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NetworkMechanic
Oct 20, 2015Aspirant
RN 104 freezing/not responding/locking up with FW 6.4.0
RN 104 keeps freezing and becomes unresponsive (even the lcd screen freezes). I have to disconnect the power supply everytime. It tries to resync the data, but it freezes at random points. 3x 1 TB ...
NetworkMechanic
Dec 08, 2015Aspirant
Anyone still having problems even with the new update 6.4.1?
I am. I don't know what to do. It's so unreliable. I'm afraid to keep storing my photos on there.
StephenB
Dec 09, 2015Guru - Experienced User
NetworkMechanic wrote:
Anyone still having problems even with the new update 6.4.1?
I am. I don't know what to do. It's so unreliable. I'm afraid to keep storing my photos on there.
If you don't have a backup, I'd suggest trying to make one.
A factory reset is one thing to try, there is evidence from a couple of posters that it can help. Someone just posted that they had a RAID volume created back on 6.1.5 firmware, and that a factory reset solved it (Netgear did make some adjustments to their BTRFS filesystem configuration back then).
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