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rndp6000 accept 8tb drives?
woudl this unit accept 8TB drives at all? I think, if I'm reading correctly, that it would only require flashing th efirmware to the 6.10 version? Is that correct? Is this a halfway decent unit,...
If you do go this way, there is a specific process for upgrading a legacy NAS to OS6. It's been repeated in many posts in the forum.
yes, I saw that in the forum and have bookmmarked it.
the seller said it has a bad FW flash and wants to sell it cheap near me... so I think I'll grab it just to play and if I can get it going again even better 🙂
"Bad FW flash" may be uncorrectable if what's really wrong is "bad flash memory". On the other hand, I've bought a couple in that condition that just needed a USB recovery. The VPD file may also be corrupted, which a USB recovery cannot fix. But the forum mods are usually pretty helpful in fixing that so long as you can get the unit into support mode and send them a picture of the model/serial number label.
is there anything I can ask the seller as far as what is displayed on the screen that would mean it is NOT fixable?
even though it's cheap, it's not 5 bucks cheap, and I have plenty of bricks LOL
so the attached pictures are what he is seeing upon boot.
is this unit total trashed and not worth it at all?
exibar wrote:
so the attached pictures are what he is seeing upon boot.
is this unit total trashed and not worth it at all?
If the firmware image is simply corrupted for some reason, then a USB recovery could resolve the problem. But if the flash memory has failed, then it is not repairable (since it is soldered on to the system board).
So there is significant risk that it is bricked - especially if the previous owner has already attempted a USB recovery.
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