Almost giving up. M5A78L-M LX/BR

[Trabalhador Anonimo]

Hi, my hardware:

MB: M5A78L-M LX/BR

CPU: Athlon 2 X4

RAM: 12GB

HDD: 3x 1TB + 1x 2TB

Onboard NIC: Realtek® 8111E

 

I had tried so many variations of installation and got stuck at the end. Last attempt was with DS3615xs 6.1 Jun's Mod V1.02b with DSM_DS3615xs_24922.pat. I had prepare USB stick, boot up the computer, and send .pat via Firefox. I got stuck at 40% for almost 3 hours, but it went on to 100%. After that a count down of 10 minutes stated. I get happy after all, but only for those 10 minutes. The computer reboot and guess what: no more access via network. The computer do not show on Synology Assistance, nor on find.synology.com nor even on Advanced IP scanner. I reboot the computer with a new usb stick with tinycore-redpill and the NIC works fine. I rebooted again with stick DSM_DS3615xs and get stuck again.

Any suggestions before I gave up?

 

Best regards.

Edited December 17, 2022 by Trabalhador Anonimo

[IG-88]

6 hours ago, Trabalhador Anonimo said:

h DS3615xs 6.1 Jun's Mod V1.02b with DSM_DS3615xs_24922.pat.

loader 6.1 and dsm *.pat file dsm 6.2 - not going to work

dsm 6.1 pat files are 15xxx like DSM_DS3615xs_15284

keep in mind that the loader's rd.gz and zImage files where updated when using the wrong *.pat file so to make it work with 6.1 you would at least need to replace these two files on the 2nd partition of the laoder with the original ones from the 1.02 loader

 

916/918/920 will most likely not work with that old cpu (DVA3221 too when going for 7.x)

 

https://xpenology.com/forum/topic/13333-tutorialreference-6x-loaders-and-platforms/

https://xpenology.com/forum/topic/61634-dsm-7x-loaders-and-platforms/

 

imho 6.1 might be nice to play around a little but dsm 6.1 its way to outdated by now, just try it out to see how things may look like

i'd suggest start over with arpl (loader) and DS3622, maybe try DS3615 if nothing goes (but afair 3615 will not get dsm 7.2 next year)

https://xpenology.com/forum/topic/65408-automated-redpill-loader-arpl/

https://github.com/fbelavenuto/arpl

 

[Trabalhador Anonimo]

I follow this tutorial and I could get this running:

https://xpenology.com/forum/topic/7973-tutorial-installmigrate-dsm-52-to-61x-juns-loader/

 

I´ll try https://xpenology.com/forum/topic/65408-automated-redpill-loader-arpl/ after learn how things works.

 

Thanks.

 

[IG-88]

1 hour ago, Trabalhador Anonimo said:

I follow this tutorial and I could get this running:

https://xpenology.com/forum/topic/7973-tutorial-installmigrate-dsm-52-to-61x-juns-loader/

you did get the loader 1.02b working, the only mistake was choosing a dsm *.pat file not usable for this loader, 1.02b is only ds, 6.1, for dsm 6.2 you will need loader 1.03b and that is a little bit of a problem when uefi comes into it (but with such old hardware ists most likely no uefi or uefi with csm on by default and in this case its just about choosing the "right" usb boot device, the usb flsh drive might be seen twice, as uefi and "old" generic device and the one with uefi in its name is definitely the wrong one (or just try them one after another and look with syno assitant if you can find something)

there is also a special thing about amd cpu's with that

"...

The C1E function in the bios (in some HP machines) needs to be deactivated.

"...

its not specific for amd, its just that most people used a special hp microserver with a (older) amd cpu

but if you got it already booting up properly and found it in network it should not be a c1e problem

 

1 hour ago, Trabalhador Anonimo said:

 

I´ll try https://xpenology.com/forum/topic/65408-automated-redpill-loader-arpl/ after learn how things works.

dont mess to much with older dsm 6.x, its already dead as dsm 6.2 will stop getting any security updated in june 2023

if setting up a new system you should invest you time in the new (opensource)  redpill based loaders like arpl or tcrp

there is also a menu version of the tcrp loader here: https://github.com/PeterSuh-Q3/tinycore-redpill

 

 

 

[Trabalhador Anonimo]

Will it be possible to install 7.x to this old hardware?

[IG-88]

10 hours ago, Trabalhador Anonimo said:

Will it be possible to install 7.x to this old hardware?

sure, dsm 7.1 is still offered for old units like 3615 by synology and a lot of "old" units way less cpu power that get 7.1 (ram is usually not a problem as synology themself put only a bare minimum in most units)

you can have a look in the update reporting section here to compare

https://xpenology.com/forum/forum/78-dsm-updates-reporting/

but there are even old N40L microserver with a turion cpu working fine

https://xpenology.com/forum/topic/64619-dsm-711-42962/?do=findComment&comment=349782

 

[Trabalhador Anonimo]

I cannot install any thing after DSM_DS3615xs_23739_2.pat with any loader. Ass soon as I do, the network card stops working. I have another card, but it is RTL8169SC. I do not know if this chiset has the same problem. I´ll try to find new card.

My MB has 6 sata ports, but I also have PCI/SATA card. Is it possible to use this PCI cards as more ports for HDD?

Is the loader compatible with BCM5720 - Dual-Port 1GBASE-T - high profile?

 

Edited December 19, 2022 by Trabalhador Anonimo

[Trabalhador Anonimo]

I could make it work, but don´t ask why, but it only works with a 4GB USB stick. Now it is working with 7.1 and DSM_DS3615xs_42962.

I had setup a second network card, but it does not accept it. Is there a way to fix this?

Edited December 22, 2022 by Trabalhador Anonimo
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[Trabalhador Anonimo]

Editing grub.cfg solve the problem with network cards.

I try to install update 1 to DSM_DS3615xs_42962 and lost everything, i had to start all over again.

[Trabalhador Anonimo]

I try to manually update to update 3 and lost everything again. It seams this thing does not like me!🤣

I´ll wait until next DSM release.

 

Edited January 4, 2023 by Trabalhador Anonimo

[Trabalhador Anonimo]

I move from DDSM_DS3615xs_42962 to synology_broadwellnk_3622xs+and had the same problem to upgrade to U2, U3 and U4, but I manage to update my box to U4 using this procedure:

regular install of 7.1 with U1 using tcrp 0.9.4.3;

On GUI, manual update to U2;

On reboot, move the cursor back to TCRP and boot;

Connect via SSH and

 ./rploader.sh update

sudo ./rploader.sh postupdate ds3622xsp-7.1.1-42962

Reboot;

Move the cursor back top "verbose - USB" option.

 

To upgrade to U3:

Manual upgrade on GUI - no farther actions

 

To upgrade to U4:

On GUI, manual update to U4;

On reboot, move the cursor back to TCRP and boot;

Connect via SSH and

 ./rploader.sh update

sudo ./rploader.sh postupdate ds3622xsp-7.1.1-42962

 

Reboot;

Move the cursor back top "verbose - USB" option.

 

It works like a charm.

[Trabalhador Anonimo]

I made some changes on memory, upgrade to 16Gb, and NIC, I set a new card with to ports: Dell Broadcom Bcm95720a Dual Port 1gb Pci.

[Trabalhador Anonimo]

It is working on 7.2RC like a charm. On 7.1 only 5 of 6 sata ports worked. On 7.2, all of 6 ports are working.