ASUS PRIME Z370-A Running Great On Linux

[mervincm]

Disabling the asmedia ASM3142 controller store the error message, but hardly ideal "solution." At least it is the confirmed source of the issue.

[mervincm]

Trying this motherboard (ASUS Prime Z370-A) latest bios version (2401) CPU:i5-9600k RAM Corsair 2x8GB 2666-XMP.
I see this string DMESG on on terminal

AER: Corrected error received: 0000:00:1c.4
[16501.873645] pcieport 0000:00:1c.4: AER: PCIe Bus Error: severity=Corrected, type=Physical Layer, (Receiver I D)
[16501.875585] pcieport 0000:00:1c.4: AER: device [8086:a294] error status/mask=00000001/00002000
[16501.877679] pcieport 0000:00:1c.4: AER: [ 0] RxErr


Seams to be a compatibility issue with ASPM PCIE power management (google finds examples and recommendations to disable ASPM at boot in grub)

It occurs for me on ubuntu server 20.04 LTS, Live or installed and updated, Live GParted amd64bit v1.1.05

Any of you folks see this issue on your systemboard?


lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 8th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers (rev 0a)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor PCIe Controller (x16) (rev 0a)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop 9 Series)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 200 Series/Z370 Chipset Family USB 3.0 xHCI Controller
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 200 Series PCH CSME HECI #1
00:17.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 200 Series PCH SATA controller [AHCI mode]
00:1b.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 200 Series PCH PCI Express Root Port #17 (rev f0)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 200 Series PCH PCI Express Root Port #1 (rev f0)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 200 Series PCH PCI Express Root Port #5 (rev f0)
00:1d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 200 Series PCH PCI Express Root Port #9 (rev f0)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Z370 Chipset LPC/eSPI Controller
00:1f.2 Memory controller: Intel Corporation 200 Series/Z370 Chipset Family Power Management Controller
00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation 200 Series/Z370 Chipset Family SMBus Controller
00:1f.6 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (2) I219-V
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82599ES 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ Network Connection (rev 01)
01:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82599ES 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ Network Connection (rev 01)
04:00.0 USB controller: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM2142 USB 3.1 Host Controller

lspci -tv
-[0000:00]-+-00.0 Intel Corporation 8th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers
+-01.0-[01]--+-00.0 Intel Corporation 82599ES 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ Network Connection
| \-00.1 Intel Corporation 82599ES 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ Network Connection
+-02.0 Intel Corporation UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop 9 Series)
+-14.0 Intel Corporation 200 Series/Z370 Chipset Family USB 3.0 xHCI Controller
+-16.0 Intel Corporation 200 Series PCH CSME HECI #1
+-17.0 Intel Corporation 200 Series PCH SATA controller [AHCI mode]
+-1b.0-[02]--
+-1c.0-[03]--
+-1c.4-[04]----00.0 ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM2142 USB 3.1 Host Controller
+-1d.0-[05]--
+-1f.0 Intel Corporation Z370 Chipset LPC/eSPI Controller
+-1f.2 Intel Corporation 200 Series/Z370 Chipset Family Power Management Controller
+-1f.4 Intel Corporation 200 Series/Z370 Chipset Family SMBus Controller
\-1f.6 Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (2) I219-V



00:1c.4 seems to be the motherboard asmedia USB 3.1 chipset.

Does anyone else see this issue with their systemboard?

This good review and a good price at my local retailer led me to this system. I hope to get the error resolved without disabling hte power management.

[modeonoff]

I think the Z370 Prime A has no wifi card. What suggestion do you have if I want wifi?

[p_johno]

Hi JennC,

Might be a bit late now but in case someone else looks at this I have bought the Asus ROG z370-i and it works out of the box with Ubuntu 17.10. The only problem is that wifi and bluetooth are not working as yet as drivers are not in the kernel yet.

Otherwise everything is running smooth with an i7-8700 processor.

[JennC]

Hi phoronix,

I was really glad to find your post. I have searched the net for a few days and your post is the only one I have located where someone is actually using the z370 chipset on an Asus board with linux. I have been researching ASUS motherboards for a linux build for myself. I use Debian Stretch currently but that could also change. I like to try new operating systems. I have a couple questions for you if you don't mind.

My first question is this --- If linux works on one mobo with the z370 chipset, will it work on another with the same ease? And I am referring to Asus boards when I ask that. I have been looking at the Asus ROG Maximus X apex. Did you have to install some obscure driver for the chipset to work or did it work out of the box? I have never used an Asus board, but am really wanting to build with one. These new boards look awesome. The processor I am going to buy is the i7-8700k. Also which linux OS are you using?

Thanks in advance, JennC

[nvaert1986]

Is it still possible to turn off Secure Boot on this motherboard? Is it still possible to load unsigned kernels that I compiled myself?

[nvaert1986]

Is it still possible to turn of Secure Boot on this motherboard and / or load my own (unsigned) compiled kernels?

[johanb]

I have "Intel" RAM for my Ryzen 1600 which is supposed to support 2666Mhz, but my computer fails to boot with anything above default 2133.
Kind of annoying, but I can live with that.

[Jabberwocky]

Jabberwocky It's tricky thing to choose right motherboard for your needs, and you always need to pay attention to "officially supported RAM modules" list for motherboard you choose, it's really useful information people often miss. Yeah, if ASUS is too expensive 2nd option is ASRock, i had only one motherboard from ASRock and it was amazing, and every PC i worked on with ASRock motherboards worked really well (but same goes for ASUS in my experience).

So no, I'm not having good luck with motherboards either, but with little bit of research I can get acceptable board in specific price range. Try RAM from what is listed on ASUS website, I'm sure you will be happy with it, if not, them maybe RMA.

Not trying to be stubborn, but the QVL does not have any 64 GB entries for 3200 MHz and I can't get most of the modules unless I import it. I currently have 4 x 16 GB 3200 G.SKILL and would like to try playing around with the automatic settings as schmidtbag suggested, but it's already running various services including firewall. I would still buy Asus above Gigabyte any day regardless of price.

PS: I'm busy porting my services to https://github.com/openstack/stackube it's going to take few months, doing it in my free time. After that I can take my system down to tweak it.

[starshipeleven]

In my eyes, it's just a gimmick.

Yeah thankfully it is. Back in DDR2 days it was an actual issue, I was getting scared the old days were back.