u/Emergency_Ad7839

Hi all,

Somewhat of a novice here.

I am having an issue with the r740xd hanging on initializing firmware interfaces before POST. This is a a new setup. TrueNAS install bare metal on a dell BOSS card. I havent started created pools yet given these boot issues.

It boots fine without the SAS drives in. But when I put the SAS drives in and cold boots- it hangs here. Notably it's fine when I remove the SAS drives and then insert them later as a hot swap. But whenever cold booting, the SAS drives prevent it from going more.

The firmware appears to be mostly up to date. I have the Dell HBA330 mini as the controller. Using Exos18 SAS drives.

Ive tried NVRAM pin restart and disabling the CSIOR.

After updating to 2026.2.9.9, I am getting this forced feedback dialog when turning off FSD. It doesn’t go away and the screen is otherwise grayed out.

Pretty wild IMO. I’m trying to drive and it wants a review? lol.

Edit: lively discussion. I’m actually going to be submit a complaint to the NHTSA, not that it’s going to go anywhere. I suggest you all do too. https://www.nhtsa.gov/report-a-safety-problem