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    • imWACCoI
      imWACCo @rcoleman-netgate
      last edited by imWACCo

      Compaq Presario CQ5600Y

      Because of it only having a 1xPCI, the intel NIC is in the video slot. In BIOS, video is set to onboard.

      pfSense-CE-memstick-2.7.0-RELEASE-amd64 Latest as far as I know

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        rcoleman-netgate Netgate @imWACCo
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        @imWACCo said in Install fail:

        Compaq Presario CQ5600Y

        Which version of pfSense CE?

        Ryan
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          imWACCo @imWACCo
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          pfSense-CE-memstick-2.7.0-RELEASE-amd64 Latest as far as I know

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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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            Does it fail identically every boot?

            You might try the previous release to see if it doesn't trigger it: https://atxfiles.netgate.com/mirror/downloads/pfSense-CE-memstick-2.6.0-RELEASE-amd64.img.gz

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            • imWACCoI
              imWACCo @stephenw10
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              @stephenw10 said in Install fail:

              Does it fail identically every boot?

              The 3 times I've tried it

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                It's running the current BIOS version?

                Try the 2.6 image. Try disabling as much as you can in the BIOS. Anything unrequired, soundcards, parallel port, firewire etc.

                Those nvidia chipsets can behave oddly though.

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                • imWACCoI
                  imWACCo @stephenw10
                  last edited by imWACCo

                  @stephenw10 said in Install fail:

                  It's running the current BIOS version?

                  I don't know, HP only shows me "CQ3100" and no downloads for that other model

                  Also, it has 2+4=6gb RAM, from what I see, it will only take 4gb.

                  I got it yesterday for $40, with keyboard, monitor, and mouse

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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                    Try with only one stick of RAM then. Make it as basic as possible.

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                    • imWACCoI
                      imWACCo @stephenw10
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                      @stephenw10 said in Install fail:

                      Try with only one stick of RAM then. Make it as basic as possible.

                      Yes, lots of testing to do. Not even had it 24h yet. Getting old SUX, I'll get to it, but I was hoping something set off alarm bell to cut down on testing

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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                        Getting old does indeed suck. 😉

                        We'd need to see more of the crash to know more there. Just the panic string is too generic to tell us much.

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