whater646464 Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 (edited) Hey everyone, Was wondering if anyone had any sort of advice for me. I just made a fresh PC build with a Asrock J5005-ITX with 8GB Crucial 2400 DDR4 RAM. No matter what I do, this board just won't boot Unraid whatsoever. The screen will flash blue instantly for a split second and return directly to the BIOS. There isn't any sort of CSM or legacy options either. I thought I was doing something wrong, but it works fine on my laptop. I'm sure the fact that the board just came out is 90% of the problem, I was just wondering if there are any workarounds. I've tried the 4 most latest builds. This guy said Unraid ran on his J4105 - a slightly older gemini lake model before the J5005:http://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8080&title=j4105-doesnt-have-legacy-bios-csm-mode Edited April 24, 2018 by whater646464 Quote Link to comment
John_M Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 I have no experience of that particular board but I see no reason why it shouldn't boot. How did you make you boot flash device? There are several things to check - is it formatted FAT32? Is it named UNRAID in all capital letters? Did you run make_bootable on it. Have you tried both UEFI boot (you have to rename the EFI- folder to EFI first) and legacy boot? Have you tried all the USB ports (you ought to have more success with the USB 2 ports)? Have you tried making a boot flash for another operating system - Ubuntu, for example - and trying that? Have you tried clearing the CMOS on the motherboard? Does the USB device appear if you enter the boot menu (you press a function key during POST - I think it's F11 for ASRock boards)? 1 Quote Link to comment
hernandito Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Will it boot to a Windows install cd or usb? Or try to boot to a Live ubuntu or mint image. Google how to create those on a usb. if those work, your issue is the unRAID usb you created. Try it again. if not, then it’s a bios boot option or a bad mobo, or RAM. Quote Link to comment
playmake Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 I had this problem - solved - on a J4105, I needed time to work that out but the solution is way simpler than you think. Open the usb boot you just created and rename the -EFI folder in EFI without -. 1 Quote Link to comment
whater646464 Posted April 24, 2018 Author Share Posted April 24, 2018 Hello everyone, I actually got my answer last night shortly after asking a Youtube user who was using a J4105. You guys are correct, deleting the "-" on the EFI folder solved my issue. Thank you guys so much! I wish I had asked for help days ago haha. Hopefully this thread helps someone else down the line who is using a J4105 or J5005 as well. Quote Link to comment
playmake Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Ahahah I was that guy Glad to hear you did it! Quote Link to comment
whater646464 Posted April 24, 2018 Author Share Posted April 24, 2018 1 hour ago, playmake said: Ahahah I was that guy Glad to hear you did it! Haha, I thought so! Thanks again man! Quote Link to comment
tjello Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Did you have any issues with the NIC not working? Mine will boot but won't get a IP assigned by DHCP. Quote Link to comment
mcdave Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 Oh Geez just that simple. I was running unraid on an old ATX board that died a couple of days ago. I got an Asrock J4105-ITX with a 4 gig stick of ram to replace what I had. I didn't know why my new system was just booting back to the bios screen. That pesky little "-" Just wanted to thank you for the help. Finally rockin' Quote Link to comment
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