demayod Posted August 17, 2023 Report Share Posted August 17, 2023 Hi all, just finished a cerbios build for a friend. It’s a 1.2 with a 4TB drive. I’m finding that every so often the system will freeze. When I reboot the system, I’ll just have a black screen or sometimes black screen with a sporadic blink of an image onscreen. Then I’ll get a quick green flash on the eject light. Does anyone know what a flashing green light might mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolofski Posted August 17, 2023 Report Share Posted August 17, 2023 have you cleaned the video connector? they usually flash green when the video cable isnt attached/recognised Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demayod Posted August 17, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2023 7 minutes ago, bolofski said: have you cleaned the video connector? they usually flash green when the video cable isnt attached/recognised Sorry. To elaborate, the flashing green ring and black screen happen after the cerbios splash screen comes up. It will either sit on the cerbios dogs or it'll turn black, then the green flashing. Wouldn't that be green / orange for video cable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demayod Posted August 17, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2023 Just wiggled and re-sat the startech ide2sat25 board and it boots again. I'll monitor and see if it happens again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddoc Posted August 17, 2023 Report Share Posted August 17, 2023 (edited) Use some electricial tape to hold the startech on the hard drive i have had that problem with the startech comeing loose by the vibration of the hard drives whirring as i bought one to replace a green one i had which never came loose Edited August 17, 2023 by Maddoc Spellinh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demayod Posted August 17, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2023 21 minutes ago, Maddoc said: Use some electricial tape to hold the startech on the hard drive i have had that problem with the startech comeing loose by the vibration of the hard drives whirring as i bought one to replace a green one i had which never came loose Ah sorry. The IDE2SAT25 connects the the motherboard and uses a SATA cable to connect to the drive. I think it just wasn't seated perfectly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Posted August 17, 2023 Report Share Posted August 17, 2023 You're using a NO-DVD BIOS? How is this modded? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demayod Posted August 17, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2023 41 minutes ago, Marty said: You're using a NO-DVD BIOS? How is this modded? TSOP with Cerbios. Setup for No-DVD. I’m not using a DVD delete module though as I’ve tapped the dvd port to power the sata adapter connected to the IDE port on the mobo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowlsnapper Posted August 18, 2023 Report Share Posted August 18, 2023 8 hours ago, demayod said: TSOP with Cerbios. Setup for No-DVD. I’m not using a DVD delete module though as I’ve tapped the dvd port to power the sata adapter connected to the IDE port on the mobo. Right on! I like this mod! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demayod Posted August 18, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2023 11 hours ago, Bowlsnapper said: Right on! I like this mod! Same! Going to run both boxes tonight to see if the freezing issue was due to the sata adapter not fully seated. I’m also running them at udma 6 speeds, so maybe that’s an issue as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowlsnapper Posted August 18, 2023 Report Share Posted August 18, 2023 2 hours ago, demayod said: Same! Going to run both boxes tonight to see if the freezing issue was due to the sata adapter not fully seated. I’m also running them at udma 6 speeds, so maybe that’s an issue as well. It shouldn't be. Try 4 just in case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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