March 15, 20251 yr I'm running Unraid 7.0.0 on it, and it's been running that for 2 months or so. Yesterday, I noticed the Unraid server was off, so I booted it and thought that was it. But this morning, it was down again, and I decieded to take a look. As the title says, it hangs on the "Verifying bzfirmware checksum". What I've done so far: Before I did anything, I copied all the files on the USB drive as a backup, just in case. Then I've verified the USB drive, which had errors accordingly to Windows when I checked it in that. After wards it reported no errors. The problem persisted. I tried this solution: Which worked, but was followed by a new error: rc.udev - Triggering udev events... Which I managed to fix by changing USB port. Later that evening, it crashed, and I checked the USB drive, and it had errors again, so I decided to replace it. It wasn't a new drive, but it didn't report any errors, so I went with it. I used Rufus to make it bootable, downloaded the zip files (decided to upgrade to 7.0.1 now that I'm at it), copied the files over and replaced the config files. Now, it's stuck on the "verifying bzfirmware checksum" again. I can't for the life of me figure out why I keep having issues. I'm starting to think there's a hardware error somewhere. Is there anyway I can see what the actual issue is?
March 15, 20251 yr memtest is on the boot menu. You could see if it will boot that flash drive on another computer. It won't try to start the array or do anything else with any disks on another system since they aren't the expected assigned disks.
March 15, 20251 yr 1 hour ago, Nanobug said: I noticed the Unraid server was off, Was the server actually off or crashed but still powered on? After you try @trurl's suggestion, instead of simply a different USB port, try a different "bank" of port (the general arrangement of 2 (or 4) ports arranged in the vertical row would tend to be on the same controller. Try a different bank, or if you're using a USB3 port, try a USB2 port if available.
March 15, 20251 yr Author 8 hours ago, trurl said: memtest is on the boot menu. You could see if it will boot that flash drive on another computer. It won't try to start the array or do anything else with any disks on another system since they aren't the expected assigned disks. I've started the memtest now, I'll let it run for 24 hours and post the result. I'll try the other device afterwards, I think I've got an old NUC somewhere I can add it to, or just use a VM on my desktop and pass it through. I'll figure it out. 7 hours ago, Squid said: Was the server actually off or crashed but still powered on? After you try @trurl's suggestion, instead of simply a different USB port, try a different "bank" of port (the general arrangement of 2 (or 4) ports arranged in the vertical row would tend to be on the same controller. Try a different bank, or if you're using a USB3 port, try a USB2 port if available. I see I was a bit off on that. It's still powered on, but it's unresponsive in anyway. No SSH, no WebUI, even the local terminal is unresponsive. Network wise it also disconnects. I've tried 3 different USB ports, 2 of the USB2 and one of them USB3. I'll try another set as well, just to be sure. That'll be after the memtest since I've alreadt startarted it. I'll let you know tomorrow. Thanks so far guys!
March 16, 20251 yr Author Doesn't look like a RAM issue to me: I'll try a VM tomorrow, been a bit busy today. I'll let you know if it can boot on that
March 16, 20251 yr 5 minutes ago, Nanobug said: I'll try a VM tomorrow, been a bit busy today. I'll let you know if it can boot on that I don't see what a VM has to do with trying to get your Unraid boot flash to boot.
March 16, 20251 yr Author 24 minutes ago, trurl said: I don't see what a VM has to do with trying to get your Unraid boot flash to boot. Just to try it in a different system, it's easiner in a VM for me.
March 16, 20251 yr Author Tried a different bank now at a 3.X port, and so far it booted. I'll see if it stops working within the next 24 hours.
March 17, 20251 yr Author At 4 AM CET it disconnected from the network. I'm pretty sure it's exactly at 4 AM, and that's oddly specific, but it could be a coincidence. I'll reboot it and get the diagnostics. Edited March 17, 20251 yr by Nanobug
March 17, 20251 yr Solution Also make sure this has been taken care of, even if it wasn't an issue before: https://forums.unraid.net/topic/46802-faq-for-unraid-v6/page/2/#findComment-819173
March 17, 20251 yr Author I did have eco mode on my 5900X to save a bit of power. I don't need it to boost and all that, 12 cores is more than sufficient, and it's been running just fine for years until now. But I've disabled it now, and disablec the C state power savings. I'll let you know again in a day or two. Thank you so far!
March 18, 20251 yr Author So far so good. It haven't become unresponsive yet, and it just hit the 18 hours uptime mark. If this was the fix, it's really odd that it started becoming a problem 2 months after I upgraded it to 7.0.0 and the BIOS haven't been updated for quite some time.
March 18, 20251 yr 5 hours ago, Nanobug said: So far so good. It haven't become unresponsive yet, and it just hit the 18 hours uptime mark. If this was the fix, it's really odd that it started becoming a problem 2 months after I upgraded it to 7.0.0 and the BIOS haven't been updated for quite some time. If this continues, disable XMP in the BIOS and run the memory at its rated speed of 2133 (SPD speeds) instead of it's Overclocked XMP speed of 2666. All overclocks introduce instability into any system
March 18, 20251 yr Author 8 hours ago, Squid said: If this continues, disable XMP in the BIOS and run the memory at its rated speed of 2133 (SPD speeds) instead of it's Overclocked XMP speed of 2666. All overclocks introduce instability into any system I don't run with XMP/DOCP/EXPO on my Unraid server at all. Never did. Thanks though So far it's at 31 hours, so it looks stable. But I'll give it tomorrow as well, just to be sure
March 18, 20251 yr 3 minutes ago, Nanobug said: don't run with XMP/DOCP/EXPO on my Unraid server at all. Never did. Thanks though Strange as the screenshot from memtest shows XMP enabled and the RAM running at 2666 MHz.
March 19, 20251 yr Author 22 hours ago, itimpi said: Strange as the screenshot from memtest shows XMP enabled and the RAM running at 2666 MHz. Yeah, I can see that. But I'ver never enabled it on any servers. But I'll double check it on next boot. Changing C states and removing eco mode made it run for 2 days and 5 hours without issues. Thank you for helping out, both of you! Edited March 19, 20251 yr by Nanobug
March 19, 20251 yr Just now, Nanobug said: But I'ver never enabled it on any servers Quite a few BIOS’s seem to have it enabled by default I think.
March 19, 20251 yr Author Just now, itimpi said: Quite a few BIOS’s seem to have it enabled by default I think. I'll check on next reboot, just to be sure. I won't do it now though
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