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From:	koswix	3 Feb 2020 11:30
To:	william (WILLIAMA)	10 of 22

42546.10 In reply to 42546.9
The flash procedure seems to be "do it via the the web interface, if the IMM won't load, boot the backup IMM and do it via the web interface". As far as I could see in the manual, if the backup IMM won't load either, replace the motherboard. Surely must be a header somewhere I could flash from, though? Struggling to find any cheap replacement boxes on eBay, thankfully it's just a Plex and file storage server of little consequence to anything mission critical - glad I'm not trying to explain to the bean counters why the beans are no longer being counted. ▪ ┌────┐ ┌────┐ │ │ │ │ ▪ │ └────┘ │ │ ──┐ ┌── │ ▪ ┌──────┤ ▪ ▪ │ ┌┘ │ │ ▪ ┌─┤ └──┐ │ │ ┌──┘ │ │ │ ││ ││ │ ┌─┐ │ │ └─┼┤ └┴─┴───┘ │ │ │ ─┘│ │ │ │ ┌──────┐ └┬──────────┘ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └───┘ └───┘ If Feds call you and say something bad on me, it may prove what I said are truth, they are afraid of it.

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From:	CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)	3 Feb 2020 14:10
To:	koswix	11 of 22

42546.11 In reply to 42546.10
No chance it's the CMOS battery? “Finally, my home state is known for something besides racism and old people!”

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From:	koswix	3 Feb 2020 14:20
To:	CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)	12 of 22

42546.12 In reply to 42546.11

¯\(°_o)/¯

Would surely still boot, just lose its BIOS settings? I've taken battery out and cleared CMOS to no effect.


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From:	CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)	3 Feb 2020 14:53
To:	koswix	13 of 22

42546.13 In reply to 42546.12
Re-seated ram, add-in cards, different psu yadda?. We're in hail-mary-pass land now... (I didn't know you could oc a psu?) “Finally, my home state is known for something besides racism and old people!”

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From:	koswix	3 Feb 2020 14:57
To:	CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)	14 of 22

42546.14 In reply to 42546.13
Tried all that (don't have bother PSU to try). Didn't OC the PSU so much as accidentally blow up half my house due to 1950s electrics going wrong

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From:	CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)	3 Feb 2020 15:07
To:	koswix	15 of 22

42546.15 In reply to 42546.14
I've had a pc that wouldn't post until I pulled the hdd. Then it would post, boot from a cd, and ultimately from a new hdd. “Finally, my home state is known for something besides racism and old people!”

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From:	Matt	3 Feb 2020 18:25
To:	koswix	16 of 22

42546.16 In reply to 42546.14
Probably the PSU then. Get your Multimeter out and measure the outputs of the 12v and 5v rails on the PSU motherboard connector and see what it is giving out.

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From:	william (WILLIAMA)	3 Feb 2020 21:29
To:	koswix	17 of 22

42546.17 In reply to 42546.16
...with a paperclip shorting pins 15 & 16 (green and black) natch never trust a man in a blue trench coat, never drive a car when you're dead

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From:	koswix	4 Feb 2020 07:56
To:	Matt	18 of 22

42546.18 In reply to 42546.16

Will check at the weekend.


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From:	CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)	4 Feb 2020 13:02
To:	william (WILLIAMA)	19 of 22

42546.19 In reply to 42546.17
Worked for me! “Finally, my home state is known for something besides racism and old people!”

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From:	william (WILLIAMA)	13 Feb 2020 22:34
To:	koswix	20 of 22

42546.20 In reply to 42546.18
So, what happened? never trust a man in a blue trench coat, never drive a car when you're dead

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From:	koswix	17 Feb 2020 21:05
To:	william (WILLIAMA)	21 of 22

42546.21 In reply to 42546.20

I got drunk and forgot all about it?


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From:	william (WILLIAMA)	18 Feb 2020 08:44
To:	koswix	22 of 22

42546.22 In reply to 42546.21
Probably for the best. never trust a man in a blue trench coat, never drive a car when you're dead

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