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      fireodo
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        Qinn @fireodo
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        New update 4.10.0.1 and the led's not working is mentioned in known issues https://pcengines.github.io/#mr-26

        Hardeware: Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4125 CPU @ 2.00GHz 102 GB mSATA SSD (ZFS)
        Firmware: Latest-stable-pfSense CE (amd64)
        Packages: pfBlockerNG devel-beta (beta tester) - Avahi - Notes - Ntopng - PIMD/udpbroadcastrelay - Service Watchdog - System Patches

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        • fireodoF
          fireodo @Qinn
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          @Qinn said in PC Engines apu2 experiences:

          New update 4.10.0.1 and the led's not working is mentioned in known issues https://pcengines.github.io/#mr-26

          Yes, i know! Thanks anyway!

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          • QinnQ
            Qinn
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            Recently I encountered a few people that pull the power plug on the APU to revoke a "cold boot"

            So just to be on the safe side:

            As it is best to have "cold boot" after a bios update, the elegant way to shutdown an APU (as it has no power button) is:

            Diagnostics -> Halt System
            

            and then wait until the APU is powered down, so all led's, including the network led's, have gone down.

            Hardeware: Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4125 CPU @ 2.00GHz 102 GB mSATA SSD (ZFS)
            Firmware: Latest-stable-pfSense CE (amd64)
            Packages: pfBlockerNG devel-beta (beta tester) - Avahi - Notes - Ntopng - PIMD/udpbroadcastrelay - Service Watchdog - System Patches

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            • QinnQ
              Qinn @Qinn
              last edited by Qinn

              I experienced something strange, after an update to bios 4.10.0.1 my internal network speeds were halved, so I went back to 4.10.0.0 and they were restored! Can anyone confirm this, as I cannot test it at the moment?

              Hardeware: Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4125 CPU @ 2.00GHz 102 GB mSATA SSD (ZFS)
              Firmware: Latest-stable-pfSense CE (amd64)
              Packages: pfBlockerNG devel-beta (beta tester) - Avahi - Notes - Ntopng - PIMD/udpbroadcastrelay - Service Watchdog - System Patches

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                kevindd992002 @Qinn
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                @Qinn said in PC Engines apu2 experiences:

                I experienced something strange, after an update to bios 4.10.0.1 my internal network speeds were halved, so I went back to 4.10.0.0 and they were restored! Can anyone confirm this, as I cannot test it at the moment?

                So can anybody confirm this? I don't want to upgrade to the latest firmware if this is true.

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                • VeldkornetV
                  Veldkornet @kevindd992002
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                  @kevindd992002 said in PC Engines apu2 experiences:

                  @Qinn said in PC Engines apu2 experiences:

                  I experienced something strange, after an update to bios 4.10.0.1 my internal network speeds were halved, so I went back to 4.10.0.0 and they were restored! Can anyone confirm this, as I cannot test it at the moment?

                  So can anybody confirm this? I don't want to upgrade to the latest firmware if this is true.

                  I’m not having any problems with it.

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                    soder @Qinn
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                    @Qinn Yes, it is proper to issue the Halt system / Shutdown command, and the APU will turn itself off entirely (all LEDs go blank). But after that, how do you turn on the system again? As there is no power button to press, as you already clearly explained. So you will still need to unplug the power adapter, and re-connect after a couple of seconds.

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                    • fireodoF
                      fireodo @soder
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                      @soder said in PC Engines apu2 experiences:

                      @Qinn As there is no power button to press, as you already clearly explained. So you will still need to unplug the power adapter, and re-connect after a couple of seconds.

                      Indeed, you have to unplug/plug the Power-Jack - there is no other way! :-)

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                      • QinnQ
                        Qinn @soder
                        last edited by Qinn

                        @soder Yes as @fireodo already has said, there is no other way to power up. After the Halt command did it's job and the APU is powered down (all led's, including the network interface led's, are down) you must unplug and then re-plug the power cord, to get the APU to power up.

                        This way is the elegant way, opposite to pulling the plug when it's running, the latter could harm the filesystem.

