Since swapping my HBA for an ASM1166 card I can reach C6 but no lower:

 

The relevant bios settings are C1/C6, C1E, and L0sL1, all of which I've enabled.

 

Curiously while the ASM1166 PCI card shows ASPM Enabled,

the onboard ASM1061/ASM1062 shows ASPM Disabled.

 

I'm wondering if it's worth it to probe further.

Im pretty sure the AsRock Boards are all capped at C6

 

2 hours ago, CS01-HS said:

 

The relevant bios settings are C1/C6, C1E, and L0sL1, all of which I've enabled.

 

Given that you mention C6 specifically there, i bet the bios/uefi are identical between the j4125 ive and yours. So yeah, they put a cap on that. Not worth it either, cause they draw so little power anyway.

With drives asleep save one SSD I estimate it's around 17W at idle but I haven't tested properly. Seems high considering the low-power CPU.

10 hours ago, CS01-HS said:

With drives asleep save one SSD I estimate it's around 17W at idle but I haven't tested properly. Seems high considering the low-power CPU.

Been a while since i tinkered with that board. I can only use an old post i posted on german forums here, 

 

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Idle 6.12.4 15.3-16.1 Watt   Semi-Workload 17.3-17.7 Watt

I had 6 hdds and 2 ssds, had an ~10 year old BeQuiet 300 Watt atx psu tho. With the BeQuiet PURE POWER 12 M 550W its certainly lower, i didnt retest it properly, only when the board was naked, with the exception of 1 SSD, it was at 7 Watt while with the old psu, around 11 Watt.



Edit: Heres it is currently with 2 HHDs and 1 SSD

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Edited January 11, 20251 yr by Mainfrezzer

That's a useful reference point, thanks.

 

I tested with a watt meter - with 3 SSDs and 5 2.5" HDDs spun down I see it fluctuate between ~13w and ~20w at idle.

Not bad. I have a decent PSU (Corsair SF450 Gold)

I'll experiment some more.

Since you all are using Asrock M/B, I was wondering if you had any issues getting Unraid to boot?  I'm using an old H270M-itx/AC, Bios version from 2018/3/29, version 2.5.  I'm wondering whether the same bios is used across different board models?  Are there any special things to watch out for for it to boot?  I know that I have to disable C states to get it to somewhat reach farther down the line in bootup.  

Edited January 14, 20251 yr by jang430

I'm running the latest bios (v1.70) here: https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/J5005-ITX/index.asp#BIOS

so I think these are totally different lines.

 

Yours gets stuck while Unraid is booting (not in the earlier bios stage) ?

I've never had that problem.

 

I'd start with the on-screen messages at the point it gets stuck - what's it trying to do?