User:Tle

Intended Usage

Mainly to be used as primary development computer.

System configuration

Date of purchase: Oct. 2019

Component	Brand	Model	Costs in AUD
Mainboard	Raptor	Blackbird Rev. 1.01	1645
CPU	IBM	8-Core POWER9v2 with 3U HSF	1368
Desktop Case	Streacom	BC1 Open Case XL ATX	195
Power Supply	Cooler Master	MWE Fully Modular (750 W)	148
RAM	Samsung (OEM)	2 x 8 GB DDR 4 ECC DDR4	588
Integrated Video Card	Aspeed	AST 2500 onboard VGA	0
Discrete Video Card	Gigabyte	Radeon RX Vega 64 8GB OC edition	400
Optical Drive	None	None	0
SSD	Samsung	950 Pro M.2 2280 512gb PCIe 3.0 SSD MZ-V5P512BW	100
M.2 Riser card	Silverstone	ECM25 M.2 PCIe 3.0 X8 adapter card	12
Accessories	Generic	X16 to X8	10
Operating System	Fedora	Server 32 (rawhide)	0
Total			4466

Test status

• Sound works
• AST 2500 VGA works
• OpenBMC CLI/Web works
• RaptorCS's OEM RAM is not recognised correctly on DIMM 1 - reported to the support team, let's hope they would patch this issue soon
• Failed attempt to install Ubuntu Server 19.10 because the installer failed to pick up NVMe drive correctly.

 Solution: Please see https://wiki.raptorcs.com/wiki/User:FlyingBlackbird#NVMe_SSD_is_recognized_but_the_installation_seems_to_use_the_wrong_device_name_later

• Fedora Server 32 (rawhide) is successfully installed without a hitch!
• AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 does not output video in bootloader after loading vega10 linux firmware in the PNOR.
• AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 does not output video correctly on the host system with Kernel 5.4.18. This issue is fixed with 5.5.0