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yoh-dah
Apr 19, 2007Guide
Service Action to Prevent PSU Failures in ReadyNAS NV/NV+
A Service Action notice has been posted in the Announcement forum to prevent ReadyNAS NV and NV+ systems from premature power supply failures at viewtopic.php?t=10259. If you own a NV or NV+ within t...
JasonG1
Apr 20, 2007Aspirant
Idle temp on the drives looks to have increased 1-2 degrees C after doing the fan reversal.
The dust issue is a bigger one. Since there is now no filter, dust will be deposited all over the inside of the unit/drives. Even though our unit operates in a relatively clean, server room environment, I will probably create some sort of filter to place under the chrome grill outside of the fan on the back and remove the filter from the front. Or I may switch it around back the way it was; 1:100 is pretty good odds that there will not be trouble ;)
Users with a NAS unit operating in a dustier environment should definitely be concerned as dust can cause circuit failures after it builds up.
The dust issue is a bigger one. Since there is now no filter, dust will be deposited all over the inside of the unit/drives. Even though our unit operates in a relatively clean, server room environment, I will probably create some sort of filter to place under the chrome grill outside of the fan on the back and remove the filter from the front. Or I may switch it around back the way it was; 1:100 is pretty good odds that there will not be trouble ;)
Users with a NAS unit operating in a dustier environment should definitely be concerned as dust can cause circuit failures after it builds up.
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