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Drivers are in the kernel, I assume you mean the matching firmware?

Pretty good question. I'll take a look into asap.
 
Edit: Fixed

Hi, although I've been using this forum for months, this actually is my first post. So, hello everyone!
 
Anyway, I just got an "X96 Max+" box and like other people here I went through the same troubles. I hoping this guy will be my headless Plex server, so no need for audio, or fancy HDMI features such as CEC, etc. USB 3.0, yes, I need that but I haven't got round to testing it to see if it gives good transfer rate yet as my biggest concern right now is to get the 1gig ethernet working. With the meson-g12a-x96-max.dtb file it does seem to detect it, but it won't communicate with the network even if I assign it a static IP. Is this a matter for good old driver install?
 
In another news: I've noticed that the coreelec guys have a working dtb with 1gbps ethernet since december. Is it possible to port that dtb file somehow?
 
thanks!
 

X96 Max Plus s905x3 4G  DTB fix for network and sound.
 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jWnRu-GdOL72__X-ea8oI2VRW_x1ENTM/view?usp=sharing
 
Tested on Armbian 20.05.01 20200408.
 

I managed to boot into armbian on my box. I used the dtb applicable to my box and the S905X2 u-boot.ext that Balbes' image contains.
 
I wasn't able to use the u-boot.ext that someone posted here for s905x3. 
 
The box boots into armbian with the S905X2 uboot but the image is flickering and tearing. 
 
https://imgur.com/a/96sAz81
 
UPDATE
It turned out that armbian was selecting the wrong HDMI output mode. It was selecting 1080p@30hz which by the looks of it doesn't work with this TV. When I manually set it to 1080p@60hz or anything else it works just fine. 
 
When switched to 1080p or 720p there is some overscan. The outermost edges are cut. Is that normal on a TV screen?