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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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      Indeed. OPNSense made quite a few boxes. If it's the smaller 3-port ALIX based box I believe the default bios rate is 38,400.

      Steve

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        brainzina
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        Thanks for your help!

        It is this box: https://www.applianceshop.eu/security-appliances/security-appliances-desktop-and-wallmountable/pfsense-based-desktop/opnsense-desktop.html

        I will try all the speed settings and hope for a positive result.

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          OK, that is built on the ALIX board which uses a default baud rate of 38,400 for accessing it's BIOS. However it can be changed so Applianceshop may have set it differently, seems unlikely though.
          This does indicate that it might be displaying the BIOS and then not booting anything for some reason. You may have to reflash the CF card if the boot loader is corrupt.

          Steve

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            brainzina
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            OK I tried all the different speeds. 115200 was working.

            Unfortunately I only can see the effect Steve was describing above. It is booting the BIOS and then showing only two horizontal lines. (Screenshots)


            Is there any chance to save this or do I have to flash everything? I have a backup of the configuration so it shouldn't be a big problem though.

            Thanks for all your help!

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              Hmm, well that's not what I expected to see. The link you posted is to the exact model?
              Phil will be able to give you much better advice on this as he uses these boards daily. However as far as I know the ALIX boards don't use an AMI BIOS they use a custom tinybios:
              http://www.pcengines.ch/tinybios.htm

              Some early ALIX boards seem to use an Award BIOS but no AMI.  :-\

              Steve

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                brainzina
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                No, the link wasn't the exact model. After some research I did the last minutes, I know it is another model. I bought it in April but the link I was getting it from doesn't work anymore. A friend just gave me the package so I don't even know the exact CPU.

                I am trying to look that up to get the right image to flash to the CF card.

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                  brainzina
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                  So here is the exact data of my device.

                  OPNsense Ghz - pfSense desktop & wallmountable appliance OPN-20074-B
                  CPU Options
                  1 x Intel Atom Z530P - 1.6 GHz
                  Warranty
                  1 x Standard 1yr Warranty - Parts & Labour
                  Power supply [Wall mountable]
                  1 x Power supply - EU plug
                  Firmware options
                  1 x pfSense version 2.1 [Release]
                  Memory Options [2Gb requires 1.6Ghz CPU]
                  1 x 2 GB RAM
                  Flash Memory Upgrade Options
                  1 x 4Gb Compact Flash SLC

                  I am thinking of using a new CF card if the old one is the cause of the whole situation.

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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                    last edited by

                    That BIOS output is still odd. Try pressing 'TAB' to enter the setup when it first appears.

                    OPN-20074-B seems to be this:
                    https://www.applianceshop.eu/opnsense-a10-dual-core-desktop.html

                    But that has a different CPU and storage.  :-\

                    Steve

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                      brainzina
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                      I cannot press anything while booting. TAB (and also "s" which I read in another board) doesn't do anything.

                      I flashed a new system to a CF card. If I boot with the CF card in I get exact the same result as shown above.
                      If I boot with CF card inside with a new BIOS on it, I only get this message "Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key". If I then press any key it just repeats the message again and again. CTRL + C doens't work and and break (which I can send with ZTerm) has no effect as well.

                      I tried the old CF card and another one.

                      Now I am at the end of my thoughts and of everything I could find on the internet.

                      Any ideas?

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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                        last edited by

                        How did you write the image to the CF card? Which image did you use exactly?

                        Steve

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                          brainzina
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                          I used dd on a MacBook to write the image to the CF card. I thought about trying physdiskwrite on a Windows machine to double check tonight.

                          The exact line was:

                          sudo dd if=/Users/XXX/Desktop/pfSense-2.1.5-RELEASE-4g-i386-nanobsd.img of=/dev/disk4

                          Anything wrong with that?

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                          • stephenw10S
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                            last edited by

                            Nope looks good. A lot of people write the gzip'd file without extracting it first.
                            The output from the BIOS still seems odd to me, it doesn't look like other embedded boxes I've used. Given that the box failed to boot after a power failure and it doesn't seem to be the boot media it may be a bios issue. Could just be the cmos, you could try resetting it.
                            Have you tried containing applianceshop to ask what the bios output is supposed to look like?

                            Steve

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                              brainzina
                              last edited by

                              Good idea to hard reset the CMOS. Any ideas how to that with my board? I already googling it.

                              I'll attach a picture of the board.

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                              • stephenw10S
                                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                last edited by

                                It's this in case you hadn't realised:
                                http://www.openvox.cn/products/ippbx/embedded-motherboards/127/ipc110-detail.html

                                and:
                                @http://www.openvox.cn/pub/misc/IPC110%20Hardware%20Installation%20Guide%20v1.0.03.pdf:

                                CN6              clear CMOS
                                Setting Function
                                Close 1-2 Clear CMOS
                                Open 1-2 (default) Normal

                                Steve

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                                  brainzina
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                                  Thanks, I already found it!

                                  So just to be sure. I set the jumper plug in the power chord, wait for a few seconds, plug out the power cord, remove the jumper and that's it. Right?

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                                  • stephenw10S
                                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                    last edited by

                                    Normally you would:
                                    Remove the power cord.
                                    Set the jumper.
                                    Wait ~30s.
                                    Reomve the jumper.
                                    Replace the power cord.

                                    Steve

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                                      brainzina
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                                      Did it like this. Now all three leds are green from the beginning of booting. Nothing comes to the serial console anymore.

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