@mujuli

The update log on the uPD720200 seems OK.

About the long loading time, it might be something easily fixed but unfortunately I have no clue to what look for.
Both newer DUET version implement some improvement.
The boot time might also be affected, try it out and let me know by keeping your working version on a separate USB or something.
Thanks for the feedback!

@vasyosuol_24

If the board is UEFI compatible use the REFIND option.

Booting the NVME drive from UEFI capable board - REFIND mass-storage without DUET - with USBSetup:

@noInk

the load time issue is fixed now
i edit my last post until you anwsered.
I forgot to remove the old usb stick ..

Thanks again, now is everything perfect.

Just one last question.
Why had the disabled USB 3.0 controller in BIOS no effect on the load time ?
If i disable the device in the main bios, Duet can`t enable the device again.
Under this condition it should have no effect, but it has ?

I am confused, now.

@mujuli

Any changes made in the BIOS will be also reflected on the way DUET see the available hardware.
Probably now that you updated the uPD720200 firmware the PHY device is working correctly.

noInk

Zitat

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If the board is UEFI compatible use the REFIND option.

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Not my choice. My motherboard (one of), for example: https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-...3H-B3-rev-10#ov
Explicitly not UEFI compatible, no questions asked. And others (MB), too.
Therefore, I used the 2nd option:

Zitat

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Booting the NVME drive from non-UEFI legacy board - DUET with optional REFIND - with USBSetup:

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This had no effect, wrote about it in the first posts

@vasyosuol_24

I see 2 type of BIOS for the board you linked

U1D (UEFI BIOS)

F13 LEGACY BIOS

GIGABYTE (PHOENIX|AWARD) customization on legacy may be incompatible with EFI.
You need to find what need to be disabled or removed.
You can also opt to add the NVME DXE to the GIGABYTE EFI BIOS.

@noink

that makes sense.
Hm i have bad news.

I did two reboots with around 15 sec loadtime (red text to OS logo)

Then i made the post and now i made a reboot same problem again.
With the same usb, with the -1 setting.
just a reboot.
The time is now arround 55 Sec from red text to OS logo.

I checked the firmware again its still the same.
I tried the EDK 2020
I tried the UDK2015 (dont know exactly what's different there )

But i checked the Windows systeminformation site and there is the SMBIOS Version listed

EDK 2020 is 2.5
UDK 2015 is 2.5
EDK 2015 is 2.5
only the version form march 2020 EDK2015 is 3.0 ? Do you know why ?

Does it make sense ?

@mujuli

SMBIOS has been recently reverted to that version for enabling older hardware the reporting of smaller table.
You can check your default SMBIOS version by booting the system without DUET.

About the boot time..
It could be normal for your board. Many factor are at play.

What happen by booting the board if you:
power down from the OS?
remove the power outlet\cord from the board after a power down from the OS?
reboot from the OS?

Does the board offer to ENABLE or DISABLE S4/S5?
might be shown as ErP|EuP ready or something, try to ENABLE that.

noInk
I have a F13 LEGACY BIOS, without UEFI
Mea Culpa - I did not see the appearance of a new BIOS with UEFI, and frankly, there is no desire to switch to UEFI. Just like communicating with UEFI in general. I would also not like to modify the BIOS by adding NVME DXE, since the BIOS is already modified by adding a SLIC-marker. In general, I see the most acceptable use of an external bootloader: Clover, Duet-Refind, perhaps Grub?
By the way, this is not the only motherboard on which Duet-Refind cannot be run, for example, there is one such:
GA-H67MA-USB3-B3, BIOS - F8
Symptoms of behavior are exactly the same - after the initial start, the process freezes.
There is another option: GA-EP45C-DS3, BIOS - F5
Symptoms of behavior - similarly.
Clover, by the way it was possible to start. And even install Windows 10 on the NVME drive from under it. But - only in UEFI mode, which is not very good for me. Well, there are a number of reasons why using Clover is at least difficult.

@vasyosuol_24

This DUET version enable a bare UEFI environment on some board with Intel X64 specification ( proper function must already exist on the hardware/chipset/ACPI table).
Unfortunately I cannot replicate the error "BStandart!": the error doesn't exist on the build in the first page.
The error anyway indicate a MBR boot failure.

Zitat von noInk im Beitrag #790

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@vasyosuol_24
Unfortunately I cannot replicate the error "BStandart!": the error doesn't exist on the build in the first page.
The error anyway indicate a MBR boot failure.

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@vasyosuol_24

Download and unpack within the DUET_EDK2015_REFIND directory this archive.
Attach the USB you made for DUET.
Open an Admin command prompt and move to the DUET_EDK2015_REFIND directory and type or copy in the CMD the following command:

ReadBoot Drive_Letter: SECTOR
 
 

Locate the new DBR and MBR files and attach\post or PM the files.

@noink

to figure out the orignal SMBIOS i have to install a new Windows 10 because i delet the old running version a month ago.
So actually i have no chance to boot a normal OS, because the running system is on the M2 NVME.
At the weekend i can try it.

i tried all three variants:
reboot from the OS --> no effect
cold start up (removed powerconnection) --> no effect
shutdown and startup --> no effect
i tried the reset too --> no effect

:(

The mainboard has too much settings
But i found an option with S4/S5 --> i will try enable and disable

But one more thing i have an external SATA 6 Chipset because the X58 has no internal SATA 6 support so they added it via PCIe.

@mujuli

Knowing the SMBIOS base bios board version for me would be an unrequired info.
If you can replicate the 15sec boot time and the 55sec by changing some BIOS setting then let me know how you did.

noInk
I understand you correctly: do you suggest that you boot from USB-flash DUET_EDK2015_REFIND and execute the ReadBoot.bat file in that environment, which should save the DBR and MBR files?
If this is the case, then I am afraid that in my case this is an impossible task: the whole problem lies in the fact that when loading from USB-flash DUET_EDK2015_REFIND the process freezes. Accordingly, the execution of commands is out of the question - the only command is Reset