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Replacement part wanted
Hi,
can anybody help please.
i need a replacement front, where the buttons go etc... I’ve tried looking at Netgear site with no luck.
Hi Bobski2000
Welcome to the Community!
Unfortunately there is no replacement part for the front panel. The best thing we can suggest is to get another Pro4 from a user or online store.
More or less your Pro 4 is already Out of waranty so getting a newer model is better. ReadyNAS OS 6 models.
IMO, getting a newer model NAS would be the best way to move forward here since Pro 4 is already EOL. Migrating data to OS 6 is easy as there is a guide for that.
What happened to this NAS btw?
Hope this helps!
Regards
Hi Bobski2000
Welcome to the Community!
Unfortunately there is no replacement part for the front panel. The best thing we can suggest is to get another Pro4 from a user or online store.
More or less your Pro 4 is already Out of waranty so getting a newer model is better. ReadyNAS OS 6 models.
IMO, getting a newer model NAS would be the best way to move forward here since Pro 4 is already EOL. Migrating data to OS 6 is easy as there is a guide for that.
What happened to this NAS btw?
Hope this helps!
Regards
Just bought it as a replacement. As we, as a family, was filling up our two disk buffalo duo too fast. So bought this, was the cheapest NAS I could find second hand. I will of course be bringing this up with UPS and the seller.
I got a used QNAP 4 bay NAS from ebay to use as my Backup NAS to my ReadyNAS 516.
The problem with NAS units from these companies is that once it's out of warranty, you can't send it in to get fixed. They don't normally sell spare parts. If you work on it, it's now out of warranty, and once it's out of warranty they still won't sell you any spare parts. They're nice that they are generally small and compact and ready to go. But they are all using custom parts. So you either throw it away or see if you can buy the exact same one used on ebay or something for parts if you can find one broken that someone wants to sell. Good luck with that.
The other option is to build your own NAS. You would be using more standard parts in general, and there's a number of OS's you can use designed for use for a NAS. If something brakes, you can generally just fix it yourself. You, of course, are your own tech support. It may be most costly and bulkier. Overall harder to set up for a new person. It's something I've been thinking about doing at some point.
If your NAS got damaged in Shipping, that's not good. You should have been on the phone with them that day.
- Hi,
Yeah I agree. Companies should have a parts department, for cases just like mine. Oh well. I’ve done a pretty good job fixing it all but if I ever sell it, I’ll obviously lose more money than I should because of it.
Second note: I really did have a self built Nas. Used FreeNas and for the most part it was really good. I did run into a few little problems. Motherboard failed and when I tried to get back into it, it took me a lot of faffing. Then of course came down to space. I really needed a smaller unit hence reason why I tried for a smaller purposely built nas.
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