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I believe, DSM of the earlier version does not suffer the same BIOS resetting problem as DSM 5.0. If you switch over to DSM 5.0, I think you will have the same BIOS resetting problem as I am. So, the bottom line is, to solve my problem, I need to use earlier version of DSM and not DSM 5.0 My initial exposure to Xpenology was with Trantor's 4.2 and 4.3 builds. I ran into the BIOS resetting issues on my hardware until I found compatible motherboards. DSM 5.0 had not even been announced at this point. Ok, may I know what motherboards you are using for DSM 4.x??? Care to share???

Hi htpcdude Thank you for replying my question Ok, I think I need to buy this "JOE" motherboard (DQ35JOE) and pray hard that it does not suffer the BIOS resetting problem which I am experiencing with my Supermicro PDSME motherboard.

Hi bearcat, I believe, DSM of the earlier version does not suffer the same BIOS resetting problem as DSM 5.0. If you switch over to DSM 5.0, I think you will have the same BIOS resetting problem as I am. So, the bottom line is, to solve my problem, I need to use earlier version of DSM and not DSM 5.0

Ok, I tried MikeRoxx's method.....only the 1st half. The 2nd half is still waiting for him to explain in further details as I am not sure what he had done on the APM and using 3rd party tool. So, went in to Control Panel, Regional Options, select the Time Zone of where I am currently located, select the time manually (i.e follow the local time of my country of origin), instead of using synchronize with an external NTP server. Press the Apply button, reboot the XPEnology DSM5.0 PC....and wait..... At the end....this method did not work, BIOS resetting is still happening.

Hi bearcat, Am I hearing your correctly? HP N54L does not have the issue of BIOS resetting itself after there is a reboot from DSM 5.0? Am I right? If am I wrong and you are right, can please read this post from the forum: http://xpenology.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3020 Which DSM version you are using? The earlier version of DSM?

Hi MikeRoxx Thanks for sharing your solution , but I could not understand the steps for implementing APM and Scheduler. Would you explain in details further. Thank you.

Hi htpcdude What can I say!!!! Firstly, a BIG THANK YOU to your advice and sharing your experience to me!!! Secondly, you are my life saver, after reading your advice, I think I sleep better now instead of think ways all day and night to fix this annoy problem. Thirdly, did someone from the team of developers, forget to write about this known issue in the FAQ section? Fourthly, there is a section in the forum discussing whether the DSM OS is compatible with 3rd branded motherboards, why there no WARNING note in regards to the BIOS reset problem? Please refer to: http://xpenology.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=33 or perhaps this: http://xpenology.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=854 Ok let's summarized what options I have got now that I read your advice loud and clear! Option 1: Buy a Intel branded motherboard (The DQ35xxx series) Option 2: Buy a Gigabyte GA-H87M-HD3 motherboard (not sure about there other models.) Option 3: Buy a Asus motherboard- any model and any platform: Intel or AMD. Option 4: Buy a UPS for supply power at 24/7 to XPEnologized Supermicro PDSME PC. For the time being, in my case, Option 1 to 3, any of these options mean that I need to buy: 1) New CPU 2) New DDR3 memory 3) New motherboard which I need to do some hard thinking before I proceed. So.... for your case, which Intel motherboard from the DQ35xxx series did you use which does not have the BIOS resetting issue??? Can you care to eloborate? Are you using this Intel motherboard Intel DQ35J0E motherboard, please refer to the link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813121094 which has 6 SATA ports, which to me is more than enough to play with In that case, if it is still available on eBay, then I may buy it to try myself and I don't have to do anything else, except swapping the motherboard out the case. I may want to buy an Intel motherboard because of Intel NIC which performs better than other NICs, namely Realtek. Thank you again.

