This is exactly what my testing runs showed. setting speed to 4400 manually in the bios and it works for my setup. endless crashes and memtest errors before that. i assume its still sufficient speed for the machine and runs stable. anyone with more bios insights might find a better solution though.Worth noting that N100 cpu is only rated for ddr5 @ 4800. These Chinese boards don't have access to the ram profile on the sodimm (costs £££) so they scan the memory to try to work out the settings. Threads have also shown that sometimes they struggle with certain sodimm at 4800. Although your ram should downclock to 4800, it could be the memory scan isn't working out the best settings. Or the 5800 parts are too thirsty for the motherboard or cpu. You could check the memory settings in the bios, and even manually slow it to say 4400 just to see if it works better.
Try Arch Linux. :wink: :wink: Very stable and fast even on a $5 flash drive, if you know the right incantations. It can also be made to avoid writing to the poor cheap NAND flash.Don't know anything about linux but I'm very tech oriented and not afraid to learn - within reason - and probably going for Unraid for the OS (considering truenas as well, but it seems too complex).
You're in luck. Most of the glaring pitfalls, issues, and their workarounds have been found by members of the community. I totally recommend the purple CWWK board for your first NAS build. In fact, it's my first NAS build, too. The price is great for what you get.But here's my question. Do you guys recommend eg. the purple CWWK n305/n100 for a first NAS build, or do you consider it too finicky for a newb like me? I've been reading this thread and it looks like there have been quite a few technical difficulties that could be called esoteric in nature and their solutions likewise. I wouldn't want my first build make me want to quit alltogether.
If you care about C-States and power consumption, stay away from the JMB585 controller, so avoid the black CWWK board. Personally, I have found ASM1166 to be very stable (with the proper firmware, search on the winraid forum). I can confirm that the purple CWWK board fully supports ASPM and can reach package C8 with the proper configuration. The ASPM settings in Chipset -> PCH-IO Configuration -> PCI Express Configuration are reset to Disabled every time you enter UEFI Setup, so you need to set them manually every time, but it works after that.And what about the original green/black n100? Do you think there are stable and trustworthy assemblies of that one out there that you could easily recommend? I'm uncertain the C state problem within the sata controller (JMB582, was it?) is a huge issue, even energy use wise, but that's very hard for me to assess. Can't remember if the original n100/n305 had other kinds of known problems.
Thanks for the advice!Have you tried installing the OS on the board itself? Sounds like your pre existing drives might be MBR rather than EFI.
--Just to be clear about the CWWK-ADLN-NAS board, there is no BIOS option to enable HDMI (at least to my knowledge), I just remembered having problems with it the first time I powered it up. I recommend to try the following procedure to get everything working:
- Connect a display via DP.
- Turn on the board (wait several minutes on first boot with new RAM) and enter the BIOS settings.
- Load default BIOS settings.
- Save settings and don't change anything besides booting options until step 13!
try: plug the DP2??? adapter and the monitor to the adapter before powering anything.Tried to boot after removing CMOS and RAM and then reinserted it to try to get it to clear RAM in case I had accidentally gotten into the BIOS while blank screen and did something blind, however, no such luck.
Hopeful that someone has an opinion?
Not 100% on it being DP2.1 - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B083P358V6/try: plug the DP2??? adapter and the monitor to the adapter before powering anything.
edit: even not standby power.
I used the port closest to the motherboard and have no issues booting unraid with it. I imagine they are both data-enabled, though, as they look to share a controller.There are 2 internal usb 2.0 ports on purple board. Manual says one is data and one is charging only. Which is which?
Model: | CWWK N305 NAS Mobo |
M/B: | Default string Default string Version Default string s/n Default string |
BIOS: | American Megatrends International, LLC. Version 5.27 Dated 03/04/2024 |
CPU: | Intel® Core™ i3-N305 @ 2970 MHz |
HVM: | Enabled |
IOMMU: | Enabled |
power on from no AC or just from standby ?I have received the purple n100 cwwk board bought directly from them & I have updated the bios from their website which was nice and easy using ventoy usb. I installed a stick of Samsung DDR5 4800 16GB which is recognised the bios posts fine and I have run memtest from a USB drive which ran all 4 passes successfully.
However on each power on the motherboard gives two beeps which according to CWWK indicates a memory problem
Power on from AC. I will try clearing the CMOS & see if the problem remainspower on from no AC or just from standby ?
if all is OK after remove AC and clear CMOS there is a DDR training issue, which may skipped at warm boot.
Okay I reset the CMOS with the JBAT1 jumper and when it powered on it spent a minute or so learning the RAM like it did the very first time and then rebooted however I still get the two beeps before the BIOS posts each timePower on from AC. I will try clearing the CMOS & see if the problem remains