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    Cant get PFsense 1.2.3 Installed on new box

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
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      James3000
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      I currently have PFsense running on a box. I am trying to install it on a new box I built this weekend as a replacement for the first one. It gets to the original choices window.
      1. Boot Pfsense (Default)
      2. Boot Pfsense ACPI Disabled
      So on and so forth

      I let the machine attempt to load and then it ends up says rebooting, I have no opportunity to hit "I" to install it.
      I have been at this for a couple hours.

      Here are the specs of the new box

      Motherboard: MSI MS-7145 (RS480M-IL)
      CPU: Amd 3400+ Single Core
      Ram: 1gb DDR 333 mhz
      HDD: Seagate 160gb
      Optical: HP IDE DVD+RW
      NIC's 1 onboard Gigabit Lan and 2 PCI Realtek Giga NIC's


      Here is what I have done to try and solve the issue.

      Went through bios and enabled and disabled every applicable setting I could find, there is no option for Plug and Play OS.
      Tried another HDD, no change.
      Tried different mobo controller..

      Any help would be appreciated.

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        James3000
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        Update…

        So, i was digging into possible issues, and I found some bios updates available for the motherboard and I was unsuccessful installing them :(
        I took everything out of the machine and put it back in and all of a sudden it allowed me to install it to the HDD.
        I move it to the location of my switches and then it just loops through setup over and over, (exact problem happening originally)
        Then after its 6th time through it finally catches and allows me to setup the NIC's . Everything is up and running.
        Here is the question though...

        I feel this system is flaky and likely wont reboot properly the next time power goes out or reboots.
        Anyone have an idea what could be causing these issues?

        HDD passed DFT hard drive test
        Ram passed Memtest
        Board Passed Qa Win 32

        Only thing I haven't tested is the PSU, I did extend the cables on this myself a few months ago for another project, but it was never used until now. Could this be the issue?

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