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Old ReadyNAS 212 won't boot up
So, many, MANY, years ago, my workplace merged with another company, and as part of that merger, I took over their IT system, which consisted of a few peer-to-peer PCs and a central storage system co...
No need to buy another power brick right away, just swap out the other one and see if it helps.
With those symptoms, a USB recovery may be the solution. But before we can definitively reach that conclusion, try the power supply and see if it boots and can be seen with RAIDar with no drives installed. If it does, check that it shows the correct model number and serial number as well as the "no disks" status. If the problem is the power supply, then just trying a USB recovery could create more issues, not fix them, so don't just guess at this point.
No need to buy another power brick right away, just swap out the other one and see if it helps.
You're assuming the bricks are compatible. Which they might not be (and the old primary NAS might have an internal CPU).
But of course if the bricks are compatible that is an option.
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