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ReadyNAS Duo RND2150 no blue light
Good afternoon everyone,
I would greatly appreciate if you would have some pointers for me. I have a ReadyNAS Duo RND2150 that stopped working
Power went out and when I turned the device back on it has only the Disk1 and Disk2 green light toggling from left to right (Blink green Disk1 than Disk2 and so on)
Blue Power button never comes on.
There is no network connectivity light in the back.
Raidar doesn't see the device
Is this a hardware failure of the ReadyNAS? Does it indicate any issues with drives?
I have another RND2150. Just wondering, If the drives are not bad could I insert them in there to see if they boot?
Thank you for any suggestions you may have!!
Patrick Halm
I would greatly appreciate if you would have some pointers for me. I have a ReadyNAS Duo RND2150 that stopped working
Power went out and when I turned the device back on it has only the Disk1 and Disk2 green light toggling from left to right (Blink green Disk1 than Disk2 and so on)
Blue Power button never comes on.
There is no network connectivity light in the back.
Raidar doesn't see the device
Is this a hardware failure of the ReadyNAS? Does it indicate any issues with drives?
I have another RND2150. Just wondering, If the drives are not bad could I insert them in there to see if they boot?
Thank you for any suggestions you may have!!
Patrick Halm
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- check direct to pc connection and see if the raidar will detect it, if not try booting the NAS without drives (make sure you label them before you take them out).
- Nhellie, thank you for your quick response !!
I have removed both disks and turned NAS back on. Same issue no blue light, fan is blowing and Disk1 and Disk2 green light toggles back and forth. - You can move the disks to the other NAS (Assuming both are v1 platforms). Insert them in the same slots with the NAS powered down.
Note that if the firmware in the new NAS doesn't match the old, then the NAS will attempt to reinstall the firmware onto the drives when it boots. You could install a scratch disk first, and then update the firmware to prevent that behavior.
It is also possible to retrieve data from disk 1 using linux reader on a PC (http://www.diskinternals.com/linux-reader/) thehalms wrote: I have removed both disks and turned NAS back on. Same issue no blue light, fan is blowing and Disk1 and Disk2 green light toggles back and forth.
It seems that you have a faulty NAS chassis.
Is the NAS chassis detected on RAIDar even though there are no disks inside and the power LED is still off?
Is the ethernet LED lit up at the rear portion of your NAS when its directly connected to your PC?
Is your NAS a Duo v1 or v2? Check this link: http://www.rnasguide.com/2012/01/09/how ... -or-nv-v2/
Both the Duo v1 and v2 are already EOL (End-of-Life). You may want to contact Netgear Support to verify if your NAS chassis is still under hardware warranty: http://support.netgear.com/general/contact/#tab-call- Thank you StephenB and Ixa!!
I checked the link an both NAS that I have are Duo v1 per rear layout and circular button's on disk trays. They are no longer under warranty.
StephenB, since I don't know the firmware on the faulty NAS, would I just insert a scratch drive in the good NAS and update to the latest firmware to be save?
That would work.thehalms wrote: ...StephenB, since I don't know the firmware on the faulty NAS, would I just insert a scratch drive in the good NAS and update to the latest firmware to be safe? - One last question, is there a chance of this process to corrupt drives by adding to another but same NAS? There is one small file I really would like to get off. I don't want to make it worse (right now it looks like only NAS is bad but drives maybe ok) Otherwise I would sent device to Netgear for recovery. I noticed they are offering this service?
- I don't think a corrupted drive can infect healthy drives so you might want to try it first.
- You wouldn't be adding the drives to the NAS. You'd be (optionally) upgrading the firmware on the unused NAS, and then installing all the drives from the old NAS in the original slots (with no other drives). Then power up.
It is reasonable safe, but there are volume checks done as part of the boot process that could fail, and result in file loss.
Linux Reader is purely passive, so you could try that method first.
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