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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.
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
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.
Thanks For your feedback, I found a powersupply on ebay with the description 'NEW Netgear ReadyNAS Pro 6 RND6000-200 RNDP6610 RNDP6620 POWER SUPPLY Replace N2' which i think you are referring to (its about $65). I will go ahead and order and follow the instructions i have found posted elsewhere on these boards to intall.
Thanks to all for your help and support. Was pretty close to scrapping the unit.
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