ASRock E3C226D2I wont boot ?

[Eycd]

Hi, I'm building a freeNAS build and I got all my parts today. My partlist here:
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/N9HNnn

I plugged in the RAM, CPU, CPU Fan and a VGA cable to a monitor just to see if it would boot and I get a green solid light next to the 24pin connector and a green light left of the cpu, which comes on later, is solid then flashes then goes off. The CPU Fan won't spin, I've tried putting it in the cpu_fan1 header, frnt_fan1 neither worked. I even tried two different intel coolers the one that came with it and the spare one I had from my gaming pc, any ideas? Picture of the board when powered :
https://imgur.com/a/6zp5H

All ideas are helpful, thanks.

 

[Hlsgsz]

Hi, I'm building a freeNAS build and I got all my parts today. My partlist here:
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/N9HNnn

I plugged in the RAM, CPU, CPU Fan and a VGA cable to a monitor just to see if it would boot and I get a green solid light next to the 24pin connector and a green light left of the cpu, which comes on later, is solid then flashes then goes off. The CPU Fan won't spin, I've tried putting it in the cpu_fan1 header, frnt_fan1 neither worked. I even tried two different intel coolers the one that came with it and the spare one I had from my gaming pc, any ideas? Picture of the board when powered :
https://imgur.com/a/6zp5H

All ideas are helpful, thanks.

I'm sorry, but i have to ask: did you also turn it on?(short the pins where the power switch goes)

 

[Eycd]

I didn't mean to select ur answer as the best solution I don't know how to undo it either, whoops.

I touched a bit of metal on the two pins yeah multiple times.

 

[Hlsgsz]

Attach teh pc speaker. See if it beeps and check teh manual for the number of beeps.
Also, try the other ram port.
And reset the CMOS.

 

[Hlsgsz]

I didn't mean to select ur answer as the best solution I don't know how to undo it either, whoops.

I touched a bit of metal on the two pins yeah multiple times.

Solved

 

[Eycd]

Attach teh pc speaker. See if it beeps and check teh manual for the number of beeps.
Also, try the other ram port.
And reset the CMOS.

I don't have a PC speaker. Tried both RAM ports, I think I reset the CMOS, not really sure.
https://gyazo.com/4240141ec5da08d51d25acafa747e36c

I moved that blue thing up 1 pin, and removed the battery thing and waited a bit and put it back in. Didn't work, so just put blue thing back on the 2 pins it was before. says ME_RECOVERY1 above it.

 

[Hlsgsz]

I've just read a bit around. I think you should RMA the board.

http://forums.tweaktown.com/asrock/57098-asrock-e3c226d2i-cant-boot-cant-connect-ipmi-2.html

 

[Eycd]

I've just read a bit around. I think you should RMA the board.

http://forums.tweaktown.com/asrock/57098-asrock-e3c226d2i-cant-boot-cant-connect-ipmi-2.html

Hmm, yeah as I can't get anything to work might as well. Luckily I got through amazon so I can just get a replacement pretty much no problemo and won't have to deal with ASRock support.

 

[Hlsgsz]

I've just read a bit around. I think you should RMA the board.

http://forums.tweaktown.com/asrock/57098-asrock-e3c226d2i-cant-boot-cant-connect-ipmi-2.html

Hmm, yeah as I can't get anything to work might as well. Luckily I got through amazon so I can just get a replacement pretty much no problemo and won't have to deal with ASRock support.

Cool. Good luck wiht teh next one

 

[Hlsgsz]

Look into this aswell. They are the "go-to" boards for this purpose: C2550D4I

 

[Eycd]

I saw that board, but it was a bit too pricey and I wanted to be able to have my own CPU in there for more upgrade room currently got the Pentium G3258 but plan to get a Xeon eventually.

 

[Hlsgsz]

I saw that board, but it was a bit too pricey and I wanted to be able to have my own CPU in there for more upgrade room currently got the Pentium G3258 but plan to get a Xeon eventually.

Good plan.

 

[Eycd]

I saw that board, but it was a bit too pricey and I wanted to be able to have my own CPU in there for more upgrade room currently got the Pentium G3258 but plan to get a Xeon eventually.

Good plan.

Yeah wanted a more powerful CPU because as well as running freeNAS for storage, going to be using the Plex plugin as well. I could probably do it better with Linux, but have no experience using Linux at all pretty much.

 

[Hlsgsz]

I saw that board, but it was a bit too pricey and I wanted to be able to have my own CPU in there for more upgrade room currently got the Pentium G3258 but plan to get a Xeon eventually.

Good plan.

Yeah wanted a more powerful CPU because as well as running freeNAS for storage, going to be using the Plex plugin as well. I could probably do it better with Linux, but have no experience using Linux at all pretty much.

I guessed it was about Plex
No, freeNAS is exactly what you should be using. It is, after all, a linux distro tailor made for the job.
Make sure to use ZFS on teh drives if data integrity is paramount.

 

[Eycd]

I saw that board, but it was a bit too pricey and I wanted to be able to have my own CPU in there for more upgrade room currently got the Pentium G3258 but plan to get a Xeon eventually.

Good plan.

Yeah wanted a more powerful CPU because as well as running freeNAS for storage, going to be using the Plex plugin as well. I could probably do it better with Linux, but have no experience using Linux at all pretty much.

I guessed it was about Plex
No, freeNAS is exactly what you should be using. It is, after all, a linux distro tailor made for the job.
Make sure to use ZFS on teh drives if data integrity is paramount.

Yeah want to use ZFS, and data integrity is very important as going to be storing family photos/videos/documents as well as my media collection. So probably using Raid 1 on the two 3 tb drives.

 

[Hlsgsz]

I saw that board, but it was a bit too pricey and I wanted to be able to have my own CPU in there for more upgrade room currently got the Pentium G3258 but plan to get a Xeon eventually.

Good plan.

Yeah wanted a more powerful CPU because as well as running freeNAS for storage, going to be using the Plex plugin as well. I could probably do it better with Linux, but have no experience using Linux at all pretty much.

I guessed it was about Plex
No, freeNAS is exactly what you should be using. It is, after all, a linux distro tailor made for the job.
Make sure to use ZFS on teh drives if data integrity is paramount.

Yeah want to use ZFS, and data integrity is very important as going to be storing family photos/videos/documents as well as my media collection. So probably using Raid 1 on the two 3 tb drives.

Cool. Storage is cheap enough these days that it's not worth taking the risk.