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ReadyNAS Pro 6 won't start up
Hi there, We recently moved house and, having unpacked my tech stuff, I've just plugged in my trusty ReadyNAS and, er, nothing happens, other than some flickering on the status lights on the LAN por...
- Fixed! I’ve taken every connection off and cleaned them up, mounted the new owner supply externally and it’s booted up and discoverable. Thanks all for your help!
The NAS will display "ReadyNAS" if just the 5V of the supply is working, so a lot could be wrong. The first thing to check is that all the power supply connections are fully seated, especially the 24-pin extender cable (assuming you needed one) and the square 4-pin 12V CPU power connector (which is easy to forget to install). Also check that the RAM is properly seated, as you likely had to remove it to plug in the 24-pin connection. Make sure you didn't damage anything in the process of replacing the supply.
If nothing looks wrong, and assuming the new supply isn't partly DOA, then your supply may have taken the NAS with it when it died.
Sandshark
Thanks very much for the continued help. I’ve checked all of the connections and also tried with a different mains lead and with another PSU. The only difference is that now it won’t start at all. No signs of life whatsoever. So, I think I’m going to have to give up and turn my attention to attempting to recover the data is this a possibility? The discs themselves should be fine, since the NAS was working fine when it was last closed down. Again, any help or pointers to other resources would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks again,
Martin
Thanks very much for the continued help. I’ve checked all of the connections and also tried with a different mains lead and with another PSU. The only difference is that now it won’t start at all. No signs of life whatsoever. So, I think I’m going to have to give up and turn my attention to attempting to recover the data is this a possibility? The discs themselves should be fine, since the NAS was working fine when it was last closed down. Again, any help or pointers to other resources would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks again,
Martin
If you were still running RAIDiator 4.2.x, then you can install the old drives in a new ReadyNAS only such that you can recover the data to a backup system. I don't have a handy pointer to that procedure. A used replacement is also an option, but you are buying a rather old NAS.
If you had updated to OS6.x, then you can move the drives right into any new OS6 based NAS.
There are some other methods using a Linux system or special recovery software, but few have the ability to mount 6 drives on a PC to utlize them.
- I think I was still on 4.2.x. I’ll have a sniff around on Google to ascertain if there’s a foolproof way to pull it off. Thanks again.
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