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Arthur_Dent
Nov 15, 2014Tutor
ReadyNAS NV+ power supply failure solution
Hi all, I recently had the all too common and dreaded power supply failure on my ReadyNAS NV+ (RND4000). The unit itself has worked flawlessly for the 5-6 years since purchase, until last week. I...
borgchick
Nov 19, 2014Aspirant
A word of caution, I did this hack a year ago with my NV, which, like you said, worked flawlessly for many years. Anyway, after replacing the power supply, everything worked fine for about a month or two, then, it started to mysteriously freeze again. Then it would not even boot up. Luckily, before this happened, I backed up the data to an external disk. So basically the hack bought me a few months, and allowed me to get the data backed up. Your NV+ is newer than my NV, but I would still do a backup ASAP, just in case you end up with the same bad luck.
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