:
https://www.X.org>
.
This package is built from the X.org xf86-video-ati driver module.
Description-md5: 0fde75386f38d2861207c166e64f19d4
Source: xserver-xorg-video-ati
Suggests: firmware-amd-graphics
Tag: admin::hardware, hardware::video, implemented-in::c, role::plugin,
use::driver, x11::xserver
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/DEBIAN/main/x/xserver-xorg-video-ati/xserver-xorg-video-radeon_19
.1.0-3_amd64.deb
Size: 503408
MD5sum: 6de976a485c06253ddeb4af6117ddeda
SHA256: 35f27b53ae74290184231e31566c6334b45c5f7f65799aa3ddee3ceeb64c8ad6
> ..if you push it too far out of video memory, you'll see flickering or
> even black outs on the lowest ranked display, hint is back off a bit,
> 256MB is not a lot these days. It's fully supported by e.g. Ubuntu:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RadeonDriver
> https://wiki.debian.org/AtiHowTo
Appears I should make an /etc/X11/xorg.conf with resolution and color
palette small eough to allow output. Then gradually increase
parameters until output fails. Then boot from a CD or move the HDD to
a working machine to fix the offending xorg.conf. If someone offers
an xorg.conf to begin, it may help.
Alternatively buy a more recent PCIE x16 card. (Throw some money at
the problem. =8~) )
ABSTRACT COMMENTS
> ... and Google sucks nowadays, even as a basic human memory
> support tool for tools.
Yes. In my subjective impression, commercialized computing reached a
peak of useful effciency about a decade back. Since then, changes
absorb user time without adding value. =8~/ A trend with too many
technologies.
Thanks, ... P.
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