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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...
Try installing RAIDar on a PC
https://kb.netgear.com/20684/ReadyNAS-Downloads#raidar
Then power up the NAS diskless, and see if RAIDar detects it (showing a "no disks" status).
Nothing on RAIDar, but the old NAS might be configured to an older network setup with a static IP that's no longer in use.
LED blink behavior for 2 disk systems is three quick blinks of all disk LEDs and the backup LED, followed by an 1s delay, followed by a number of slow blinks. The number of slow blinks will be the error code.
While Diskless, only the power light turns on, nothing from the other lights. It blinks a bunch during boot up, then there's a long pause, then it blinks once and goes out. The NAS is still powered on, fan whirring away, but there's no more activity from the indicator lights.
It is possible that the issue is the power brick.
The power brick 'seems' to be functioning fine, but I'll swap it out for its sibling during the weekend. I'll also give the suspect power brick a proper inspection, see if there's any obvious damage.
Nothing on RAIDar, but the old NAS might be configured to an older network setup with a static IP that's no longer in use.
FWIW, that shouldn't matter, since the discovery protocol uses layer-2 broadcast packets. But internet security software (including some AV packages) might be interfering.
If you can see the still-working NAS in RAIDar, then you should be able to see the other if it's working to at least some level. If you see neither, then something may be blocking it.
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