Southbridge Issues(SB600)
AMD does not provide any SB600 errata publicly (AMD document ER_IXP600AB7 for Revision A12, ER_IXP600AC33 for Revision A13 and ER_SB600AD12 for Revision A21). Most OSes require patches in order to work reliably.
- Windows platform:
- Microsoft KB982091
- Microsoft KB931369
- Microsoft KB924051
- Linux platform:
- USB freeze when multiple devices are connected through hub (related to AMD Product Advisory PA_SB600AL1)
- SATA soft reset fails when PMP is enabled and devices will be not detected(does not apply to A11 and A12 revisions)
- SATA internal errors are ignored because SATA will set Serial ATA port Error when it should not
- SATA commands in AHCI mode are limited to 255 sectors per command because of NCQ problems
- SATA controller does not support MSI
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