ASUS P8Z77-V

This page describes how to run coreboot on the ASUS P8Z77-V.

Flashing coreboot

Type

Value

Socketed flash

yes

Model

W25Q64FVA1Q

Size

8 MiB

Package

DIP-8

Write protection

yes

Dual BIOS feature

no

Internal flashing

no

The flash IC is located between the black and white PCI Express x16 slots (circled):

How to flash

The main SPI flash cannot be written because the vendor firmware disables BIOSWE and enables BLE/SMM_BWP flags in BIOS_CNTL for their latest BIOSes. An external programmer is required. You must flash standalone, flashing in-circuit doesn’t work. The flash chip is socketed, so it’s easy to remove and reflash.

Working

  • PS/2 keyboard with SeaBIOS 1.14.0 and Debian GNU/Linux with kernel 5.10.28

  • Integrated Ethernet NIC

  • S3 Suspend to RAM

  • USB2 on rear and front panel connectors

  • USB3 (Z77’s and ASMedia’s works)

  • Integrated SATA of Z77

  • Integrated SATA of ASM1061 (works under GNU/Linux but not under SeaBIOS)

  • CPU Temp sensors (tested PSensor on GNU/Linux)

  • TPM on TPM-header (tested tpm-tools with TPM 1.2 Infineon SLB9635TT12)

  • Native raminit

  • Integrated graphics with libgfxinit (VGA/DVI-D/HDMI tested and working)

  • PCIe in PCIe-16x/8x slots (tested using an S3 Matrix GPU)

  • Debug output from serial port

  • Atheros AR9485 half-height mini PCIe WNIC adapted with Wi-Fi Go! Adapter

  • Default PCIe config (PCIEX_16_3 as 1x, PCIe Port 4 to ASM1061 SATA, see below for other potential options)

Untested

  • EHCI debugging

  • S/PDIF audio

  • PS/2 mouse

Not working

  • PCIEX_1_2 (expected under default PCIe config)

  • Other PCIe configs (see below)

PCIe config

On Asus vendor firmware, other than the default config already supported here, there remain another two configs: “PCIEX_16_3 as x4, with PCIEX_1_1, PCIEX_1_2 and onboard ASM1061 disabled” and “PCIEX_16_3 as x1, but PCIe Port 4 to PCIEX_1_2, with onboard ASM1061 disabled”.

Configuring PCIEX_16_3 as x4 needs to program 0x3 to the LSB of PCHSTRP9, but also needs to configure GPIOs in the Super I/O chip different than the default config in this board’s override tree.

Configuring PCIe Port 4 to PCIEX_1_2 needs to configure GPIOs in the Super I/O chip differently than the default config.

I have tried a lot, but sadly I am unable to produce the same result as the vendor firmware.

Asus Wi-Fi Go!

Asus Wi-Fi Go! has several versions. P8Z77-V has the earliest version. See Asus Wi-Fi Go! v1.

Technology

Northbridge

Intel Sandy Bridge-specific documentation

Southbridge

bd82x6x

CPU

model_206ax

Super I/O

Nuvoton NCT6779D

EC

None

Coprocessor

Intel Management Engine

Extra resources