                        Hardeware: Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4125 CPU @ 2.00GHz 102 GB mSATA SSD (ZFS)
                        Firmware: Latest-stable-pfSense CE (amd64)
                        Packages: pfBlockerNG devel-beta (beta tester) - Avahi - Notes - Ntopng - PIMD/udpbroadcastrelay - Service Watchdog - System Patches

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                        • QinnQ
                          Qinn @kevindd992002
                          last edited by Qinn

                          @kevindd992002 said in PC Engines apu2 experiences:

                          @Qinn said in PC Engines apu2 experiences:

                          I experienced something strange, after an update to bios 4.10.0.1 my internal network speeds were halved, so I went back to 4.10.0.0 and they were restored! Can anyone confirm this, as I cannot test it at the moment?

                          So can anybody confirm this? I don't want to upgrade to the latest firmware if this is true.

                          Tested it vigorously and could not reconstruct the drop down in speed, so now (as you can see in my profile)I am running on version 4.10.0.1 ;), sorry for the inconvenience.

                          Hardeware: Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4125 CPU @ 2.00GHz 102 GB mSATA SSD (ZFS)
                          Firmware: Latest-stable-pfSense CE (amd64)
                          Packages: pfBlockerNG devel-beta (beta tester) - Avahi - Notes - Ntopng - PIMD/udpbroadcastrelay - Service Watchdog - System Patches

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                            kevindd992002 @Qinn
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                            @Qinn said in PC Engines apu2 experiences:

                            @kevindd992002 said in PC Engines apu2 experiences:

                            @Qinn said in PC Engines apu2 experiences:

                            I experienced something strange, after an update to bios 4.10.0.1 my internal network speeds were halved, so I went back to 4.10.0.0 and they were restored! Can anyone confirm this, as I cannot test it at the moment?

                            So can anybody confirm this? I don't want to upgrade to the latest firmware if this is true.

                            Tested it vigorously and could not reconstruct the drop down in speed, so now (as you can see in my profile)I am running on version 4.10.0.1 ;), sorry for the inconvenience.

                            You made me worried :)

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                              logan5247
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                              v4.10.0.2 is out. Has anyone tried it yet?
                              https://pcengines.github.io/#mr-27

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                              • VeldkornetV
                                Veldkornet @logan5247
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                                @logan5247 said in PC Engines apu2 experiences:

                                v4.10.0.2 is out. Has anyone tried it yet?
                                https://pcengines.github.io/#mr-27

                                I have it running on 2 devices. No issues that I’m aware of.

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                                • QinnQ
                                  Qinn
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                                  Running on v4.10.0.2 and also no issues.

                                  Hardeware: Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4125 CPU @ 2.00GHz 102 GB mSATA SSD (ZFS)
                                  Firmware: Latest-stable-pfSense CE (amd64)
                                  Packages: pfBlockerNG devel-beta (beta tester) - Avahi - Notes - Ntopng - PIMD/udpbroadcastrelay - Service Watchdog - System Patches

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                                  • fireodoF
                                    fireodo @Qinn
                                    last edited by

                                    @Qinn said in PC Engines apu2 experiences:

                                    Running on v4.10.0.2 and also no issues.

                                    No issues is OK but any improvements?

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                                    • QinnQ
                                      Qinn @fireodo
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                                      @fireodo No not that "I" experienced. Most bios updates repair bugs or introduce updated SeaBIOS and
                                      updated sortbootorder, but there are a few updates that surely matter, like the 4.0.25 version, which enabled Core Performance Boost feature. https://blog.3mdeb.com/2019/2019-02-14-enabling-cpb-on-pcengines-apu2/

                                      Hardeware: Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4125 CPU @ 2.00GHz 102 GB mSATA SSD (ZFS)
                                      Firmware: Latest-stable-pfSense CE (amd64)
                                      Packages: pfBlockerNG devel-beta (beta tester) - Avahi - Notes - Ntopng - PIMD/udpbroadcastrelay - Service Watchdog - System Patches

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                                        kevindd992002
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                                        What does the "watchdog" feature in the BIOS setup options of the APU2C4 really do? Do I need it enabled or what? Thanks.

                                        Also, I just re-installed pfsense 2.4.4 p3 on my APU2C4 and for some reason the temperature sensors are not working again even though I have the correct module set:

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                                        I thought the support for these sensors was added since the release of 2.4? I didn't remember encountering this issue when I reinstalled in the past with lower versions of 2.4.

                                        Reloading amdtemp.ko and doing a sysctl -a | grep temperature doesn't output anything.

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                                          kevindd992002 @kevindd992002
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                                          Anybody can help me out here?

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                                            daemonix
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                                            I don't think temp sensors work... I never had them working.

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