Jesse White
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- Oct 21, 2016
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Hi all,
Extremely frustrated first time Freenas user, here. I've recently built myself a 6x6TB miniITX build with the following:
Motherboard: AsRock E3C236D2I C236
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 SkyLake 3.4 GHz LGA 1151
RAM: 2X CT2K8G4WFD8213.000 2-8GB ECC DDR4-2133 EUDIMM 1.2V CL15
Power Supply: CORSAIR CX-M series CX650M 650W 80 PLUS BRONZE Haswell Ready ATX12V & EPS12V Semi-Modular Power Supply
Hard Drives: WD Red
Case: Fractal Design Node 304 Mini-ITX
After initially setting up the system a month ago, I found out that the first CX650M power supply was a dud. I was able to boot into the BIOS several times, the IPMI worked, but as soon as I attached any hard drives I experienced random boot failures. For instance, the CPU fan would spin up for a moment, and then power back down. I swapped out power supplies and things started working.
I've since RMA'd the power supply, and have gotten Freenas installed and running. I haven't had much time to do much beyond some SMART tests, but when I came home over the weekend I noticed that the server was off (I had left it running.)
Long, frustrating troubleshooting later, I'm able to log into the IPMI interface, but I can't get the server to power on. The ATX cable light is green, and the BMC light for E3C236D2I is blinking normally.
The sensors for power look mostly normal, though I'm worried about another bad PSU. I've heard that the previous generation Corsair CX power supplies were bad (500, 600), but that the new 550 and 650 versions were fine.
I've taken the following steps:
I can certainly take everything apart again, but wiring up 6 HDDs in a Node 304 was a pain and I was really hoping that I'm doing something stupid.
Any good ideas?
Extremely frustrated first time Freenas user, here. I've recently built myself a 6x6TB miniITX build with the following:
Motherboard: AsRock E3C236D2I C236
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 SkyLake 3.4 GHz LGA 1151
RAM: 2X CT2K8G4WFD8213.000 2-8GB ECC DDR4-2133 EUDIMM 1.2V CL15
Power Supply: CORSAIR CX-M series CX650M 650W 80 PLUS BRONZE Haswell Ready ATX12V & EPS12V Semi-Modular Power Supply
Hard Drives: WD Red
Case: Fractal Design Node 304 Mini-ITX
After initially setting up the system a month ago, I found out that the first CX650M power supply was a dud. I was able to boot into the BIOS several times, the IPMI worked, but as soon as I attached any hard drives I experienced random boot failures. For instance, the CPU fan would spin up for a moment, and then power back down. I swapped out power supplies and things started working.
I've since RMA'd the power supply, and have gotten Freenas installed and running. I haven't had much time to do much beyond some SMART tests, but when I came home over the weekend I noticed that the server was off (I had left it running.)
Long, frustrating troubleshooting later, I'm able to log into the IPMI interface, but I can't get the server to power on. The ATX cable light is green, and the BMC light for E3C236D2I is blinking normally.
The sensors for power look mostly normal, though I'm worried about another bad PSU. I've heard that the previous generation Corsair CX power supplies were bad (500, 600), but that the new 550 and 650 versions were fine.

I've taken the following steps:
- Reseated the power cables.
- Unplugged the hard drive power supply cables to test without that load.
- Removed the battery, shorted, and reset the CMOS.
- Tried powering on with the IPMI.
- Tried powering on with the front panel switch.
- Tried powering on by shorting the mobo pins.
- Checked for shorts on the motherboard or standoffs.
- Checked the IPMI system logs for unusual events.
I can certainly take everything apart again, but wiring up 6 HDDs in a Node 304 was a pain and I was really hoping that I'm doing something stupid.
Any good ideas?
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