NV+ (v1) PSU died

Hi ReadyNASians,

So my faithful NV+ died a few days ago due to the PSU overheating. I was greeted with the familiar smell of melted PCB components and found my ReadyNAS powered down and unable to power back up again. I had recently moved the NAS to a new location that had a warmer ambient temperature that must have contributed to the failure. Afterwards I found Yoh-dah's post / service advisory (http://bit.ly/MEBCzt) which i had been blissfully ignorant of for 5 years. I am probably one of the minority of users here who bought their ReadyNAS from Infrant (in Australia), not Netgear.

I did call Netgear for support after I read the advisory. I gave them the serial number which they said was actually an NV, not an NV+ :S. I also mentioned the advisory on the PSU, but they would not offer any help. It's probably to old anyway.

So I followed the advice at Bott's blog (http://bit.ly/NRFSb4) and was very easily able to mount and access the drives http://i48.tinypic.com/122ya7m.jpg.

I did try a couple ATX 1.x PSU's to power up the NAS in the course of troubleshooting until I learned that ReadyNAS PSU's were wired differently.

So from here I am slowly recovering my data and I am pondering the following questions/courses of action. Your recommendations please.

• Is that service advisory still valid? I'm not so inclined to chase Netgear about it given the age of the unit, but am I entitled to any support for this anymore?


• My ReadyNAS's mainboard and drive bay card appear ok. Could I buy a replacement PSU (I saw some on Amazon) and expect it to work ok?


• It looks like I will be in the market for a new ReadyNAS if the option above is not viable. Should i go with an NV+ v2 (or something better?) and will the drives from my old sparc NV+ slot in and gain access to the old array and data?