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Aspirant

Sep 24, 2020

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My ReadyNas DuoV2 won't boot with disc

I been trying to start up my 9 year old ReadyNas Duo (V2 I think), but it won't boot. It only has one disc. I haven't used it for 5-6 years but it's been stored dry. I have been running some test on the disc and it seems to be in working order. It's a 2TB Seagate and I tested it with Seagates SeaTools.

When I fire it up it doesn't seem to see the hard drive. The green light doesn't light up on ReadyNas

Raidar can't find the ReadyNas

Help much appreciated :)

Sandshark
Sep 25, 2020
Does RAIDar find the NAS with no drive installed?

If yes, then a Factory Default is the typical next step. If no, then USB recovery is (RAIDiator-4-1-USB-Recovery-Tool ).

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StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Sep 24, 2020
DanishCoffee wrote:

(V2 I think)

If it says "Duo" on the front panel, then it's a v1. If it says "Duo v2" on the front panel, then it's a v2. Ignore the other labels.

DanishCoffee wrote:

When I fire it up it doesn't seem to see the hard drive. The green light doesn't light up on ReadyNas

Are you seeing any indication that the Duo is powered?
- DanishCoffee
  Aspirant
  Sep 24, 2020
  Then it's a V1 :)
  
  Yes - the blue on/off buttom is flashing different combinations of fast and slow and it's says bip every now and then
  
  I've tried all five different boot modes (https://kb.netgear.com/24874/How-do-I-access-the-boot-menu-on-my-ReadyNAS-Duo-NV-NV-X6-or-600) but only when I do the Memory test are the green disc indicators on.
  
  The RAM seems to be working
  - StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User
    Sep 24, 2020
    Is the LED pattern one of these?
    
    LED blink behavior for 2 disk systems is three quick blinks of all disk LEDs and the backup LED, followed by an 1s delay, followed by a number of slow blinks. The number of slow blinks will be the error code. Current error codes: 1 - Vendor mismatch 2 - No disks detected 3 - Bad contents on root partition of disks 4 - Flash error 5 - Unsupported RAID configuration