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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
      last edited by

      Yeah it's 25P80VG which is the same as I have. What you're seeing look exactly like this:
      https://forum.netgate.com/post/461855

      That user was eventually able to read/write the bios using afudos in FreeDOS but to do so he had to add a port on the com2 header. Read forward from that post for the details.
      Now more than 8 years ago! 😉

      Steve

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      • mcdonnjdM
        mcdonnjd @stephenw10
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        @stephenw10 hehe, permanently adding a serial port to the back of the box wasn't hard either, though most people will probably be content to just hook it up temporarily for setup. But it's nice having it there in case it's needed.

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          Sc0th
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          Thanks folks, I don't have time or patience for that so I think I will stop here, maybe one day I will get around to it :)

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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
            last edited by

            Yup, quite an involved process. And you don't actually need to flash it anyway, it will run pfSense just fine with the default BIOS.

            Steve

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            • mr.john 0M
              mr.john 0
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              Hello guys
              I’ve installed pfSense on XTM5 it is working fine but it is seriously LOUD and very much disturbing everyone.

              Is there anyway to lower the noise of the fan this unit or make it completely silent.

              PS. I’m from a hot country so average room temperature is around 37 - 39 degree but I don’t see anything in my rack that loud.

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                last edited by

                Are you running WGXepc?

                You can set the system fan speed with that. However 39°C is hot for an IT room. The fans will always be quite loud the keep the CPU running relatively cool. What's the reported CPU core temp?

                Steve

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                • mr.john 0M
                  mr.john 0 @stephenw10
                  last edited by

                  @stephenw10 Hi Steve

                  I have tried to install WGXepc however after installed I'm receiving error message. Have no idea why this is happening, Can you please see attach picture and tell if anything has been done wrong? Thank You

                  WGXepc.png

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                    chpalmer @mr.john 0
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                    • chpalmerC
                      chpalmer @mr.john 0
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                      @mr-john-0 said in Watchguard XTM 5 Series:

                      Go up a few posts to April 26th. I had the same issue.

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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                        last edited by

                        Yeah, needs to be the 64bit binary; WGXepc64

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                        • chpalmerC
                          chpalmer @stephenw10
                          last edited by

                          @stephenw10 He is trying to also put it in -conf which is locked down now as well..

                          If I read the post right.. Im taking some school for my job and my brain is mush!

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                          • stephenw10S
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                            last edited by

                            Oh, good point, I keep forgetting that! Put in it /root.

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                            • mr.john 0M
                              mr.john 0 @stephenw10
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                              @stephenw10 @chpalmer

                              Thank you so much guys with your help I have finally made it

                              Screenshot 2022-07-24 at 16.17.39.png

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                                mr.john 0 @mr.john 0
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                                @mr-john-0

                                After several hour I think I it is still loud maybe because I’m using INTEL Quad Core Q6600, seems like I will need to consider replacing all 4 fans. The only quite fan I know is Noctua A4x20 PWN (4 Pins) dimension 40x40x20mm it is very expensive so if anyone have any better choice please note that I’m open for suggestion.

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                                • stephenw10S
                                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                  last edited by

                                  The 2 CPU fans on the XTM5 are in fact controllable just not (yet) by WGXepc directly. See: https://forum.netgate.com/post/1039661

                                  However even if you turn them down they will always be quite loud with a high power CPU in a very high ambient like that.

                                  Steve

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                                  • mr.john 0M
                                    mr.john 0 @stephenw10
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                                    @stephenw10

                                    Thank u Steve but those script seems to be too complicated for me to understand how to apply them. I have decided purchase 4 of Noctua NF A4x20 PWM 4 Pins fans. Hope it would help reducing the noisy fan from XTM5 unit

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                                    • chpalmerC
                                      chpalmer @stephenw10
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                                      It seems that the newer images will no longer write on these boxes.. has anyone successfully written a 2.6 or 2.7 image to one? Mine just hangs.

                                      I have 2.7 snaps on it now but had to load an earlier image back when I loaded it and did upgrades to be able to test on 2.7 Now it will not update to the later snaps and I want to try to re-load from scratch.

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                                      • stephenw10S
                                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                        last edited by

                                        Running on mine but I also upgraded to it.

                                        It fails to boot the installer from USB? Or fails to boot the installed image?

                                        What install options did you use?

                                        Steve

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                                        • chpalmerC
                                          chpalmer @stephenw10
                                          last edited by

                                          @stephenw10

                                          If I install the USB stick in one of the front ports it will ignore it even though I have the boot options in BIOS set to look at USB first.

                                          If I pull the SATA to the hard drive the unit will go through BIOS then the countdown or press escape to boot now option.. The one beep and stops.

                                          I have an older 2.4.5 image I am going to try right now. I believe that worked last time I did this.

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                                          • chpalmerC
                                            chpalmer @stephenw10
                                            last edited by chpalmer

                                            @stephenw10 said in Watchguard XTM 5 Series:

                                            It fails to boot the installer from USB? Or fails to boot the installed image?

                                            Steve

                                            It fails to boot from USB and I used no options.

                                            I think the answer is in the BIOS but for now I got it to update after a couple of days of fooling around with it.

                                            2.7.0-DEVELOPMENT (amd64)
                                            built on Thu Sep 22 18:30:19 UTC 2022
                                            FreeBSD 14.0-CURRENT

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