pfSense on Watchguard M370
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I recovered the bios of the m370 and it is indeed unlocked.
My experience.
Laptop
usb-c (3.0 and 3.1) ---usb-c to usb a adapter---ch341A did not work. Drivers had to be installed manually. Still asprogrammer did not see the ch341aDesktop
usb 3.0 -- ch341A worked, drivers loaded automatically after install.
recovery done with the desktop.The ch341a is a risky board because of the 3.3v fault on it.
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@soupman Thanks for the feedback. The earlier Ch341a's had a 3.3v issue that was corrected in the newer versions. It could also be possible to pull the 3.3v power connector (leave the ground) and just plug power into the box and program it with the it powered down, but I have not fully tested that method.
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@stephenw10 Thanks a lot for your Feedback, than i will try the T70
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@hangmansnoose001380
Can you tell me how to change the password in BIOS? I have an m470, which may be different from the m370 motherboard. I want to modify the BIOS myself. Is there a tutorial? -
@qinghua907 As stated above I don't have a method for removing the password as the Aptio V bios will regen it even if it is removed. The only way I have found to have an unlocked bios is to reflash a bios that doesn't have the password enabled (Lanner original/modified bios). I can't confirm this as I don't have a M470 but I believe the bios I used on the M370 is the same for the M470. I make no promises on this as it has not been tested. If you would like to test and validate if the same bios works or not pm me and I can send you a link to the bios I used. The instructions above should be the same but I take no responsibility for a bricked device. I would highly recommend following the section above to make a backup of the current bios and verifying it's valid before flashing the new bios. If you have a successful back you should always be able to revert to the default bios using the same methods.
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@hangmansnoose001380 OK, please send me your BIOS download link, thank you
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Just got a M470. I'm going to start testing to see if the same bios & process works for the M470.
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Current testing:
Mod bios does indeed work for the M470. I assume this means it will also work with the 5 & 670. Xeon does work on the M470, currently running a Xeon E3-1260L v5. PCI-e works in the M470, won't run on the 370 as it requires the C236 chipset that is only in the M470+ models. Currently testing to make sure that all ports are working including the add-in card. Getting an E3-1240 v6 Xeon to test with as well as the microcode should allow any Skylake/Kabylake (5th/6th gen) processor. -
@hangmansnoose001380
Great. Xeon (R) CPU e3-1260l V5 is used on my m470. Can this CPU work in turbo boost mode on your m470? Look forward to your good news -
@qinghua907 I currently have turbo & speedstep enabled and it's booting fine. Haven't checked yet if turbo is functioning correctly as I've been dealing with an issue of pfsense loading the i350 addin module ports first (ports 0-7) and the onboard second (ports 8-15) and the ports on the module don't seem to be working correctly.
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I'd say it's not completely running right:
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@hangmansnoose001380
I suggest you modify it on the original BIOS of m470. Maybe it's better -
That looks correct. 2901MHz indicates turbo is active. It will never actually show the turbo speed since it's dynamic per core and dependent on thermal performance.
Steve
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So the M470 is now up with an E3-1245 v6 processor with turbo on with no issues with the CPU, still looking into the module ports not communicating:
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Thanks @stephenw10 for the info on the ports. For anyone else with an 8 port add on module the ports are not in the order they are labeled on the physical device. Add on module ports are as follows:
Top row: 4 5 6 7
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@hangmansnoose001380 Is the test finished?
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@qinghua907 I've tested and it seems to work fine.
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@hangmansnoose001380 good news
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@hangmansnoose001380
Last weekend, I flash the BIOS of m470. Now I can enter the BIOS, set Rui frequency and set USB startup. It's very good. Thank you！
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@hangmansnoose001380 Can you DM me the BIOS-File too? I have been looking for the original bios for a long time, but have not found anything on the internet.
Thx
