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RonnyHansen
Jan 26, 2016Aspirant
ReadyNas Duo RND2000 V2 All leds flashing, can't boot or reset.
I just dusted off my old ReadyNAS and bought 2 new 2TB HDD's (WD Red). I bought the thing, but never used it so I'm pretty new to this NAS stuff.. Problem is; I start it up, but the fan speed pu...
StephenB
Jan 26, 2016Guru - Experienced User
LED blink behavior for 2 disk systems is three quick blinks of all disk LEDs and the backup LED, followed by an 1s delay, followed by a number of slow blinks. The number of slow blinks will be the error code.
Current error codes:
1 - Vendor mismatch
2 - No disks detected
3 - Bad contents on root partition of disks
4 - Flash error
5 - Unsupported RAID configuration
Sounds like "bad contents on root partitions of disks".
Did you format the drives before inserting them in the NAS?
- RonnyHansenJan 26, 2016Aspirant
Hi, no the HDD's are brand new but i figured the ReadyNAS would format them itself by performing a factory reset?
- BrianL2Jan 26, 2016NETGEAR Employee Retired
Hi RonnyHansen,
Welcome to the community!
Try it again and follow the procedure from this article. If it won't work, try 1 HDD or Disk at a time then let us know what happens.
Kind regards,
BrianL
NETGEAR Community Team- RonnyHansenJan 26, 2016Aspirant
BrianL2 wrote:Hi RonnyHansen,
Welcome to the community!
Try it again and follow the procedure from this article. If it won't work, try 1 HDD or Disk at a time then let us know what happens.
Kind regards,
BrianL
NETGEAR Community Team
Hi, and thanks =)I followed a similar guide, but the NAS won't start up the boot mode :/ I've tried holding the reset button in for both 5 seconds and 30 seconds numerous times, but it doesn't seem to respond at all, the leds still blinks as i described :(
I tried just 1 disk, there was a slight change in leds at first, but after a few seconds it continued as before (with 2 disks).
- StephenBJan 26, 2016Guru - Experienced User
RonnyHansen wrote:
Hi, no the HDD's are brand new but i figured the ReadyNAS would format them itself by performing a factory reset?
Since they were unformatted, the ReadyNAS should have done the factory reset automatically when you powered it up (and formatted the disks).
I suggest testing the disks using lifeguard in a PC. Also, if there are any partitions seen by windows, delete them (and maybe ask the supplier why it was formatted).
- RonnyHansenJan 26, 2016Aspirant
Thanks, I'll put the disks in my computer and test them/check for any partitions =)
StephenB wrote:
RonnyHansen wrote:Hi, no the HDD's are brand new but i figured the ReadyNAS would format them itself by performing a factory reset?
Since they were unformatted, the ReadyNAS should have done the factory reset automatically when you powered it up (and formatted the disks).
I suggest testing the disks using lifeguard in a PC. Also, if there are any partitions seen by windows, delete them (and maybe ask the supplier why it was formatted).
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