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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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      Hmm, nope not seen that on a 4100. What output do you see on the console?

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        hrx @stephenw10
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        There's no output anymore after i.e. restarting pfSense software:

        ---------------------------snip---------------------------

        *** Welcome to Netgate pfSense Plus 23.09.1-RELEASE (amd64) on pfSense ***

        Current Boot Environment: default
        Next Boot Environment: default

        WAN (wan) -> ix3 ->
        LAN (lan) -> igc0 -> v4: 192.168.1.1/24
        WAN2 (opt1) -> ix2 ->
        WAN3 (opt2) -> ix0 ->
        WAN4 (opt3) -> ix1 ->
        LAN2 (opt4) -> igc1 ->
        LAN3 (opt5) -> igc2 ->
        LAN4 (opt6) -> igc3 ->

        1. Logout (SSH only) 9) pfTop
        2. Assign Interfaces 10) Filter Logs
        3. Set interface(s) IP address 11) Restart webConfigurator
        4. Reset webConfigurator password 12) PHP shell + Netgate pfSense Plus tools
        5. Reset to factory defaults 13) Update from console
        6. Reboot system 14) Enable Secure Shell (sshd)
        7. Halt system 15) Restore recent configuration
        8. Ping host 16) Restart PHP-FPM
        9. Shell

        Enter an option: 4

        You are about to reset the firewall to factory defaults.
        The firewall will reboot after resetting the configuration.
        All additional packages installed will be removed.
        Do you want to proceed [y|n]? y

        Netgate pfSense Plus is rebooting now.
        pflog0: promiscuous mode disabled
        Waiting (max 60 seconds) for system process vnlru' to stop... done Waiting (max 60 seconds) for system process syncer' to stop...
        Syncing disks, vnodes remaining... 0 0 0 0 0 0 done
        All buffers synced.
        Uptime: 2m38s
        uhub0: detached

        ---------------------------snip---------------------------

        That's it. After 10 minutes of waiting we pulled the plug and power-cycled. That of course works.

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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          So when you reset the config? Does it do it when you reboot normally?

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            hrx
            last edited by

            The reboot using menu #5 is giving the same result.
            Also does a change of the boot priority order (by invoking the boot menu pressing F2) - so it's not related to the OS itself I'd say.

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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              What do the LEDs show?

              There some internal LEDs that may show something if it's stuck at some lower power state.

              There's not much we can do there though. There's nothing to change.

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                hrx @stephenw10
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                It's the circle LED in solid orange.

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                  Hmm, then it's failing to POST. The internal LEDs may tell you more but, as I say, there's nothing that can be set to affect that.

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                    hrx @stephenw10
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                    At the moment I would suspect it's related to what other users also experienced in https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/15110

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                      Yes, very likely the same issue. That specific drive is mentioned.

                      Make sure you're running the current Blinkboot version. Though I'm not aware of any specific fixes in it.

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                        hrx @stephenw10
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                        Thanks, will also check later whether there's an update the Netgate Firmware Update package will offer.

                        Ihis is a really annoying issue, we already have some 4100 and 6100 with defective eMMCs and OOW.... (and we are not the only ones).

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                          hrx @hrx
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                          Not a real success here. 03.00.00.03t-uc-18 is on the device and also the firmware version offered by the latest Netgate Firmware Upgrade package (23.05.01) which comes along with pfSense 24.03.

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                          • stephenw10S
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                            Yup, that's the current version.

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