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Bobbykins's avatar
Jun 01, 2017
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4200 v1 board swap

I was wondering if I could swap boards in my 4200 v1 with 

NEW SuperMicro X8SI6-F ATX Motherboard

Current board is X7SB3

Can i boot it with the os stick my system currently has?

 

Any tricks I need to do?

 

Wrong board?

 

Thanks

  • Seems all of my previous problems went away when i upgraded to 6.8.0. The fan speeds no longer report 10k rpms. Now show 2100 to 2400 like the original os4 did.

    Networking is fast, drives don't go to sleep randomly.

    I have 8 pro 6s. I upgraded three of them to 6.8.0. Two of them show the File Search service, and one does not.

    The 4200v1 does not show it either.

    I don't know what the difference unless the os is looking for a specific cpu or hardware.

    So now all is ok.

     

     

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  • I tried it on a 3700.  It won't work unless you find the Netgear OEM version of the board.  The OS is clearly looking for something in the BIOS to boot properly.

     

    If you have a real 4200V2, I suppose you could dump the BIOS and install it in the standard board (and maybe the SATA controller BIOS, too), but that's moving into the copyright infringement realm.

    • Bobbykins's avatar
      Bobbykins
      Guide

      I already have 6.7.4 on this nas. Is it safe to upgrade to 6.7.5?

       

       

      Thanks

      • Bobbykins's avatar
        Bobbykins
        Guide

        Seems all of my previous problems went away when i upgraded to 6.8.0. The fan speeds no longer report 10k rpms. Now show 2100 to 2400 like the original os4 did.

        Networking is fast, drives don't go to sleep randomly.

        I have 8 pro 6s. I upgraded three of them to 6.8.0. Two of them show the File Search service, and one does not.

        The 4200v1 does not show it either.

        I don't know what the difference unless the os is looking for a specific cpu or hardware.

        So now all is ok.

         

         

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