SOLVED X10SL7-F Bios update

[nidur]

Hi there,

I just bought the X10SL7-F with Crucial CT2KIT102472BD160B 16GB and i3-4150

I knew about the bios needing to be updated for the CPU to work so I'm trying to use a G3220 to do just that but all I get is the red LE6 Power led, before and after power up. Also the SAS (LEDS2) Blinks Red after powerup. The IPMI works and I have requested the SMS SUM to authenticate the bios update.

My guess is that the G3220 has the same issue and the i3-4150 and therefore does not power up and that I need a older CPU for powering the motherboard on. Have tried both NonECC memory and ECC.

Or perhaps I need another PSU or the Motherboard is broken.

Currently the only thing connected is the power switch and CPUFAN to FANA port.

 

[marbus90]

The G3220 is not a Haswell Refresh model and should work out of the box. I guess that that CPU came from a working system.

Educated guess: if something power related blinks red, it has power issues. So test with another PSU and hope that the board isn't shot already.

 

[nidur]

Thanks for the reply,

Yes, the PSU was the problem, taken from a tested working machine that uses 4 pin CPU out of the 8 available.

Grabbed another one that was being used on a 8 pin CPU and that one gave me the green lights... Now for the bios update :)

 

[nidur]

Spoke to soon, it had bios 2.0 and the i3-4150 is working.

Now for the LSI flashing my best guess is that the Phase 16 Firmware is the best option

 

[marbus90]

Your only option with FreeNAS.

 

[nidur]

Motherboard setup for freenas complete!

Not sure if the SAS address matters, but I used the one from the SAS controller.

Now for the hardware testing, cpu/mem burn and sata ports checking.

And thanks for the confirmation and help Marbus