Watchguard XTM 5 Series
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Do you have a CPU you can try in place of the one that came with it?
Mine did exactly as yours when I tried a Pentium 4 chip in it that I had lying around…
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Yep that's exactly what it does when it fails to run the bios code. That can be because it has a corrupted bios but also because there's no cpu or a bad cpu or a bad motherboard.
Steve
Edit: typo
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Hope I don't have a bad motherboard. Hope it's just bios. I did try a different cup, intel e5300. Same results. Thanks for the info.
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Hi Everybody,
I search an VGA Cable for my XTM5? Is there a way to buy one online? Thanks
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Have a look at this:
https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=61970.msg425561#msg425561Steve
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Steve, can you please provide wiring diagram from printer port to SPI pins? Thank you! I may just have to create one.
So I got my bios programmer from the mail today. I could not find any information on connecting the ISP interface on the programmer to the SPI pins on the motherboard. Any idea would be helpful, thank you.
Some good guess are:
SCL(CLK) = (pin eight) ICH_SPI_CLK
SO(DO) = (pin 5) SB_SPI_MISO
SI(DI) = (pin 10) ICH_SPI_MOSI
CS(CE) = ?
VCC = ?On the motherboard I have no idea what these are use for
(pin 3) ICH_SPI_CS0#
(pin 4) V_3P3_SPI_R
(pin 6) 6 SPI_HD_N
(pin 7) KeyTop photo is bios chip programmer, isp interface. Bottom photo is SPI pin on motherboard.
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I used the diagram on this page: http://rayer.g6.cz/elektro/spipgm.htm to build my cable. It has some translations of the different pin labels.
Looks like the only thing you don't have is:
SPI connector (pin 3) ICH_SPI_CS0# is = CS(CE)You don't need to connect Vcc as the chip is powered by the XTM PSU when it's in standby. Also you don't need to pull up the write-protect pin, which is lucky as it's not connected. You do need to connect the GND pin (9).
Looking at my cable which I know works I can also see that I have pins 4, 6 and 7 tied together but not connected to anything at the reader end. I can't remember why I did that! ::) There was some further info in the flashrom source code I think.
Steve
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I have a Watchguard XTM520. I am thinking of installing Pfsense and upgrading the CPU and Memory. What is recommended for this product? I can see that an Xeon Quad Core has been installed elsewehere.
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Depends what you want to do with it. Bare in mind that it has a smaller power supply and possibly less cooling that the Lanner box it's built on.
I wouldn't put some thing with greater than a 65W TDP in it. That means you have to use the 'S' variant of any Core2Quads. The Xeon requires some mods to fit the 771 cpu into the 775 socket.Steve
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It will be used for anti-virus/spam protection and load balancing of 2 super fast FTTH internet connections provided by PCCW in Hong Kong.
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Having looked at the Intel site - Thinking of using the Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q9550S. Seems to be the fastest at the given power specification.
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What speed are those connections?
Whilst I've not benchmarked the box (and I'm only running an E4500 anyway) I'm not sure it's going to get to 2Gb/s if that's what you have. Not with those packages anyway. :-\Steve
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The bandwidth of PCCW's fastest fiber service is 1000Mbps…...but doubt I ever achieve anything near that!
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I'm looking for a replacement for my firebox x750e and came across this thread. While looking at the processors this supported (socket775) i came across a small adapter that allows you to use a LGA771 processor in a 775 motherboard which opens up the possibility of running xeon processors in this box which can be had for cheap.
for example http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Xeon-SLANT-E5462-2-8GHz-12M-2800-LGA771-CPU-Processor-1059-/261767606847?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cf290b23f
The xeon e5462 that i linked to benchmarks higher than a core2quad q9550 and has a FSB of 1600Mhz
Anyway, it was just some food for thought, i found it interesting and thought some of you may as well.
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At least one person is using a modified 771 CPU such as that:
https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=43574.msg421215;topicseen#msg421215
I don't think 1600MHz FSB is supported though. 1333MHz is.Steve
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Ive got a friend who has a core2quad q9650 that he is going to donate to me. :)
This one should work in an XTM 5 shouldn't it? Ive got 4gb of 800mhz DDR2 ready to go in as well.
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That's a 95W CPU so it might be pushing the cooling system and psu which are smaller than that in the FW-7580 it's based on. That never claimed to support C2Q either but we know it does. ;)
Steve
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Ill upgrade the PSU to something bigger and adjust the fan speed accordingly. It will be a good experiment. ;)
Thanks Steve!
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It's likely it will work fine anyway but the XTM PSU is 150W against the original 220W. Unless you're testing it you probably won't push it anywhere near the 95W level. ::) I'll be interested in your results.
Steve
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Ill throw everything together as is and see what happens before touching the PSU.
Next upgrade will probably be a hard drive so the eventual extra power will let me sleep better.
