CW-NAS-ADLN-K Powers Off in Bios

2025-11-07 13:21:44
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Last modified time:2025-11-07 13:33:28
I purchased the CW-NAS-ADLN-K board off an amazon reseller. (Purple motherboard)   N150 CPU.
It keeps rebooting from the BIOS menu, I get maybe 5 seconds before it crashes.

Oddly, I can boot an OS and it stays up for MUCH longer.

It crashed during a BIOS update, and bricked.  I purchased the CH341-A adapter and flashed the bios chip directly with the latest bios, and it is back up, but still crashing in bios settings.  Screen goes black, light flickers, and it reboots.

I am running memtest86+ now, so far no errors.  It is 20% done.


I am thinking something is wrong with power management, a bios setting, or the power supply....
However, I have tried two power supplies, and they are both doing the same thing, though the "pico" one seems more stable.

I have done obvious things, like tried removing all hardware except the minimum to boot, no NVME, no PCIE slot, etc.
I am thinking really this has to do something with bios settings and power management, or the power supply - but it is odd it stays up once an OS boots...?

The CPU temp is staying below 30C.

I keep leaning towards power supply - maybe voltages are being unsteady as the current draw is so low.  I have one more coming in....does anyone know of any that work well?  I will run memtest overnight.  If it stays up it means it's stable under heavy load but not idle load...

    df00zAuthor
    2025-11-07 13:39:30
    The more I think about it, the more I am thinking it is a power supply issue - and not even just the "pico" PSU but the 12V brick attached to it?  I literally hear the brick whining in bios; it is brand new.  It stops under load.   Those must be switching power supplies too.
    The other PSU was a Flex 1U ATX.

    Is there a list of compatible\tested power supplies?  Does it sound like I am on the right track?


    df00zAuthor
    2025-11-08 03:44:35
    I have two SODIMMs. I am trying the other, it lets me stay in the bios without crashing, however the system doesn't always power on.  The first SODIMM usually will get to the "fade" test before the system locks in memtest.  That test is at the very end.  The other SODIMM is testing now.

    Any recommendations?  I don't see memory controller voltage settings.  I do see sagv disabled out of the box.

    I think this a combination power supply\memory compatibility issue, but bios should be tweakable - and I can always get a different PSU.

    df00zAuthor
    2025-11-08 04:42:37
    All mysteries solved...it is both the power supply and ram lol.
    One ram stick works, one power supply is much more stable than the other.  Using a medical grade power supply brick, a "Pico" PSU designed to deliver low current, and Crucial ram.

    looddAdminCommunity worker
    2025-11-26 15:56:06
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