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nels538
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Nov 02, 2021
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issues with my NAS

Dear users,   I am in desperate need of some advise.   My Netgear RN3138 with readyNAS is i think in a bootloop.   i do not know what the led patterns mean. Disk 1 = Off Disk 2 = Green / Red ...
  • StephenB's avatar
    StephenB
    Nov 10, 2021

    nels538 wrote:

    it just keeps giving me these LED's immediately when i poweron the machine.


    Even with no disks?

     


    nels538 wrote:

     

    Will it work if i put the drives in another RN3138?

     


    If the RN3138 chassis has failed, then the disks might work in another RN3138 (or any other OS 6 ReadyNAS chassis with enough bays).  The OS and settings are all on the disks.

     

    I say "might" because whatever caused the failure might also have corrupted the disks.

     

    RAID recovery software that supports BTRFS (ReclaiMe for example) might also be able to off-load data, though that you'd need to be able to connect all the disks to a Windows PC.

     

    If you are looking for a used RN3138 you need to be careful - some of those units had defective CPUs.  There's a service action here that gives you some information on what serial numbers were affected: https://kb.netgear.com/000037344/Service-Note-for-RN3130-RN3138-WC7500-and-WC7600v2

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