Re: Gigabyte mother board AMD cpu

[Stephen Powell <zlinuxman@wowway.com>]

On Wed, 26 Mar 2014 08:19:42 -0400 (EDT), Ike Shields wrote:
> 
> I have Gigabyte mother board with AMD cpu No. GA-78LMT-S2P
> I need the drivers for it. I am using Debian Release 7.4 (wheezy) 64-bit
> Are you able to help me?
> Regards
> Ike

I have the same motherboard that you do.  Here's what you need:

1. Install package firmware-linux-nonfree.  You will need that to get the
   X driver to work properly.  Otherwise, you are stuck with the VESA driver.
   This is in the non-free repository, obviously.

2. Create a file in /etc/modprobe.d called local.conf.  In it, put the
   following statement:

      options snd_hda_intel model=auto

   You need this to get the alsa drivers to work with the on-board sound chip.

3. This motherboard uses non-ECC memory; so I strongly recommend that you
   use a good memory testing program, such as memtest86+, to make sure that
   all your memory is good.

4. I also recommend that you install package amd64-microcode.  This will
   upgrade your CPU to the latest available microcode during each boot.

Do this and you should be in good shape.

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