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ReadyNAS 104 stuck in recovery loop
My ReadyNAS 104 was unplugged for a few days and now is stuck in "Booting from USB" mode - that mode automatically comes up when powered on. Without a recovery usb, it fails and cannot be turned off without unplugging. With a recovery USB, it seems to perform the recovery, cycling from "Booting.." to "ReadyNAS USB Recovery" to "Recovery Done" and it shuts itself off. Pressing the power button starts the fail (no usb) or recover (usb) cycle again.
I have tried several USB drives (one dating back at least 10 years) formatted for both FAT and FAT32 and using the latest ARM firmware (6.10.2). All complete the recovery cycle, but go straight to "Booting from USB" upon power up. I'm fairly certain the firmware was up to date, so I'm reluctant to try and earlier version.
I am unable to use the reset button (paper clip) to get to the boot menu...the button being pressed is ignored. I removed all 4 drives, but the behavior is the same.
Any advice is greatly appreciated, even if it's to confirm I'm screwed. Thanks!
RAIDar doesn't even see it wiithout drives? That's a bad sign. I don't know if the USB recovery tests the files installed by it or not. If it doesn't, then it sounds like you still have a corrupt flash memory even with a "good" recovery, meaing the flash itself bad in some way.
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The sequence you list with the USB is normal recovery, so the USB drive isn't the problem. It probably also means the OS is not the issue. What status does RAIDar report for the NAS?
Without drives, it should report "No Disks". If it reports something else, you likely have a hardware problem.
Thanks for the reply, Sandshark! RAIDar doesn't ever see the NAS because it's either in Boot from USB Failed state or in recovery mode followed by a shutdown. I cannot get the NAS to a steady "on" state.
I'll give it another couple of days to see if anyone else has insight. If not, I'll chalk it up to a hardware failure and accept your solution.
RAIDar doesn't even see it wiithout drives? That's a bad sign. I don't know if the USB recovery tests the files installed by it or not. If it doesn't, then it sounds like you still have a corrupt flash memory even with a "good" recovery, meaing the flash itself bad in some way.
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