board doesnt detect usb boot device

[BigDave]

Also done that , its not a jumper its two pads that you have to connect together using some metal object , unless i'm doing wrong and I've done it about 5 times it doesn't work too.

http://www.howtogeek.com/131623/how-to-clear-your-computers-cmos-to-reset-bios-settings/
I have an X9SCM board without IPMI and I'm gonna see if I can set up a bios password
and then clear the CMOS to get rid of it using the steps contained in the above link.
AFK

 

[meeks]

Tell me how it goes.

 

[BigDave]

Ok, fired up the test box with the X9SCM board and went into the bios.
I went to the security tab and put in a password for admin as well as user
and chose the SETUP option. (meaning you need password to enter bios only)
Rebooted.
The bios came back up with a password window. (Hal said, "I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that.")
I held in the case's power switch for 3 seconds.
I then used proper ESD procedure and removed battery,
and for good measure,
I held a small screwdriver accross the pads at JBT1
(for about 10 seconds just 2b sure)
After about 6 min. I popped the battery back in, hit the rocker
switch on the PSU.
I hit the case's power switch and booted into the bios (no password window)
Complete success!

 

[meeks]

Just done exactly like you did ,twice, and.... still the damn password screen. I'm guessing its faulty board :( .

 

[nightshade00013]

I am going to warrant a guess that the same place you got the manual is where you got the bios as well. There is no telling what could have been done to it by a third party if that is the case. They could have hard coded a password and completely disabled booting as well. You may have to completely replace the bios chip if that is what happened. You will either need to find someone that can flash the chip outside of the board or a service that can flash the latest bios to a new chip.

 

[meeks]

I am going to warrant a guess that the same place you got the manual is where you got the bios as well. There is no telling what could have been done to it by a third party if that is the case. They could have hard coded a password and completely disabled booting as well. You may have to completely replace the bios chip if that is what happened. You will either need to find someone that can flash the chip outside of the board or a service that can flash the latest bios to a new chip.

I didn't update or reflashed the bios.

 

[clarknova]

I've done many CMOS resets, but I've never seen a board that requires a password to boot or get into setup after a proper CMOS reset. My guess is that either you haven't completed the resest correctly, or the board is indeed faulty in some way. I recommend you talk to Supermicro support.

As for the original question, does this board have UEFI support? If so, you must disable Secure Boot and enable Legacy Boot, aka CSM before the firmware will see a FreeNAS USB (installer or boot disk) as a valid boot device.

 

[meeks]

I've managed to solved the bios password problem.
But the original problem still remains. I think the board have UEFI support because I've seen this model with different bios versions that supported UEFI , but the version i have doesn't have any secure boot or CMS options.
The problem is that the bios cant detect any type of boot usb, so i cant install a OS nor i can update the bios.

 

[clarknova]

I think the board have UEFI support because I've seen this model with different bios versions that supported UEFI , but the version i have doesn't have any secure boot or CMS options.
The problem is that the bios cant detect any type of boot usb

If the board has UEFI support then it should very well have Secure Boot and CSM options, although they may not be labelled such. Secure boot can sometimes hide behind an option like "Windows 8 compatibility", which should be disabled. CSM might be written as "legacy" "BIOS" or "compatible" boot, and the option often doesn't even appear until secure boot is disabled.

You must disable UEFI to boot the FreeNAS installer, or enable the corresponding legacy boot mode.

 

[meeks]

You're right there is a legacy mode which is enabled but still can't detect the usb. I'm going to take screenshots of all the bios options and put here, maybe is something i'm missing.

 

[meeks]

Sorry about the dealy, had an emergency.
Here are the bios options.

 

[Mirfster]

What is available for the "Add New Boot Option" in 1.png?

 

[meeks]

Ok well , for some reason when i rebooted that option just disappeared.. but was like the last one on this site https://www.thomas-krenn.com/en/wik...ry_via_motherboard_replacement_or_BIOS_update
I also tried doing like on that site but still doesn't work.

 

[clarknova]

Please clarify, is it the installer USB that doesn't show up as a boot device, or have you installed to a USB device, and it is the latter that will not boot?

 

[meeks]

Its the installer that doesn't work. I tried freenas iso, windows iso, i even tried a freedos usb to re-flash the bios and nothing is detected.

 

[Mirfster]

That BIOS is funky... Sorry, but I gotta punt this to @BigDave since he has a similar motherboard. :P

 

[meeks]

Yeah, thanks for trying to help anyway. I guess what i will try is replacing the bios chip with new one.

 

[BigDave]

Sorry for taking so long to respond (been super busy).
After taking a quick look, I notice a couple of things;

1. Supermicro does not recommend the Xeons with graphics for this board. (all E3 cpus ending in 5 have on-board graphics)
   
2. The bios revision number suggests custom bios for a proprietary board. (latest bios for this board is version R2.2)
3. According to ARC Intel specs, your cpu should be 3.2GHz and bios lists it as 3.1 ????
4. I've never seen the extra numbers after the model number (SM005), I think this also may suggest a proprietary unit.

Recommend you attempt flashing bios to version 2.2 and also using a non-graphics cpu.
Dave

 

[meeks]

Thanks for your time searching for this information.
I guess, like i said on top, i'll try to replace the bios chip with one with a updated bios, if that does't work, well, i start thinking in other system.

 

[BigDave]

Thanks for your time searching for this information.
I guess, like i said on top, i'll try to replace the bios chip with one with a updated bios, if that does't work, well, i start thinking in other system.

You're welcome, and good luck!