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aris1234
Aspirant
May 16, 2016

Fan 1 reported failed on NV+. Do I need a PWM 4-pin replacement fan?

Hello,   I have an NV+ (older one - I believe it uses a Sparc).  I'm getting notificatinons that Fan 1 has failed.  It doesn't look like it has failed - as it is still spinning, but it does show 0 ...
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aris1234's avatar
aris1234
Aspirant
May 17, 2016

Thanks for the response, but I can't really see the answer to my question anywhere.  Lots of the links don't work either.   I just want to know if I need a 3-pin fan or a 4 pin PWM chasis fan on an NV+.

 

thanks!

  • aris1234's avatar
    aris1234
    Aspirant
    May 17, 2016

    Somewhat.  From what I can see, it is a 3-pin, but nothing i've read explicitly confirms that.  I've ordered one - i'll post the results when I swap it out.

     

     

    • mdgm-ntgr's avatar
      mdgm-ntgr
      NETGEAR Employee Retired
      May 17, 2016

      The NV+ (v1) is an evolutionary improvement over a product released over 10 years ago. So it is quite old hardware now.

      With more recent ReadyNAS such as our current models we would use PWM.

      • aris1234's avatar
        aris1234
        Aspirant
        May 17, 2016
        How is fan speed controlled on the NV+ without PWM?

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