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Readynas duo Powers down and wont start after installing Hard Drive
I recently purchased 3 readynas duo rnd2110v2 devices from an auction. They came with no drives so i purchased a 1TB Seagate Barracua ST1000DM010 3.5 IN SATA HD.
Now the devices power up fine wit...
NikkD wrote:
On the front side, bottom right it states "ReadyNas Duo"
Then underneath it states ReadyNas followed by a sticker that says "RND2110" followed by V2
Ok. So that is a sparc platform, which we call a Duo v1 here. The v2 means it is hardware revision 2 (of the Duo v1). It is confusing, Netgear could have done a better job on the branding and platform identification.
12V~5A is the correct spec for the power adapter.
While it could be the adapter, I am thinking it is more likely to be a dead-on-arrival disk. If you have a spare disk available (2 TB or less) you could try that.
On the front side, bottom right it states "ReadyNas Duo"
Then underneath it states ReadyNas followed by a sticker that says "RND2110" followed by V2
NikkD wrote:
On the front side, bottom right it states "ReadyNas Duo"
Then underneath it states ReadyNas followed by a sticker that says "RND2110" followed by V2
Ok. So that is a sparc platform, which we call a Duo v1 here. The v2 means it is hardware revision 2 (of the Duo v1). It is confusing, Netgear could have done a better job on the branding and platform identification.
12V~5A is the correct spec for the power adapter.
While it could be the adapter, I am thinking it is more likely to be a dead-on-arrival disk. If you have a spare disk available (2 TB or less) you could try that.
ok I'm going test the HD now on my pc. i'll ley you know how I get on
OK well I tested the new HD in my PC and it is indeed dead. Pc was acting the same as the ReadyNas, it wouldn't poewer up with it in. So I will be sending that back to Amazon for a replacement. I actually put my PC's HD in the nas and it seems to work fine, it powered up and an led light cam on showing which disk was in. However..... I think readynas must of done some formatting when it was installed because when I put it back into my PC.. I could no longer boot into Windows.. so I have had to reinstall windows again. Not to worry as I'm happy that I know what the issue was.
So while on the subject of HD's whats the maximum size they can handle? I will alos be swapping out the fans as they sound like jet engines taking off when they start up.I couldn't have that noise whiring away all day.
The Duos are old models (Netgear stopped shipping them in 2011). If you use Windows 10, you will need to install the SMB 1.0 client in order to be access file network shares on the NAS.
NikkD wrote:
So while on the subject of HD's whats the maximum size they can handle?
2 TB.
NikkD wrote:
I will alos be swapping out the fans as they sound like jet engines taking off when they start up.I couldn't have that noise whiring away all day.
They only sound like that when the system is starting up. Once it boots off the disks the fans quiet down. Still, when the fans turn on they are audible.
NikkD wrote:
I think readynas must of done some formatting when it was installed because when I put it back into my PC..
Yes. It formats the disk, installs linux on a small (2 GB) partition, and creates a data volume that uses the rest of the disk (formatted as ext).
I would just like to say a big thank you to all you people who responded to my help request. I really appreciate you all taking the time out to help me.
Thank you and have a gret New Year
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