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    • GilG Offline
      Gil Rebel Alliance
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      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
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        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
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          @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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            Gil Rebel Alliance @rustydusty1717
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            @rustydusty1717 said in APU2 Crashing:

            Got a link for download?

            https://pcengines.github.io/

            11 cheers for binary

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              rustydusty1717
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              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
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                  @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
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                    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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                          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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                            rustydusty1717
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                            Just an update:

                            Got a replacement board sent, put in another new mSATA drive, updated firmware to 4.0.25 and install pfsense 2.4.4p1 and so far knock on wood I have 10 hours of up-time.

                            Is it normal for the board itself to beep every time I log into the webGUI?

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                              Gertjan @rustydusty1717
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                              @rustydusty1717 said in APU2 Crashing:

                              Just an update:

                              Got a replacement board sent, put in another new mSATA drive, updated firmware to 4.0.25 and install pfsense 2.4.4p1 and so far knock on wood I have 10 hours of up-time.

                              👍

                              Is it normal for the board itself to beep every time I log into the webGUI?

                              According to the doc Docs » pfSense » Hardware » Disabling Sounds/Beeps , yes ... ;)
                              It's actually a user setting, enabled by default.

                              But the beep is fine, it confirms you login was successfully.
                              When it starts to beep with you doing something else, well .... that's when things become interesting.

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

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                                rustydusty1717 @Gertjan
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                                @Gertjan said in APU2 Crashing:

                                @rustydusty1717 said in APU2 Crashing:

                                Just an update:

                                Got a replacement board sent, put in another new mSATA drive, updated firmware to 4.0.25 and install pfsense 2.4.4p1 and so far knock on wood I have 10 hours of up-time.

                                👍

                                Is it normal for the board itself to beep every time I log into the webGUI?

                                According to the doc Docs » pfSense » Hardware » Disabling Sounds/Beeps , yes ... ;)
                                It's actually a user setting, enabled by default.

                                But the beep is fine, it confirms you login was successfully.
                                When it starts to beep with you doing something else, well .... that's when things become interesting.

                                Yes, the last one was beeping continually which I kind of figured was never a good thing.

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