March 3, 20242 yr Hi all So yeah, my unRAID server won't boot for some reason.... I had 3 graphics cards connected and my son is about to build his first computer, so I was only using one of mine so I gave the others to him. I stopped the computer, removed the video cards for him, I also moved a breakout board or whatever it's called that lets me connect more drives; it's just connected to a different pci slot. When I turn the computer on, it just goes into the bios. I told it to boot first from the unRAID thumb drive, which is still in its original spot, but it just goes back into the bios. I remember having to backup the thumb drive and then reinstalling unRAID to it, but it was a long time ago. I really need to get it back online asap as it's not been running for a couple days, so I thought I'd post my question and now I'll do some searching. Thanks everyone!
March 3, 20242 yr Author I just put the breakout board that allows me to install more hard drives, back exactly how it was. Now I don't even think it's booting into the bios. It might still be, but I'm getting nothing on the monitor. This is frustrating!!!! I'm gonna plug the unRAID USB into another PC to see if it's working. Will report back.
March 3, 20242 yr Author Solution It's working now. * Checked the unRAID thumb drive and it seemed to be working fine. * Copied everything on it and saved a copy on the laptop. * I noticed that the EFI folder had the little - after it, not sure why but anyways, I removed it. * I then ran the make bootable file. It still didn't seem to work, so I decided to reset the BIOS. After doing so, I turned the computer on, then it ran for a couple seconds, turned off, and then turned back on again. I then got confirmation on the monitor that unRAID had booted. I logged in via IP address and it's all up and running. Maybe later I'll try and gain access to the BIOS to make changes, but at the moment it's running. I do have a Windows VM that had my video card attached to it, so I might have to make BIOS changes to get that working, but that's for another day. While this time I didn't get any replies to my help request, I have received heaps of help in the past and using some of that info was what enabled me to get my server running again. So thanks everyone!!
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