Hi there,
I connected the intereceptor board to a:
- VS550 Corsair PSU
- Display (HDMI)
- CM4 Lite (No EMMC) 4 GM model
and I cant see anything happening.
It seems to be starting up somehow, as the CPU package is warming up. No LED lights up. I noticed in the forums that not every PSU is suitable, how do I check that? How to go about setting up this board?
Thanks for your time,
kind regards
Pieter
HI @Axzez Support, so my computer should be arriving next week, meaning I can finalize my Build. I will tackle the VLAN when I have the rest working. Furthermore, I can confirm that the RAID controller has been automatically been recognized by the new Raspberry Pi OS. Considering the build, I wanted to know whether there was any way of controlling the fan speeds. Furthermore, whats the maximum current that one header can deliver? I was thinking of all fans on a single header, in the case that I cannot control them through software. Thanks again for your support :)
So the PSU works, just to find out the CM4 was broken (no IO when starting it up on the Raspberry Pi IO board {green LED was dead}). After getting another CM4, I was able to get to work. Fixing the bootloader was meh, but I got to work. I have installed 64-bit Raspberry Pi OS, and will apply the kernel patch soon. For now, the board works, I have power and will play with the RAID controller when my PC-Case and drives arrive. I am not a fan of your current manual. Would it be OK if I share a manual with you guys to improve the process. I still love the idea of the product :)
Regards
Hi @Axzez Support, so I got the Sharkoon SilentStorm SFX Bronze 450W PSU, and I am measuring 0.87 Volts where it should be 3.3 Volts. Is this again the unstable 3.3 Volts that we are worried about?
@Pieter Geelen I do want to point out that with your CM4 model (CM4 Lite) that you must keep a USB flash drive, with our boot image written to it, installed in one of the USB ports on the Interceptor. You can boot in Live mode or you can write the OS to one of your HDDs/SSDs, but you will still have to leave the USB drive plugged in (as the bootloader). There is some discussion in the forum about this.
Hello @Pieter Geelen,
This sounds like a PSU with an unreliable +3.3V Rail. We have run across more than a few of these. We describe what is happening here: https://www.axzez.com/forum/interceptor-carrier-board/frequently-asked-questions#viewer-26j64 in the Hardware section (and have a list of PSUs with a Reliable +3.3V Rail). You can test your current PSU if you have a DMM to see if it has +3.3V when you turn it on and what it has after a few seconds. There is more information in that Forum post though.
Do let us know what you find out.