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      Squuiid @angelroc
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      @angelroc do always read a thread before posting. It’s there in plain sight.
      https://forum.netgate.com/post/1067389

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        FadedRedwood
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        hey all, i have seen/know the password but does anyone have a copy of the mod/unlocked bios? I really want to flash a m470 and enable speedstep. any information is greatly appreciated!

        all the best

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          towatai
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          Same here. Got a M670 for free and want to enable speedstep.

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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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            You should see speedshift active on there already if the CPU supports it. Pretty sure the default CPU in the M670 does. That's superior to speedstep in almost every way.

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              v16v @stephenw10
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              I have a problem with my M370, it starts but shuts down at once. I would need a copy of a bios file if anyone has one.

              Thanks in advance.

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                Anything shown at the console at all? Did it boot previously?

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                  v16v @stephenw10
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                  @stephenw10
                  Can't get into console because it shuts down. It has worked fine for years but after a power outage it won't start.

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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                    But if you have the console open you see nothing at all? No POST output from the BIOS? No errors?

                    It sounds like a hardware failure. That's what happens if you try to power up without any RAM present for example.

                    I would try reseating the RAM and CPU.

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                      v16v @stephenw10
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                      @stephenw10
                      How to reset RAM and CPU?
                      I think there is something with the bios that is causing it not to boot.

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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                        No I said 'reseat' the components. So physically remove and re-fit them. Sometimes you can see bad connections if the unit was moved at all.

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                          v16v @stephenw10
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                          @stephenw10

                          It was Google Translate that translated it to reset.
                          Reseat the RAM and CPU, tried another PSU also made no difference.

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                          • stephenw10S
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                            So, to confirm, you see no output at all at the serial console?

                            I'm not sure there is any way to recover that. Even it is a bad BIOS. But I would only expect a bad BIOS if you were trying to flash it and it failed.

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                              ost0
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                              @v16v Do you have an SPI Flash reader that you can read the BIOS from your M370 with? The BIOS has checksums for each module so if there's corruption it should be possible to figure out where.

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                                v16v @ost0
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                                @ost0
                                I have a CH341A Flash reader. How do I know what checksums should be for each module?

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                                • stephenw10S
                                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                  When you open the BIOS file it should show you.

                                  I still doubt this is a bad BIOS though if you were not trying to modify it when it failed.

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                                    v16v @stephenw10
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                                    @stephenw10
                                    I said it was after a power outage that it didn't start. The bios reading gave nothing, it was completely blank.

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                                    • stephenw10S
                                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                      Hmm, are you sure it actually read it? It seems very unlikely it would erase it entirely.

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