Cannot get my NAS to POST

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So, I have a NAS with the following spec:

Mobo: Supermicro X11SSL-F
CPU: Intel Xeon E3 1220 v6
RAM: 16GB of Kingston RAM bought by specifying my motherboard in Kingston site
Boot Disk: Lexar SSD running TrueNAS 12.0 U8.1
Two 2TB disks (one WD Red and one Seagate Ironwolf)
PSU: Corsair RM650

System was working fine for a while, but now won’t POST.
The IPMI runs and says “Host is currently off”

IPMI
IPMI509×603 29 KB

I have swapped the CPU for a Pentium G4400T which boots into Wndows 10 in another machine

I have bought another stick of the Kingston memory and tried in all slots
Note - not putting any memory gets the beeps for no RAM

Only thing I haven’t swapped is the PSU - trying that tomorrow as need to acquire one.

Mobo - tried with a brand new old stock X11SSH-F and get exactly the same result so I am stumped as I have swapped out Mobo, CPU and RAM :frowning:

Any ideas?

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I am not sure of everything that you did but it looks like you have done quite a bit already. Some things you can do (some questions too):

  1. Using a directly connected Monitor and Keyboard…
  2. When you press the power button, what happens? Be very specific. Here is what I’m looking for: Fans come on, the computer beeps 5 times, pauses and beeps 5 times again, the screen shows the system booting, it says I have BIOS version 2.5 and then it just stops.

I ask this because you did not provide this critical information. Be painfully detailed. Use a video camera (smart phone) to record the screen, then upload it (if you can) or at least you can watch the video and write what happens, and the duration of time.

  1. Take a photo of the motherboard while installed and post it here.
  2. Since you had it running for a while, how long was it running? 2 hours, 2 days, 2 weeks, 2 Months?
  3. Is the 8 pin power connector plugged into the motherboard? The RM650 is a nice power supply. I have the 750e, and I know it is overkill but it is very efficient so no loss.
  4. Can you get into the BIOS setup? If yes, reset to the Default and save the configuration.
  5. Disconnect EVERYTHING from the motherboard except the power, keyboard, monitor. Power it on, where do you get?
  6. Make a USB bootable drive of The Ultimate Boot CD if you can get to the BIOS and you just cannot boot up. Change the CSM mode, boot the USB stick, if this works then this is very good news. Run memtest86+ and ensure it makes one complete “PASS”, it will say how many passes have occured.

That will keep you busy for a while, and the power supply could be the issue given you have tried pretty much all the other options.

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Thanks, will work through the list and revert