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Boot-failure on a ReadyNas Pro 6
I have been reading in the forum regarding this kind of problem and found that multiple users had a bit of luck when recieving a helping hand. My problem is from what I can tell the same, and was hop...
It only takes +5V power for the NAS to display "ReadyNAS". So, while the power supply is the usual first suspect, there are plenty of other things that can have gone wrong, most non-repairable. But before you panic, go in and make sure you seated all the connections correctly when replacing the power supply and didn't knock the memory loose in the process.
Installing a VGA connector to the internal header and watching the boot on a monitor is a good debugging tool if none of the above suggestions help.
I´m currently looking for a way to connect the NAS to a display so I can get some more information at the startup sequence.
So going through all the old stuff for a cable to match the internal header as suggested.
Will update further regarding the state I get when I have a monitor connected.
Thanks.
Finally been able to connect a monitor to the internal display header.
I am getting a "MBR H" error.
Also fully able to enter the BIOS and all those settings.
What would the next step be?
Sounds like a corrupted internal boot flash. If you can't boot to USB recovery, I don't know how to repair it. Maybe try booting with a gparted or other boot disk/flash (after changing the boot option in the BIOS, of course). I don't know if you can change the boot option in the BIOS to make it boot a USB recovery flash, but that's worth a try, too.
So, I have now tried a LinuxLive USB and successfully booted that.
I have full network action and all other functions of the hardware.
I can see all the drives including the 128MB USB-drive that ìm guessing the readynas OS supposed to be running on?
Also found this thread that seems to have had the same issue and been able to use a "image" from another unit to have it restored?
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