Supermicro X10SLL-F No Post or VGA

[Chris Dill]

I am building my second FreeNAS, this time I went by the hardware guide on this forum. I put in all of the moving parts, and when I boot I get no VGA and no post. I get 5 rapid beeps which means memory configuration error. I have looked and looked, and as far as I can tell I have the right stuff in this box. Can any of you wizards who might have dealt with this mobo give me any insight?

Motherboard: X10SLL-F
On the Tested Memory sheet, 1600Mhz ECC 8 GB it lists this as tested RAM:

MEM-DR380L-HL01-EU16 Hynix HMT41GU7MFR8C-PB Hynix H5TQ4G83MFR 2 RoHS Low Profile

The RAM I purchased was from eBay 2x 8GB sticks and has a product number of HMT41GE7MFR8C-PB.

The processor I purchased is: Intel E3-1220v3 SR154 3.1GHz/8M/5GTs LGA1150 Xeon 80W CPU Processor

Any tips and insight would be helpful- I read some posts about having to flash new bios using IPMI, but that was only for brand new processors, which this is not. Thanks!

 

[Fuganater]

Have you tried any basic troubleshooting steps like changing the slots the RAM is in? Running only 1 DIMM?

 

[Chris Dill]

I was being given tasks by my wife, so I had a limited time, but I did try a few basic steps:

Remove CMOS/power for a few minutes
Try RAM in blue slots, then in black slots, then 1 stick only, then no sticks
I did not mess with the processor

After I posted my post though, I looked at the memory numbers on the X10SLL Sheet and the one I ordered, and they are different by one letter (U instead of E). So my assumption is that even though they are close and match spec wise, they are not compatible. I did find the EXACT SKU on Memory America so I ordered the new sticks- will be a few days. If anyone has any information on the sticks I purchased actually working, please let me know!

 

[Fuganater]

I was being given tasks by my wife, so I had a limited time, but I did try a few basic steps

Bleh. I know that all too well...

 

[Ericloewe]

Have you tried inserting the single DIMM into all DIMM slots? If so, you'll have to narrow it down to the motherboard or CPU.

 

[Chris Dill]

So, I ordered RAM with the EXACT matching number, still no dice. With no RAM in I get RAM error beep. With one stick in, I get no beeps, and with 2 sticks in I get beeps. I think it is the BIOS version on the motherboard, which is 1.1 (current version is 3), and it does not support my processor or more than 1 stick of RAM. I called SuperMicro and they were not helpful, like talking to tier 0.5. I have to call back tomorrow and purchase a bios update unlock key. I read a blog about someone getting around this by booting from an ISO- but the problem is in order to boot from the ISO you need to select it during post. I do not have VGA, so I cannot see post to do this.

 

[Fuganater]

IPMI doesn't work?

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[Chris Dill]

IPMI does work- I managed to update BIOS and firmware to latest version, and still no dice. In doing research I came across many posts about the same problem... and in one of them "headless" was mentioned. So I looked around, and there is a jumper on the montherboard to disable onboard video. Disabling onboard video also disables iKVM I think, because I had nothing with that until I fixed the jumper. So after I changed the jumper to spots 1/2 everything started working- the server was booting all along, just could not see it without VGA/iKVM.

I have another issue where no USB device I put in boots into FreeNAS (just blank black screen with cursor blinking) but I think that is another thread and a widespread problem.