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did my readynas duo v2 finally die?
i got this used in 2011 from an acquaintance. Since I bought 2 new drives (WD red) in 2012 since one drive went kaput and I wanted to keep the same model drives. I had issues before where power outag...
mrputtputt wrote:
I reformatted my 3.5" drive and it's usable in windows 11. But then i plug it into the NAS, i still get the same beeps. Time to call it quits and declare it dead?
I still am wondering if it is the disk. The NAS has no speaker, so it actually can't beep - all it can do is flash the LEDs. If you are hearing beeps, they are coming from the disk - which is not a good sign. WD says to replace the disk if you hear them. But this could also indicate a power problem, especially if you don't hear them when they are connected to the PC. Still, the very slow formatting time in Windows suggests the disk isn't very healthy.
So I think the three possible causes remain on the table:
- failed disk
- power issue with the adapter
- failed chassis
But I think it does make sense to move on.
Personally, I am going to run my own Duo v1 (and NV+) as long as they work. But I won't spend much (if anything) to fix them when they eventually fail. My primary storage and backups are hosted on newer, faster NAS, these two are only used as secondary backups.
That said, you could alternatively do a risk buy of a compatible power adapter, and/or a replacement disk. Total US cost would be around $125 (assuming a 2 TB purchase). The disk could be used in the new NAS if this fails, so the risk is only the cost of the power adapter.
mrputtputt wrote:
i have 2 more drives to try and re-format and stick in. it was fairly slow to format, yes.
How much time did it actually take?
mrputtputt wrote:
my mistake. i put "beeps" but i meant blinks!
Still, I think all three failure modes are possible.
There is no need to format the drives a PC before using them in this test. What you actually want to do is unformat them in the PC.
i'm doing low level format. first pass i did was using mini-tool partition wizard and with just putting "0" (or "1") it was 5% at 1 hr. It was an option to wipe the WDD Red. So I stopped that and I figure I'll get my old 500gb (it's 500gb, not 1tb as i thought that was backup). it was also slow via partition wizard app too. i stopped it and i did diskpart in windows using clear command. i didn't time it but it was probably 2-3 hrs for 500gb? this drive was old and probably slow at 5400 but i don't recall and didn't verify looking at the drive's specs sticker.
will update once done. at least i can pop-in the 500gb again and try with a low level format via windows diskpart.
mrputtputt wrote:
i'm doing low level format. first pass i did was using mini-tool partition wizard and with just putting "0" (or "1") it was 5% at 1 hr. It was an option to wipe the WDD Red.
Sounds like it's time to get new disks.
Can you see the SMART info?
just back to town... it took 2.5 hours to low level format using diskpart and clean all for the 1tb drive.maybe the mini-tool partition is like my acronis trueimage using some dod algorithm to erase the drive? clean command didn't take as long as mini-partition tool.
i couldn't wait longer the other night so unsure if the one i did earlier is consistent in speed. not sure what SMART info is valuable using WDD's digital dashboard. it says health is normal, gen 3 6.0 gb/s and some write performance numbers since i'm doing a second pass at low level format to see if the duration of the process is same as the other 1tb drive. i stopped the clean command to run a short diagnostic and info is attached.i'll had to do the same for the other drive.
i think it's more a hardware issue now. at least 2 low level formats and extended SMART tests, i am still getting the same blink patterns. Same with attempt to do factory reset. Is there a way to forcibly update the firmware?
not sure how else to eliminate the 12v power supply.
mrputtputt wrote:
not sure how else to eliminate the 12v power supply.
The easiest way is to do a risk-buy of a replacement.
mrputtputt wrote:
Is there a way to forcibly update the firmware?
That's what the factory reset does.
I guess you could try a USB recovery
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