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Ready NAS 204 - only shuts down every second time
Hello, The following processes ran optimally up to Release 6.10.5: - Detection of a USB-HD with always the same name 'USB_HDD_1' - The system switched off completely when shutting down Bo...
Have you gone back to the old version and verified the problem is in the firmware, or are you assuming there is cause and effect here without recognizing another potential cause: time?
Your power-off problem sounds to me more like one associated with the standby voltage in the NAS, which controls the on/off circuit, especially since I've seen no similar reports in the forum. I don't know if the standby voltage has anything to do with USB ports on the 204, as I don't have one. In typical designs they wouldn't (bad idea to add potential load to standby voltage), but I have seen at least one comment here in the forum that the USB power stays on even when the NAS is off on some models, which would mean it's also powered by the standby voltage.
The standby voltage is what powers the power-on and NIC circuits (and maybe USB) so you can turn the NAS on via button or WoL. It is created from the input 12V internal to the NAS, and it stays on through power cycles. So, that circuity is on when the rest of the NAS, including the fan, is off, unless power is disconnected.
Thanks for your help post.
I'm a layman. But the system had been running without problems for more than 4 years up to Release 6.10.5. They only appeared exactly after the change to 6.10.6 and also a few months later with 6.10.7.
Nothing has changed in the hardware or infrastructure of the system.
Therefore I suspect a strong causal connection in the two releases.
KochiNAS wrote:
I'm a layman. But the system had been running without problems for more than 4 years up to Release 6.10.5. They only appeared exactly after the change to 6.10.6 and also a few months later with 6.10.7.
Nothing has changed in the hardware or infrastructure of the system.
Therefore I suspect a strong causal connection in the two releases.
I believe Sandshark is suggesting that you revert to the older firmware, and see if the problems disappear.
You'd do this by downloading the arm binary for 6.10.5 from https://kb.netgear.com/000063642/ReadyNAS-OS-6-Software-Version-6-10-5 Extract the binary from the zip file, and then manually install it from the system->settings page in the web ui.
Yes, reverting back would be the way to confirm the cause and effect you are assuming. While you say the change happened "exactly" at the change to 6.10.6, can you be sure? While it seems you power your NAS on and off a lot, many only re-boot for updates and other occasional needs, so a reboot for an update may show a latent problem that's simply not been triggered until that reboot.
The main reasons I suspect there is something else involved is that nobody else has reported similar behavior with that update and others have reported similar behavior (though not usually exactly every other power cycle) due to a standby voltage issue. I have a 214 I bought for parts that has that problem.
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