September 10, 20232 yr After my long standing setup finally gave in, this is my attempt at building a new tower to manage my home media and home automation needs. Previous build is here: I like that case and want to reuse it. The case and the disks are going to move to the new server. The rest is new... Hardware: Case: Lian Li PC-Q25 Black Hot Swap Mini Tower Case Board: Topton NAS N5105 (printed on the board: CW-N5105-NAS Ver, 1.0) (link AliExpress) (manufacturer?) RAM: Crucial 16GB DDR4 3200 MT/s (PC4-25600) SODIMM 260-Pin Memory - CT16G4SFRA32A (link Amazon) (link manufacturer) PSU: Lian Li SP750 SFX Gold 750W Modular Power Supply Black (link) (link manufacturer) Disk: 4x 4TB WD Red (2 data xfs, 1 parity) (+1 as hot spare, pre cleared, waiting) Cache Pool: 2x 500 GB Samsung SSD 860 EVO USB: Cruzer Fit (8GB) UPS: CyberPower Value SOHO UPS 1000VA/550W Edited September 16, 20232 yr by roland
September 10, 20232 yr Author Here is my first problem. The board does not start! - I installed the memeory on the board. - Plugged in the power 24 pin and 4 pin - connected the case power switch and power leds - connected the case fan to the board - no disks or usb connected when I switch the power on, the case fans start, the power led on the front of the case lights up, the case fans are running. Light in the netowork port is flikering where I plugged in the cable. But there is no video output, no beep, the fan in PSU is not running and I am not sure the fan on the CPU is running. Where do I go from here?? Thanks
September 10, 20232 yr 26 minutes ago, roland said: Where do I go from here?? Pull the board back out of the case and see if it fires up sitting on the anti-static bag that it came in. Don't connect anything except the PSU leads. Briefly connect the power on pins on the motherboard and see if it gives the "no memory" code, typically just long beeps. Turn the PSU back off, add the RAM. Power up the PSU, do the pin connect thing, and see if you get a single POST beep.
September 11, 20232 yr Author 1 hour ago, JonathanM said: gives the "no memory" code, typically just long beeps. unfortunately it gives no sign of life. Removed it from the case, removed RAM, removed all connectors except the power. The CPU fan spins up, but nothing else happens. No beep at all. The PSU has the 24 and 8 pin power cords where the 8pin splits into 2 x 4 pin. Does it matter which of the 4pin plugs is used? I know I need the 24 + 4 pin connected. Edited September 11, 20232 yr by roland
September 11, 20232 yr 1 minute ago, roland said: No beep at all. The link you posted said the board had a "buzzer". Do you see that part on the board? Is there a "spk" or speaker header on the board near the power and led pins? You need to verify with the motherboard manufacturer what the appropriate beep responses should be.
September 11, 20232 yr Author 21 minutes ago, JonathanM said: board had a "buzzer" Yes, there is a buzzer on the board, but it keeps quiet. Thanks for your help.
September 11, 20232 yr Author their support suggested that I need 2666MHz RAM rather then the one I have that is supposed to be compatible with 2666MHz. Anyway, I ordered some and we will have to wait now.
September 11, 20232 yr It should be possible to enter the BIOS without RAM. You should see an Error like "No RAM installed". I use this Mothrboard and its very conversational.... The buzzer beeps with every boot. Ohh I see I have a black PCB with two m.2 slots. But I find it a bit strange, since apparently everything is powered. And with a broken CPU, the BIOS should also report.
September 11, 20232 yr This is the board that I was looking at getting for my Node 304.It's concerning that you're having these issues Sent from my Pixel 6 using Tapatalk
September 16, 20232 yr Author On 9/11/2023 at 3:36 PM, Roalkege said: It should be possible to enter the BIOS without RAM. Thanks for your reply. I tried again. Just plugged in power, HDMI and keyboard. No beeps, nothing on monitor, no Caps or NumLock light on keyboard. CPU fan is spinning and the power pins are working. A bit disappointed myself. It seems so simple, there is not much I could have done wrong here .... On 9/11/2023 at 3:36 PM, Roalkege said: Ohh I see I have a black PCB with two m.2 slots. I have the same board. It has CW-N5105-NAS Ver. 1.0 printed on it. Edited September 16, 20232 yr by roland
April 27, 20242 yr Author OK, it has been a long time, but I have returned my board and received a new one. Everything seems to be OK now. Except, my trusty old USB stick is not booting anymore. I got a unraid trial onto another USB and that works. Is my USB dead? Is there a way to test it? I tried it in all different ports. The BIOS recognizes it and shows it as boot option, but it wont boot. It is a SanDisk Cruzer Fit 16GB. The bios boot options offers it's Partition 1 as boot option. I am not sure what the partitioning on it is. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank You!
April 27, 20242 yr Author OK, that was "easy" renamed the EFI- folder to EFI and now it boots 🙂 on to the next problem ...
May 8, 20242 yr Author I just wanted to update my post here. After the initial issues I had with the board, I returned the board and got a new one. The process was pretty straightforward but very slow with multiple interactions with the vendor via Aliexpress. Once the new board arrived it all just worked!
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