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perbuch
Tutor
Feb 13, 2024
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Suddenly one night my unit just stopped - cannot start again

Reg.: RND2000v2 (ReadyNAS Duo v2) – Diskless A couple of days ago my unit stopped working, it powered off somehow. Now I cannot start it again using the power button. I have tried taking out the pow...
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    perbuch
    Mar 11, 2024

    I managed to backup both my 2 TB disks although it was a huge job taking a couple of days. I merged the data from the disks to prepare it for my new NAS Server which will be delivered later this week.

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sharmy
Apprentice
Mar 04, 2024

Check the onboard CMOS battery.

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StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Mar 04, 2024
sharmy wrote:

Check the onboard CMOS battery.

The duo v1 will start up without that battery (and likely it's been dead for some years, given the age of the platform).

 

It's only used to keep the real time clock running when the NAS is disconnected from power.

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