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Messages - Per E. Johannessen

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Hardware / Re: Monitor suggestions
« on: November 14, 2024, 04:56:21 pm »
It is not a problem with OS/2 video, same trouble with Win, like I mentioned:
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Sometimes when I switch on the pc I only get a black screen.
Other times I get to the Lenovo splash screen (and can enter BIOS) and after the splash screen it goes black.
And then there are times it boots ok, get to the Airboot menu and can boot AOS or Win.
If I reboot from AOS or Win I randomly get one of the above mentioned scenarios.
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For some reason this specific GPU will not work reliably with the ThinkStation P520 and Lenovo seems to be out of ideas.
(In another pc the GPU works fine.)



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Hardware / Re: Monitor suggestions
« on: November 13, 2024, 10:28:56 pm »
The PSU is 900W. If it's starting to fail I'd believe that the other GPU (RX580) also would be unstable, (although it is less power hungry).

I have, once again, tried the RX 7800 and I'm sure it was properly seated. Power and DP also properly connected. It still behaves as before.

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Hardware / Re: Monitor suggestions
« on: November 13, 2024, 08:48:11 pm »
Hi Pete,

I've actually tried another monitor and the results are the same.
As you've mentioned before it could be that the card is not seated properly although each time it feels like it is correctly in place.
Think I'll try some cleaning of the slots and give it another try.

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Hardware / Re: Monitor suggestions
« on: November 13, 2024, 11:00:48 am »
I was wondering about that as well and asked Sapphire, they replied: This model is hybrid bios support both Legacy/ UEFI mode, no worry for this.

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Hardware / Re: Monitor suggestions
« on: November 13, 2024, 03:49:25 am »
Hi Pete,

I have checked that the card was properly seated several times, also tried different slots.
A friend of mine checked it in his computer and the card worked fine there.
I opened a ticket in a Lenovo forum and hopefully someone comes up with a solution.

If not, I'll get a new GPU, any recommendations for one with minimum 12G RAM?

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Hardware / Re: Monitor suggestions
« on: November 12, 2024, 10:43:06 pm »
The monitor will be used for gaming (Win) and office-apps (AOS) so most likely it will be a "gaming-monitor".
At the moment I'm using a Radeon RX 580 and it has worked fine for years with my 13 years old monitor, 27 inches, 60 Hz, 1920c1080.
This GPU is now showing signs of "giving up", so I'm going to replace both GPU and monitor.

However, I've just tried a Radeon RX 7800 XT with the same monitor and have some issues;
Sometimes when I switch on the pc I only get a black screen.
Other times I get to the Lenovo splash screen (and can enter BIOS) and after the splash screen it goes black.
And then there are times it boots ok, get to the Airboot menu and can boot AOS or Win.
If I reboot from AOS or Win I randomly get one of the above mentioned scenarios.

I bought new DP and HDMI cables, not cheap ones, and have the same result whether using DP or HDMI.
Any suggestions for quality cables?


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Hardware / Monitor suggestions
« on: November 12, 2024, 06:35:38 pm »
Hi,

I'm planning to purchase a new monior, minimum 32 inches, must have DP and/or HDMI.
Noticed that there are lots of relatively cheap 60 Hz available, what's the minimum "good" Hz these days?

Any recommendations?

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Setup & Installation / Re: No mouse/keyboard after BIOS update
« on: November 12, 2024, 01:02:40 am »
Hi Martin,

At the point I disabled "XHCI Hand-off" I did not have the "above 4G decoding" in mind, so after a reboot only mouse buttons 1 and 2 were working
and the system also seemed a bit "unstable".
Because of this I checked BIOS again and noticed that "above 4G decoding" was enabled, then I disabled it and now mouse are keyboard are fine.
I believe that updating BIOS somehow enabled "above 4G decoding".

Don't really know if "XHCI Hand-off" should be enabled or not, the system works with it enabled and with "above 4G decoding" disabled.
Nice if someone who knows could clarify.

(Tried the link to the BIOS simulator but it won't work with my Firefox installation, anyway I've used it before from a Win10.)

And, yes, I remember reporting this hardware a few years back.

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Setup & Installation / Re: No mouse/keyboard after BIOS update
« on: November 11, 2024, 04:55:18 pm »
Well, I'd forgotten the "above 4G decoding" in BIOS, now disabled and mouse wheel also works.

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Setup & Installation / Re: No mouse/keyboard after BIOS update
« on: November 10, 2024, 08:01:29 pm »
Found the setting "XHCI Hand-off" in BIOS, set it to Disabled, rebooted and keyboard seems to work ok.
Mouse also works except for the wheel, nothing happens when scrolling.

Appreciate comments.

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Setup & Installation / No mouse/keyboard after BIOS update
« on: November 10, 2024, 05:33:04 pm »
Hi,

I've successfully updated BIOS on my Thinkstation P520 but now the USB mouse and USB keyboard are not working in AOS 5.0.4 nor in AOS 5.1.
(All works in Win10)
The new BIOS, S03KT67A, is quite different from the old one so I'm not sure if there is a setting somewhere that needs to be changed.
(I've never run this system in UEFI and it looks like all CSM settings from old BIOS are intact.)

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Setup & Installation / Re: Switch from CSM to UEFI
« on: October 31, 2024, 06:14:11 pm »
Thanks to all for info, I haven't decided what "route" to take yet but will report when done.
The MBR-to-GPT converter developed by Rich would be a great tool to have, and I would not expect it to be freeware.
Hope that AN can imagine a use for it now. (USD 2500 is a bit too much for my budget, although I'd happily pay a reasonable fee for a user license.)

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Setup & Installation / Re: Switch from CSM to UEFI
« on: October 30, 2024, 05:40:33 pm »
Interesting. Could the MBR-to-GPT converter be used on a win10-disk/NTFS  as well?
(I have so far not assigned any drive letter/LVM info for that disk.)

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Setup & Installation / Re: Switch from CSM to UEFI
« on: October 29, 2024, 02:01:12 am »
I have Win10 but since it's been run with CSM it has not created any ESP partition. AFAIK updating Win10 to Win11 requires UEFI so I assume that the updating process will create the ESP partition, (the Win10-disk has enough free space).
Before updating to Win11 I think I will disconnect the AOS-disk and only have the win-disk and another empty disk in the system.
If the win updating goes well I'll install latest AOS to the empty disk.

Finally I plan to re-connect the older AOS disk and wonder if there is something I have to do manually or will it be seen automatically and added to whatever boot manager AOS 5.1 sets up?

The graphics card is a Radeon RX 7800 XT and I have no idea about the size of the frame buffer or where it is put.
 
I have checked https://www.arcanoae.com/wiki/ and the info is good for a new installation however I initially had a hope of "converting" an existing AOS installation to UEFI. Couldn't find any info for that scenario so I'll go for a new 5.1 installation.

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Setup & Installation / Re: Switch from CSM to UEFI
« on: October 28, 2024, 09:27:13 pm »
Agree with the "if isn't broken etc." but I have to replace the graphics card and the new one I got needs UEFI.

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