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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 ...
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
Thank you for your answer, but i tried that and it doesn't work. The machine wont even boot far enough to post. it just keeps giving me these LED's immediately when i poweron the machine. And the reset button also does not work. i pushed the reset button for 1+ minute without the disks inserted, and it wont even flinch.
Will it work if i put the drives in another RN3138?
If not i think I am afraid that i have to accept the fact that i lost 6TB of data.
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
Ah correction, the LED's are not ON offcourse when the disks are not inserted. But the machine is behaving the same. Reset button does not do anything unfortunately.
I have to wait for the opportunity to get a second chassis.
Thank you for your replies!
nels538 wrote:
But the machine is behaving the same. Reset button does not do anything unfortunately.
The reset likely won't do anything with no disks inserted. But try this again, and see if RAIDar finds the NAS when it is powered with no disks. https://kb.netgear.com/20684/ReadyNAS-Downloads
The RAIDar software does not find anything because the machine does not give an ethernet output anymore. There is no link with the router.
The machine is ON, but i have no network activity/connectivity. network status LED's stays off.
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