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    • GilG Offline
      Gil Rebel Alliance
      last edited by

      I think you'll find 64 bit to be reliable with the right bios.
      2.3.5 will have no future patches, nor updates.

      11 cheers for binary

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      • R Offline
        rustydusty1717
        last edited by

        Will gladly update pfsense once I can get this unit to run stable.

        Anyone able to determine if the firmware is the latest now?

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        • GertjanG Offline
          Gertjan
          last edited by

          What firmware ?
          How can we tell ? You have the board in front of you ....

          No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
          Edit : and where are the logs ??

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          • R Offline
            rustydusty1717
            last edited by

            I posted the boot up via putty and serial cable.

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            • GertjanG Offline
              Gertjan
              last edited by

              Ah, Ok.
              @Gil posted a link for the APU2 firmware (what ever that is - I don't have one, I'm using a retired Dell PC so I get my BIOS updates from Dell)

              No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
              Edit : and where are the logs ??

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              • R Offline
                rustydusty1717
                last edited by

                Correct, just wanting someone more familiar with these APU2 to confirm it is updated to the latest version (which I downloaded and ran using TinyCore) by looking at the start up that I posted after the upgrade said complete.

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                • GilG Offline
                  Gil Rebel Alliance
                  last edited by

                  Your web status page will tell you your versions

                  11 cheers for binary

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                  • R Offline
                    rustydusty1717
                    last edited by

                    Vendor: coreboot
                    Version: 4.0.7
                    Release Date: 02/28/2017

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                    • R Offline
                      rustydusty1717
                      last edited by rustydusty1717

                      Also, already had a crash again. Next time it crashes I will retrieve the log. Hesitant to upgrade Pfsense as it was crashing even more often on the latest version

                      Update crash log is attached.

                      crashy.txt

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                      • GilG Offline
                        Gil Rebel Alliance
                        last edited by

                        I have about 10 x APU2D4 units that don't crash.
                        Perhaps you have a hardware issue with your unit?

                        11 cheers for binary

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                        • GilG Offline
                          Gil Rebel Alliance
                          last edited by

                          FYI, I upgraded coreboot to v4.0.25 which is the latest legacy version.
                          (PC ENGINES recommend legacy versions for FreeBSD based systems)
                          No problems to date. What is you exact hardware?

                          11 cheers for binary

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                            rustydusty1717 @Gil
                            last edited by

                            @Gil said in APU2 Crashing:

                            FYI, I upgraded coreboot to v4.0.25 which is the latest legacy version.
                            (PC ENGINES recommend legacy versions for FreeBSD based systems)
                            No problems to date. What is you exact hardware?

                            Got a link for download? I only seen 4.0.7 available.

                            It's the APU2C0 with a 60GB mSATA drive. I'm also going to try another mSATA drive I have. Starting to run out of options.

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                            • GilG Offline
                              Gil Rebel Alliance @rustydusty1717
                              last edited by

                              @rustydusty1717 said in APU2 Crashing:

                              Got a link for download?

                              https://pcengines.github.io/

                              11 cheers for binary

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                              • R Offline
                                rustydusty1717
                                last edited by

                                What a POS this APU2 board is. Updated BIOS now to 4.0.25 and PFSense to 2.4.4p1 (see attached) and now the board won't even run 5 minutes without crashing.

                                Also now when it does crash it beeps extremely loud for 10 seconds, then briefly comes back up.apu2.JPG

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                                • GilG Offline
                                  Gil Rebel Alliance
                                  last edited by

                                  Clearly you have a hardware issue.
                                  Check your power supply also.

                                  11 cheers for binary

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                                    rustydusty1717 @Gil
                                    last edited by

                                    @Gil Yup, already started a support case to have it replaced.

                                    Once I get the replacement board, is bios still required to run pfsense 2.4.4?

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                                    • GilG Offline
                                      Gil Rebel Alliance
                                      last edited by

                                      I'd suggest that would be best practice

                                      11 cheers for binary

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                                        rustydusty1717 @Gil
                                        last edited by

                                        @Gil Is 4.0.25 the recommended version?

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                                        • GilG Offline
                                          Gil Rebel Alliance
                                          last edited by

                                          According to PC Engines, the legacy releases are best for FreeBSD & v4.0.25 is the latest.
                                          That's about as much as I can tell you

                                          11 cheers for binary

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                                          • fireodoF Offline
                                            fireodo @rustydusty1717
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                                            @rustydusty1717 said in APU2 Crashing:

                                            @Gil Is 4.0.25 the recommended version?

                                            Hi, I have the 4.0.25 Bios-Version on my APU2C0 since (now) 20 days uptime without any issue.

                                            Regards

                                            Kettop Mi4300YL CPU: i5-4300Y @ 1.60GHz RAM: 8GB Ethernet Ports: 4
                                            SSD: SanDisk pSSD-S2 16GB (ZFS) WiFi: WLE200NX
                                            pfsense 2.8.0 CE
                                            Packages: Apcupsd, Cron, Iftop, Iperf, LCDproc, Nmap, pfBlockerNG, RRD_Summary, Shellcmd, Snort, Speedtest, System_Patches.

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