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X6-TL fails to boot
Hello, I have been using an X6-TL for some time. Now I ran into problems - the box won't boot. When I turn on the power, the power led first blinks quickly, then slowly, then starts pulsating. When...
The disks are OK, according to SeaTools.
New symptoms as of today: I booted the box once more, after a break of about three weeks (for that time the box sat powerless on the floor, without disks). It got to the point that the power led was pulsating and the disk leds were alternating a sequence of all on - only 2 on - all on - etc. I checked RAIDar and was able to see the box. The rightmost column complained that there were no disks (well, there weren't). Setup button was grayed, so I was not able to do anything more.
I turned the power off, then plugged in the disks and booted. Got the same behavior I described in the first post of this thread (boot loop, boot does not get far enough for the box to be visible to RAIDar). I took the disks out once more and now the machine seems to be hopelessly broken: When I turn on the power, all leds except disk 4 (power, activity, disk 1-3) immediately turn on and remain that way; nothing whatsoever happens (including the fan in the front of the box).
I detached the motherboard and inspected it visually, but there is nothing that is apparently broken (leaking capacitors, blown-up ICs or something on those lines). So, I think my options now are getting a spare motherboard or a completely new NAS box...
New symptoms as of today: I booted the box once more, after a break of about three weeks (for that time the box sat powerless on the floor, without disks). It got to the point that the power led was pulsating and the disk leds were alternating a sequence of all on - only 2 on - all on - etc. I checked RAIDar and was able to see the box. The rightmost column complained that there were no disks (well, there weren't). Setup button was grayed, so I was not able to do anything more.
I turned the power off, then plugged in the disks and booted. Got the same behavior I described in the first post of this thread (boot loop, boot does not get far enough for the box to be visible to RAIDar). I took the disks out once more and now the machine seems to be hopelessly broken: When I turn on the power, all leds except disk 4 (power, activity, disk 1-3) immediately turn on and remain that way; nothing whatsoever happens (including the fan in the front of the box).
I detached the motherboard and inspected it visually, but there is nothing that is apparently broken (leaking capacitors, blown-up ICs or something on those lines). So, I think my options now are getting a spare motherboard or a completely new NAS box...
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