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Blinking power light
Hi folks,
I know this is a long shot - but here it goes:
I purchased a Infrant ReadyNAS NV back in 2006, before Netgear had purchased Infrant.
I've been using my NAS on and off but haven't turned it on in about a year.
However, when I recently turned it on, all I get is a blinking blue power light. I've checked the LED reading and it says either the ram is not seated correctly, NAND flash, or PSU issue.
I've tried to do a NAND flash and I've actually ordered and installed a replacement PSU, but the symptom persists.
I was able to take a clean drive and setup a new NAS on it - so I don't think the NAS hardware is the issue.
Any recommendations on what to check next? How do I check the individual drive health? Is there anything I can do to figure out what the NAS is trying to do while the light is blinking blue?
Thanks!
Jack
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You could try powering off the NAS, hooking the disks (label order) up to your PC and checking them e.g. use SeaTools for SeaGate disks and WD Data Lifeguard Diagnostics for WD disks.
Hello jnguy1,
Welcome to the community!
mdgm wrote:
You could try powering off the NAS, hooking the disks (label order) up to your PC and checking them e.g. use SeaTools for SeaGate disks and WD Data Lifeguard Diagnostics for WD disks.
You might want to check How can I verify that my disk is bad? article.
Make sure to label the order of the disks, like mdgm mentioned. You need to put them back in the same exact order. That is very important to keep data intact.
Regards,
I've labeled them - but I have switched the order in an attempt to determine if it was the bay or the drive that was causing the issue. I've reverted them back - will they still work?
I've also tried running SeaTools to repair the drive, but have been unsuccessful. I'm going to try again by booting into windows.
Thanks for the suggestions.
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