d1rewolf
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My FreeNAS mini (purchased in Dec 2014) has died. I suspect it's the motherboard. I've cleared CMOS, replaced the battery, to no avail.
The motherboard details:
Make: ASROCK
Model: C2750D4I, REV:G/A 1.01
IPMI is accessible, but the system doesn't boot and there's no VGA output.
At this point, I'm seeking options for either repair or replacement. I reached out to IX but they basically offered no help aside from giving me the MB make/model, telling me they had no inventory and pointed me here....
A few questions:
1. Are replacement boards available for purchase? I'm in a bit of a time crunch, so one I could drop in would be very preferred.
2. If #1 is false and no replacement boards are available, is there an enclosure out there I could buy that would allow me to drop these four drives into it and do a recovery?
3. If #2 is true and there are enclosures which would allow this, do you anticipate any issues if I tried to adopt the filesystem under Linux instead? I'm a Linux guy and always found the differences in FreeBSD to be challenging.
4. If #2 and #3 are false, I might consider purchasing a Truenas Mini X or X+. Should I be able to drop these drives in and move on? Any other thoughts on these two systems?
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
d1rewolf
The motherboard details:
Make: ASROCK
Model: C2750D4I, REV:G/A 1.01
IPMI is accessible, but the system doesn't boot and there's no VGA output.
At this point, I'm seeking options for either repair or replacement. I reached out to IX but they basically offered no help aside from giving me the MB make/model, telling me they had no inventory and pointed me here....
A few questions:
1. Are replacement boards available for purchase? I'm in a bit of a time crunch, so one I could drop in would be very preferred.
2. If #1 is false and no replacement boards are available, is there an enclosure out there I could buy that would allow me to drop these four drives into it and do a recovery?
3. If #2 is true and there are enclosures which would allow this, do you anticipate any issues if I tried to adopt the filesystem under Linux instead? I'm a Linux guy and always found the differences in FreeBSD to be challenging.
4. If #2 and #3 are false, I might consider purchasing a Truenas Mini X or X+. Should I be able to drop these drives in and move on? Any other thoughts on these two systems?
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
d1rewolf