First of all, thanks for lending your support!!! in answering my question!!! Before, I go any further, I need to stress that at the beginning I thought there was a problem with my motherboard battery, may be is flat or low voltage, so to eliminate this factor, I bought a new motherboard battery and replaced the old one. Guess what? I used the multimeter to test the old battery, it was not flat at all. So, the old battery was just fine, reading was 3.0 volts, as it was expected to be. My motherboard is a Supermicro PDSME server motherboard the link is below: http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/PD/E7230/PDSME.cfm Unfortunately, there is no further update on its BIOS, there is only 1 bios version, currently I am using the latest one, which is BIOS = R1.1a http://www.supermicro.com/support/resources/results.aspx By the way, does any of the forum user experiences this problem when used on the latest motherboard with the new generation UEFI BIOS? Ok, coming to answer to your question about power schedule. For your information there is NO power schedule setting configured in DSM 5.0 whatsoever- NONE at all. I am considering buying a UPS, to have my XPEnology PC permanently turned on at 24/7 operation, in order to solve this problem of mine. Though, there will cost more than buying a spanking new motherboard. OR Try Nanoboot on the same motherboard and see if solve the problem or not? OR Try on another motherboard and see if there is still got this BIOS reset problem or not? What is your advice? Thank you.

Upstairs PC and downstairs PC, duh Thanks for being humorous, but it is not! Believe me, when I have XPEnology PC located at upstairs, and...downstairs is where my lounge is...where I want to watch video (streaming off from XPEnology) or do file transferring. Every time there is a power failure at midnight, I need to restart the XPEnology PC, and again, and again, walk upstairs and...then I need to reconfigure back the BIOS setting, in order to boot from USB thumb drive, otherwise it will just stuck there. Very very annoying!!!

Hi guys, does this BIOS reset problem is a KNOWN problem when using Gnoboot & Nanoboot with ALL motherboards or only selected hardware only? Someone care to answer this important question?

Guys, if I am going to get another motherboard to try, does it suffers same problem- bios get reset upon reboot? Appreciate your feedback! Thx. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Na...what I wrote above does not work... those setting are really dealing with the CPU internal memory...that is all.

Yeah, that's what I thought, buy a cheap a raspberry Pi, may work. But I wonder if a raspberry Pi has the processing power to output, say 8 channels of surveillance camera on live viewing?

Hi All, It has been a roller coaster ride for for last 2 days, getting XPEnology to work. But, does anyone out there knows how to fix the BIOS resetting problem every time it boots up. Having the XPEnology working PC located upstairs, so this mean I need to go up, change the setting in the BIOS to boot up from USB thumb drive, every time you want to run XPEnology DSM, which I think is damn annoying. I did attempt to fix the problem....... In my BIOS setting, under Advanced, Memory Cache..... DEFAULT SETTING: Memory Cache = Enable Cache System BIOS area = Write Protect Cache Video BIOS area = Write Protect Cache Base 0-512K = Write Back Cache Base 512K-640K = Write Back Cache Extende Memory Area = Write Back Change the following default setting: Memory Cache = Enable Cache System BIOS area = Write Protect- note this is Write Protected by default, but it still get reset after rebooting. Cache Video BIOS area = Write Protect Cache Base 0-512K = Write Protect Cache Base 512K-640K = Write Protect Cache Extende Memory Area = Write Protect Gnoboot will load very slowly.... about half hour later....still loading the drivers..... So, I am guessing, is Gnoboot writing data into the my slow USB pen drive? That is why it is loading very slowly? However, if I left the default settings remain unchanged Gnoboot will load normally, and heaps faster than before. But as usual, after reboot the BIOS setting will change or reset Appreciated if someone can help out. Thank you.

Ok, then, I was hoping someone may have a classic hack on what I wanted, but I least I tried By the way, has anyone in forum use Synology Surveillance Station successfully on XPEnology? Any issue arising? Care to share your experience or any shortcoming that I need to know?

Hi All, First of all thank you guys for creating XPEnology. Here comes a silly question, I know Synology is a headless NAS (without monitor) Is it possible......(wishful thinking) 1) To Install a separate dedicated GPU card on the working mortherboard. 2) Hook up a LCD/LED monitor and output the graphical DSM GUI on the monitor. The purpose of this silly idea to to run Synology Surveillance Station app. Having a monitor hook up, then you can do live monitoring on your surveillance cameras As well as doing some playback viewing using XPEnology working PC If this is possible, then I can do live monitoring directly from XPEnology working PC without having to use my laptop connecting to the LAN switch and run Synology Assistant on the browser and finally run Surveillance Station. Thank you.