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Wizball
Oct 12, 2012Aspirant
Ready Nas NV+ Locking up
I have some WD20EARS drives and althought they are not on the list of compatablity I am sure they where when i installed them. They are now reporting ATA 42 errors and the nas is locking up. I hav...
StephenB
Oct 12, 2012Guru - Experienced User
ATA errors are not SMART stats (They are part of the + in SMART+). So they are not detected by the drive, and can also be caused by failing NAS hardware.
I had increasing ATA errors on a drive in my Pro fairly recently, and solved it by installing a new drive. However, mine was not actually locking up. Resync might be hard if this problem is effecting multiiple drives.
I am wondering if support could help you figure which drive (hopefully one) is creating the lockup.
I had increasing ATA errors on a drive in my Pro fairly recently, and solved it by installing a new drive. However, mine was not actually locking up. Resync might be hard if this problem is effecting multiiple drives.
I am wondering if support could help you figure which drive (hopefully one) is creating the lockup.
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