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Power supply pin modification for ReadyNas NV+
Hello! I have an old ReadyNas NV+ (v1 silver) that won't power on after a move (it was shut down properly before the move). My backup drive turned out to be corrupted as well. So here I am looking fo...
The wires you need to remove are the -12V (blue) and -5V (white, which may be missing on newer supplies). Since the NV+ has a 20-pin connector and a standard ATX12V has 24 (often separated as 20 and a 4 add-on), an adapter works well so you modify only it, not the supply and also gain at least one of the additional +12V lines. Netgear replaced those pins with +12V for a reason, and without doing something, you'll only have one instead of three +12V lines. On a PC, the drives have separate wires for 12V. On the NAS, they don't. I recommend using a 24-pin to 20 pin adapter and connecting the additional +12V (yellow) wire in the +4 part of the 24-pin connector to the location where the blue or white was removed (white is closer). You can do that by removing/replacing pins or by solder splicing (and properly insulating). the wires.
The wires you need to remove are the -12V (blue) and -5V (white, which may be missing on newer supplies). Since the NV+ has a 20-pin connector and a standard ATX12V has 24 (often separated as 20 and a 4 add-on), an adapter works well so you modify only it, not the supply and also gain at least one of the additional +12V lines. Netgear replaced those pins with +12V for a reason, and without doing something, you'll only have one instead of three +12V lines. On a PC, the drives have separate wires for 12V. On the NAS, they don't. I recommend using a 24-pin to 20 pin adapter and connecting the additional +12V (yellow) wire in the +4 part of the 24-pin connector to the location where the blue or white was removed (white is closer). You can do that by removing/replacing pins or by solder splicing (and properly insulating). the wires.
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