Watchguard Firebox M400/M500
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More news on the Intel CPUs that don't reboot properly on M400/500.
Intel i3-4350T - is also no good.
After re-reading this thread, the conclusion is that only the i3-4130 seems to work correctly.
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The i5-4670S reboots correctly. And provides a nice performance upgrade.
Not quite as low power as one of the i3-T CPUs but not much difference at low loads.
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@acsaba not sure how I missed your original posts but my Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590T generally sits at 50C.. I did replace the fans with a quieter model linked earlier in this thread.. and they're not running anywhere near full speed.
This is also the first I'm seeing about some Intel CPUs not rebooting correctly.. Guess I have to do some rereading because mine seems to have that issue.
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@chpalmer In the meantime I solved the problem installing arch Linux and controlling the fan speed properly. For the moment I'm not using the WG because of the power consumption and noise, so I will convert back to the original WG firmware.
Anyhow, many thanks for sharing the info.
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@stephenw10 Thank you. I will keep looking on eBay - there are a few in the USA, but the shipping cost and exchange rate are a killer. As a home box, the i3 has plenty of power.
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@chpalmer Yep. It is a doozy of a thread, but there is tonnes (metric of course) of information in here. I never did get the VGA working, but I had a tonne of fun playing with the BIOS writer - never needed to use one before this project.
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I wonder if the i5-4670K or i5-4670 will work? There are plenty of these available. I can see that the K is only slightly slower and uses more power, but the home box has never seen more than about 40% CPU usage that I have observed.
I have just bought a i5-4670K and a i5-4670 off eBay. I will report back with the reboot test results.
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The K CPUs were usually the unlocked version preferred by overclockers. So capable of the maximum possible performance. And cost! Of course that also means many have had a hard life.
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@stephenw10
Avoid the i7-6700
Worked great until it died
At which point I realized the heatsink could not dea -
That definitely wouldn't work in the M400/M500. I assume you tried that in an Mx70?
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@stephenw10
Sorry, yes.
Mx70
The i7-6700 runs too hot for the Mx70 heatsink and eventually just cooks itself. -
Urgh, best avoid that then!
