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    6.9.0 Random Crashes/Restarts Since Upgrading

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    I've been running into the exact same problems this past week.  Last night I hard reset my unraid box again and completely disabled the docker service.  Had an active SSH session into the box with a tail on the sylog file and I never saw anything showing the crash.. Last messages were at the 3AM'ish mark when it was moving something from the NVME cache to the array (also I've had crashes during the day, not just at night when that service starts.)   I did, however, have the modprobe i915 piece in my go file.  I am not using the iGPU acceleration for my Plex docker container at this time because of instability issues on the Alder Lake LGA1700 series board, so maybe that initial artifact when I had added it is causing the issues.  I also re-seated my memory just in case. 

    SUPPORT GUIDE: ASUS TUF GAMING Z690-PLUS WIFI D4 Alder Lake i7-12700k - iGPU Transcoding and USB Boot Issues

    in Motherboards and CPUs

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    Okay, I researched multiple different threads for hours, and found a few things to get my new system working and thought I would share.

     

    1. GET UNRAID TO BOOT FROM USB -- My Motherboard saw the UEFI bootable thumb drive, but I couldn't get it to boot for the life of me.  I used the Unraid imaging utility and tried making a new thumb drive (I was continuing to use my existing one, as this was an in-place upgrade), and couldn't get it to boot.
           -- The FIX?   Rename the "EFI-" directory on the flash drive to just plain "EFI" - problem solved.   
           -  Also, you can't enable legacy compatibility mode (CSM) on this motherboard if you are using the iGPU - I guess something about it prevents you.  Essentially you need a GPU card if you want to support legacy compatibility mode.  See ASUS article  
    2.  UPDATE OS TO RELEASE CANDIDATE - I read some other threads that mentioned upgrading to 6.10.0-rc2.  I'm not sure if I NEEDED to do that or not, but I did.   And for those of you who don't know how to upgrade from the stable release train to the Release Candidates (RC), you go to TOOLS --> UPDATE OS --> SELECT "NEXT" ON BRANCH   .    NOTE:  Be sure you backup your boot/thumb drive FIRST before upgrading!    (Go to the "MAIN" menu, click on your boot device (Flash) and then click the "FLASH BACKUP" button.  It will download to your PC.)
    3. GETTING iGPU TO WORK FOR PLEX - I found this thread helpful to get this piece working.   I was originally unable to get anything to be created for /dev/dri .   I did the following to get my i915 graphics to show up, and have the directory get created.
       --  Blacklist the i915 drivers so they don't load by unraid:  "echo "blacklist i915" > /boot/config/modprobe.d/i915.conf "
       -- I then installed the "Intel GPU TOP" plugin.   
       -- FYI - After doing the two above tasks, I now have the /dev/dri directory, and inside it are two files "renderD128" , "card0" , and a directory "by -path".
      Both of these two things seem to help get the iGPU recognized and working properly.
    4. GET PLEX TO USE HARDWARE -  I then edited the docker container (advanced) for Plex and added the text "--device=/dev/dri" to the "Extra Parameters:" field.

     

    I hope this may help anyone who is looking to upgrade to the latest Intel Alder Lake CPU.  So far, so good, this newly upgraded rig is FAST...    I did have to re-enable FTP after the upgrade.   I also installed 2 NVME drives to use as a new cache, but am not sure exactly how to migrate everything from the old cache pool to the new one.  Part of me wonders if I just move everything over, and then edit the docker containers to reference the new path, so if anybody knows, please feel free to chime in here.   Thanks!

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