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Ready NAS Ultra 6 Dead??
Greetings, I have an old reliable Readynas 6 Ultra with 6X2 TB Hard Drives. It has run pretty flawlessly for the time i owned it. never did any updates to memory, but i was religious about updates ...
There is a seller on eBay that sells supplies already modified with a longer cable and the necessary 3 Molex connectors. They used to be a lot more expensive, and getting your own SFX supply and configuring it was a lot cheaper. But the price is now a lot more reasonable, and I recommend you go that way.
If you have a "spare" ATX12V supply, you can connect it externally just to verify the problem is the supply before you purchase one only to find it's not.
IMHO, an Ultra6 is still a viable NAS for home use. I don't think I'd set one up for video transcoding, but as just a media storage unit, it's quite usable. They tend to be quite reliable, with the power supply being the first thing to go. So once you've replaced that, it's got a lot of life left. If you've not already updated to OS6, now would be a good time to do that.
Try powering down and removing the drives (labeling by slot). Then power up, and see if you see anything different.
FWIW, it does sound like a failed PSU. I think you can find a replacement SFX supply for less than $100, but will defer to Sandshark on that.
Already tried that, tried with no drives, just drive one and drives 1 and 2, no love.
mobrien wrote:
Already tried that, tried with no drives, just drive one and drives 1 and 2, no love.
If you see no signs or power, or just see "ReadyNAS" on the LCD, then that usually means the PSU has failed.
Do you have a backup of the files on the NAS?
Yeah no concerns about lost data, i had moved everything to a different nas, was getting ready to set this up as a dedicated media store. i guess ill dig through the threads on replacing the power supply. Thanks For the help
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