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NAS boot issue
One of the lads at work gave me his old, 8 year old NAS, I took it home booted, configured etc and it's been working fine as cold storage. The other week I come downstairs to see it's turned off, t...
Andropheonix wrote:I'm starting to think it might be the PSU, annoyingly the only way I can really test that theory is by plugging it in
If you have an ATX supply or can borrow one, you can jury-rig an extension cable to connect it to the NAS. That would let you test it, and if it works you can boot and off-load data.
The cabling isn't quite standard, you will need to make a mod to the extension cable if you go this route.
Actually the PSU for a 6-bay legacy system has completely standard ATX12V (24 pin main) connections. It does need 3 4-pin Molex connectors, which newer supplies may not have, so you might need a Y cable or SATA to Molex converter to get enough. There is also normally no extender needed. If you decide to go all the way to replacing it with an SFX format supply (which is what fits in it internally), you'll need a 24-pin extender.
The 4-bay units are the ones with a non-standard connection.
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