HP Pro 3330 (H-POPEYE-H61-uATX): Ivy Bridge Support

[Hooper]

OK, booted without Windows connected;
- 6 beeps, 1 beep
- get Aptio bios page setup utility, Recovery tab.
- Mouse and keyboard do not work, so no navigation.
With Windows SSD connected;
- 2 beeps
- black screen

[ngocthienta]

So the BIOS is not fully compatible somehow, but the behavior pattern is still puzzling. Technically, if it has already gotten into the BIOS screen then it should get to Windows? Can you try this new BIOS? Before you flash the new BIOS, can you also provide some photos of TL611's post code in such cases you mentioned above?

[Hooper]

Error code is 00 for both modes, using small pcie.

[ngocthienta]

Error code is 00 for both modes.

Which slot did you plug the card in? If it's PCIe then it wouldn't work. I remembered that in my Popeye board, it output the code through LPC_DEBUG. Try PCI slot or LPC_DEBUG.

Edit: When you say you had trouble using the clip with CH341, is it the failed detection of the chip in NeoProgrammer/AsProgrammer? If that's the case then you can try to plug in both 4pin CPU and 24pin ATX connectors to the board and power up the PSU (but don't power on the board). For some particular boards that might help with detection.

[Hooper]

Using LPC, without Windows code is A6
With Windows connected code is F2.
PCI and PCIe codes are 00.

[ngocthienta]

A6 (actually Ab) is the board has booted succesfully and is now in the BIOS waiting for user command. F2 I've never seen myself, but according to the POST code list it means recovery process started.

Can you try my new BIOS attached above to see what happens?

[Hooper]

With H61BL bios;
-No Win, Boots to Aptio page, 6 beeps, no keyboard or mouse, code Fb.
-After resetting bios, 4 beeps, code 55, black screen.
-Windows connected, 4 beeps, code F5, black screen.
-After resetting bios, Windows, 4 beeps, code F2, black screen.
-No Windows, Aptio page, 6 beeps no K or M, code Fb.
-Restart, Aptio pg, 6 beeps, no K-M, code A6.
-Reset bios, 6 beeps, Aptio page, no K-M, code FF.
-Restart, 6 beeps, Aptio page, No K-M, code A6.

My board is very confused with Aptio bios. I think I am going back to HP bios and move these boards along.

[ngocthienta]

That's unfortunate. Seems that the board itself is defective. But I still cant quite understand why everything is normal with the HP BIOS. I've myself tried the GIGABYTE BIOS mentioned in this thread and it works fine.

[Hooper]

That's unfortunate. Seems that the board itself is defective. But I still cant quite understand why everything is normal with the HP BIOS. I've myself tried the GIGABYTE BIOS mentioned in this thread and it works fine.

Yeah, it also worked fine for me initially, but after about 1 day, no boot problem began. Almost identical behaviour with my Cupertino board. So, I'm going to stop working on these boards and go back to HP bios. Thanks for your help