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RN10200 won't boot-up
Hi,
I've an approximaly 2004/05 RN10200 ReadyNas model.
Since last night it won't power off and boot properly.
So when I pull out the power plug the NAS is, obvisouly, powered down.
As soon I put the plug back in, it powereds up. All leds are blue (no blinking).
But it won't boot further. I am not able to connect through the network, so I can't get the logs.
Neither did I get an error log/notice by mail.
It tried to get into the Boot Menu. Pull the powerplug out, push the reset button on the back, powerplug in, wait till all the leds are on, release the reset button. Well then I pushed the backup button, except the power led, every other led goes out. I press the reset button to confirm. Nothing happens. Did try it a few times.
Even without pressing the reset button, I get the same results.
Next step was to try a recovery USB.. I think I got the stick right configured (as the instructions said). That didn't work neither.
So before I buy a new NAS.. I thought lets give it here a try. :-)
Any advice/trick is welcome
cheers
Tim
5 Replies
If the boot menu isn't responding correctly, that does point to a likely need for USB recovery, When you say it didn't work, do you mean the recovery process didn't do anything (didn't access the USB drive and didn't power down at the end) or that the process worked and it didn't fix the problem?
If you boot with no drives, does RAIDar find the device and show a status of "No disks"? If it does, then USB recovery is less likiely to be the solution.
If the recovery didn't do anything, you need to try another USB device. It definately cannot be USB3, and smaller than 32GB is recommended. Under 8GB (which usually means it's older) is typically best.
Hi Sandshark,
thanks for the reply.
I will try a non USB3, somewhere I do have an ancient USB1 drive.
RAIDar didn't find the NAS, neither did a regular networscan.
That does point to a Flash/UBOOT issue. Definately try the USB recovery again with a non USB3 device. If it has an access LED, all the better. The LED should do more than a quick flash.
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