Install won't work. Distorted output and strange behavouir

jakesween2

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Hello Freenas Community,
This is my first time building a nas and first time using freenas
I am trying to install Frenas onto a system I have built arround a Xeon X3320, using a Intel DQ45CB motherboard and 8GB of DDR2 Ram.
I am installing it onto a 120GB SSD from a Kingston 32GB USB stick which I have flashed using rufus and also tried using win32diskimgaer.
I got Freenas installed on it and had it running for one boot and then when I shut it down and strated it again it went into rescue mode. Since then I have made repeated attempts to install Freenas aswell as various alternatives. The alternatives worked but I still think freenas is the best option. When I installed Nas4free (can't remember the new name) it worked perfectly and that is based on the same Freebsd software and it worked every boot. I then tried to install Freenas but with no success as it would not boot the first time and the screen was distorted with the second counter freezing at - 1 seconds. Out of interest I retried it with Nas4free and could not even install it due to the same error. I then repeated the install but was unable to boot from the USB due to the same error again.
I was wondering if you would be able to help me with this matter and would be very grateful if you could.

Just to add the motherboard sticks at postcode 51 for a few mins which according to intels website means Allocating resources to PCI bus however it seems to work OK and there are no PCI Express Cards been used.
 

Chris Moore

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I then tried to install Freenas but with no success as it would not boot the first time and the screen was distorted with the second counter freezing at - 1 seconds. Out of interest I retried it with Nas4free and could not even install it due to the same error. I then repeated the install but was unable to boot from the USB due to the same error again.
This sounds like a hardware fault, which is not surprising on such old hardware.
 
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