Hi There,

 

As per title.

 

Was installing a new HDD - but unRAID server wouldn't power on after I installed the HDD (it was a squeeze so I did wonder if I borked something) - so I removed the new HDD - still wouldn't power up - so I took the server to a local computer shop.

 

They diagnosed it as corrupt MB FW so they reflashed it.

 

So now the system powers up - I can access Bios etc - I can see all HDD's and the raid card - boot option is set to UEFI USB (which I believe is correct?) - but it now wont boot from the USB flash drive - and this USB has been sweet for 2 years or so now.

 

I had backed up the flash drive before heading to the computer shop - so I wondered if the USB had been corrupted somehow - so I reformatted the USB - and copied the unRAID backup across - made it bootable - but unRAID still wont boot.

 

So I will hit up Lime to see if we can reinstall unRAID to a new USB and see if this is the issue.

 

But do you my fellow unRAID'rs - have any other thoughts / options?

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Regards

 

Ed

 

 

unRAID doesn't support UEFI boot, set it to legacy/csm.

Thanks for the quick reply.

 

As far as I could tell with the MB I have  (ie. Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. - H61MA-D3V) I have to choose UEFI to get the USB selected - and as you say this doesn't work for unRAID - so again it would not boot.

 

I did however set the Boot Override to the correct USB drive (which was listed as some weird no. "8.07" in the drive list)

 

and !!

 

It booted to unRAID - happy day. : )

 

 

(Note: I did have another drama with my main windows machine not being able to see unRAID - DNS server issue - but a restart of said windows machine fixed this.)

 

 

So it works...however when I reboot it still fails to choose the flash drive and so it fails to boot unRAID again.

 

So Boot Override to the rescue again - however I don't want to have plug a kb and monitor in and Boot Override every time I reboot or power-down unRAID.

 

 

So.......new question that I would appreciate some assistance with please:

 

1. Does anyone know how I can make this MB not "demand" UEFI (perhaps the fw update has forced this?) - so that it will see the same old flash drive as it has quite happily done for 4 years now - until this latest issue.

 

2. And/or avoid having to manually intervene and have to Boot Override every time my server is rebooted /powered down?

 

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Cheers

Ed

 

 

I'm not very familiar with Gigabyte Bios, look for:

 

csm module: enable/disable - set enable

 

boot mode: UEFI and legacy - set UEFI and legacy or legacy only

Thanks again Johnnie

 

I have tried to find these settings just now as best I can and have enabled them - but seemingly no joy....

 

Anyhoo.....will try again tomorrow - I have my unRAID server back and am so stoked about this!! - but I have been banging my head against this for a little while now - so will instead enjoy a movie from unRAID with a beer and give it another crack tomorrow. 

 

And again - I appreciate your help : )

Hi Again,

 

So now server just randomly became unavailable.

 

Added kb and monitor again - and unRAID had rebooted for some random reason - but of course given issues above - could not reboot unRAID by itself.

 

So override boot again to force it boot off the flash drive and the server is back up again.

 

 

Q: Does this - combined with the initial problems noted above sound like a failing MB to you?

 

Or something else?

 

 

Thanks again.

 

Cheers

Ed

 

 

It sounds like a hardware issue but it's difficult to guess what, could be board, RAM, power supply, etc, start by running memtest for 24 hours.

Thanks Johnnie - will do.

Cheers

 

Ed