Readynas pro 4 power supply

I can't disagree with much you say, but all policies and procedures come about as the result of a problem. I can see it on the consumer side, but on the professional side they should be available. The only problem is that the tech support staff is the same. Unlike HP when you are an enterprise installation, you have a different phone number to call than Susie Homemaker. I have had my NV+ almost completely disassembled at least once to clean out the dust that the fan pulls in. And, as I have said, I have built many a PC over the years. Actually the first one was an IBM PC-XT that came direct from IBM as the result of our corporate contract and arrived in pieces. Well, the unit was intact, but all the add in boards that were necessary in those days (printer card, memory card, video card among others) were in separate boxes, so we had to open the case and put all them in. That was in 1982. The last one I built was here at home about six months ago, not a gaming machine but just a fast home machine with the new i5-2500K CPU. Even on the rare occasion when I bought a manufactured machine the first thing I would do is open the case and check out the components. However, most, like Susie Homeowner, the concept of even removing the side panel of a case creates fear in their eyes that they may break something.

Somewhere, some one did something stupid and that put an end to us being able to maintain the ReadyNAS units in the field.

I am toying with the idea of getting another one as well, while the getting is good. They won't go bad sitting on the shelf. And my NVX Pioneer is half way through it's warranty. When it runs out, I will have no recourse if the PSU fails, and although 32bit, and a little slower than the Ultra 4, it still serves me well. My NVX BE still has 3 1/2 years on it's warranty. But, I gave a friend my old NV+ with the original 2007 PSU that is known to have problems eventually, so I will have a spare for him and one for me.