locaal - ASRock B450M Pro4 R2.0

ASRock B450M Pro4 R2.0 - a machine called "locaal".

Hardware:

box: no - open air rig
power supply: Corsair RM750 modular
motherboard: ASRock B450M Pro4 R2.0
memory: 64 GB (4 x 16 GB DIMMs, all 4 slots filled)
cpu: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 @ 3.4 GHz, six-core, 65W
cpu cooler: stock, Wraith Stealth
graphics: MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ventus 2X 12G OC
storage - SSD: Kingston SA400 250 GB (ada0)
network: re0:

bios:

OS testing: FreeBSD,

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History

2024-11-22: the GeForce RTX 3060 card shows up like this in pciconf output

root@locaal:~ # pciconf -lv | grep -B 4 VGA
vgapci0@pci0:6:0:0: class=0x030000 rev=0xa1 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x10de device=0x2504 subvendor=0x1462 subdevice=0x397d
    vendor     = 'NVIDIA Corporation'
    device     = 'GA106 [GeForce RTX 3060 Lite Hash Rate]'
    class      = display
    subclass   = VGA

2024-11-06: I created this page.

2024-11-06: on first power on, I had to reset the fTPM (it's an AMD thing).

2024-11-06: I installed 4 x 16 GB DDR4 DIMMs that I had (also from c2) for a total of 64 GB memory. I disconnected all cables and removed the ASRock M3A UCC motherboard from my open air rig, then I installed this one and and wired up all necessary cables. Connected up keyboard, mouse and a HDMI monitor and powered on.

2024-11-05: I installed the Ryzen 5 2600 cpu (from c2) and its cooler on the motherboard

2024-11-02: from Proshop, I ordered a motherboard ASRock B450M Pro4 R2.0 Hovedkort - AMD B450 - AMD AM4 socket - DDR4 RAM - Micro-ATX (2993608 for NOK 935.- and a cpu AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Wraith Stealth Prosessor/CPU - 6 kjerner - 3.7 GHz - AMD AM4 - AMD Boks (med kjøler) (2884168 for NOK 1666.- that got me free shipping. I have DDR4 memory from before.

2024-10-22: From NetOnNet, I bought a MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ventus 2X 12G OC (item no. 1016941) for NOK 3890.- which I intend to use for local LLM and such testing.

locaal - ASRock B450M Pro4 R2.0

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