First Impressions: Setting Up AMD ROCm on Strix Halo System
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Summary
The article shares first impressions of setting up and using AMD's ROCm platform on a Strix Halo system. The author details their setup process including using Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, performing a BIOS update to enable GPU detection by PyTorch, configuring BIOS settings and Grub, and leveraging 128GB of shared CPU-GPU memory. The content focuses on practical setup experiences and initial testing of the hardware/software combination.
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I'm used to working with Ubuntu, so I stuck with it in the supported 24.04 LTS version, and just followed the official installation instructions.
It seems that things wouldn't work without a BIOS update: PyTorch was unable to find the GPU.
This was easily done on the BIOS settings: it was able to connect to my Wifi network and download it automatically.
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