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DPBicket
Aspirant
Feb 12, 2018

3VDUAL power is out of normal range [Expected 3.30 current 3.10]

This is a posting for information only, with information I could not find in other postings.  I replaced the PSU in my ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer when the unit started failing to restart after being shut down - but would eventually come on, apparently after warming up.  The replacement unit was a Seasonic SS-300SFD as mentioned in other posts, which I sourced from Scan Computers in the UK. The replacement unit had slightly different connectors.  Yes, the main 24-pin ATX connector cable was too short, as mentioned in other posts, so I needed an extension cable (30 cm for me).  There were two sets of power connectors with two Molex 4-pin plugs each, and a further single power connector with two 5-connector plugs.  There are 3 female Molex connectors in the ReadyNAS requiring power (with 2 drives connected to each). When I used two 4-pin plugs from one power line to power the disk drives in the ReadyNAS, I got floods of the message about power being out of range - i.e. one power line was being used for 4 drives (since internally in the ReadyNAS each connector goes to 2 drives).  When I rewired the 5-connector line to a 4-connector plug (dropping the orange 3.3V wire), and used that as the third 4-pin plug, it worked fine.  (There is also a 4-pin square 12V ATX power connector - no need to adjust that.)  I hope this information might help others needing to do something similar to their units.

 

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  • JohnCM_S's avatar
    JohnCM_S
    NETGEAR Employee Retired

    Hi DPBicket,

     

    Thank you for sharing this information.  We appreciate your contribution to the community. 

     

    Feel free to post any suggestions, questions, recommendations or anything about your NAS that you think needs attention or will help others.

     

    Regards,

    JohnCM_S
    NETGEAR Community Team

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