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NV+ not going into the boot options
Is there any known tricks for getting an NV+ into the boot menu? I'm trying to do a USB os install due to an OS Index error but maybe once in every 100+ tries the NAS won't go into the boot menu. It just powers up as if you released the power button. I'm trying this mulitple times due with various hard drives and usb sticks but this is getting silly.
When I power up normally I get LED 1 and 3 on solid and the LCD stays dark. When I press and hold the power button (until LED 1 and 3 light up, aprox 7 seconds), 99.9% of the time the same thing happens. 0.1% of th time I get the LCD to light up and boot options appear.
I have a couple HDDs and a couple USB sticks and I have only gotton to try a couple combinations.
Not sure this is worth my time as this device has never really worked well for me :( But I miss it all the same.... :)
Howie
- This morning I fired up the NAS and it did go into the boot menu but this time the LCD was dark and letting go of the power switch had no effect. It just kept cycling though the options (all disk LEDs blink every 5 secs). I tried a few more times and back to the old issue of not going into boot options.
I'm officially calling this NAS dead. đ. Even if I recovered it, there would be no confidence in it lasting long so it's just not worth it.
Thanks for the help though, I really appreciate it. Time to start looking for a new one.
Howie
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You definitely have a NV+ v1?
http://www.rnasguide.com/2012/01/09/how-to-tell-whether-i-have-a-duo-v1-or-duo-v2-or-nv-v1-or-nv-v2/
What instructions are you using for accessing the boot menu? It doesn't sound like you are doing it correctly. See here:
what instructions and image are you using for the USB boot?
I have the NV+ v1 (SPARC). It has INFRANT printed on one of the PCBs and RND4000 v3 as a model number.
I am following the instructions from your link. I'm tyring the RreadyNAS_USB_Flash_Recovery-4.1.12.img
To perform a skip volume check, tech support mode, memory test, TFTP boot, or USB boot:
- Power off your system.
- Press and hold the Power button until all Disk LEDs flash the correct number of times, and then release the button. Check the table below for reference.
Systems with an LCD (NV+ v1) will also display the boot menu item text on the LCD at each stage."
1) above I have to pull the power cable to the unit as I cannot get it to turn off by any other means.
2) Most of the time, the Disk LEDs will not flash at all. And after 7 seconds, LEDs 1 and 3 go on solid. When I get lucky, the LCD lights up with the boot options and I can select USB boot but so far all I every get is "OS Index Error"
I should note that the other way to boot, by holding reset and after 5 seconds you get one option and 25 you get factory reset, that seems to work every time, but nothing works and I'm left with LEDs 1 and 3 on.
As I said, I can get into the menu but it takes 30- 40 mins of trying to get the system to respond to a power up and realize the power button is continously pressed. Normally it doesn't think it is. I'm starting to think this guy is a lost cause and I may need to look for a new one.
Howie
Does the unit power on straight away or is there a delay?
Have you done a factory default with a known good disk in the nas, do you still get a firmware error?
Where did you get the nas?
When you do get the option for the USB boot, what happens then, have you not done it?
What firmware image are you using?
- This morning I fired up the NAS and it did go into the boot menu but this time the LCD was dark and letting go of the power switch had no effect. It just kept cycling though the options (all disk LEDs blink every 5 secs). I tried a few more times and back to the old issue of not going into boot options.
I'm officially calling this NAS dead. đ. Even if I recovered it, there would be no confidence in it lasting long so it's just not worth it.
Thanks for the help though, I really appreciate it. Time to start looking for a new one.
HowieDear Howie777 when a unit doesn't function the way it is designed for and you see erratic behavier then its either a logic board fault and or psu issue. Sme of the answers given are not forwarding you any solutions. Find a program to recover the data in raid sequence ,making sure you try the exact order the drives were placed in the nas. When a client complains it means its serious. Then purchase a new unit
Painkiller, OP did not ask how to get data off the disks, he asked how to get his nas working again. In order to come up with a solution to this one needs to diagnose the problem first.
howie777
Have you you read that post?
its possible you may be able to get a new psu.
vandermerwe wrote:
howie777
Have you you read that post?
its possible you may be able to get a new psu.
And some are still covered by the 5 year warranty, so if you are the original purchaser you might also want to check the warranty status.
- I'll check just for grins but honestly this NAS was always less than impressive. Lots of times I had to start all over due to various issues, time machine never really worked well ( constantly determining the backups needed to be purged and redone) and remote access never worked for me. Now it's just a toy which isn't worth much more of my time. Newer and better options are out there. Also I'm pretty sure it's over 5 years old.
FYI all my data has long since been lost or stored elsewhere.
Howie.My NV+ is still in service as a backup NAS (and I did get a replacement PSU a few months ago).
I wouldn't have invested much time or money in getting my NV+ back in service though. There are certainly newer and better options out there.
Absolutely. I think it is a bit of an interesting challenge to try to get these old units working again. I've certainly seen some units, where I have been convinced it is going to end up being declared bricked, being revived by a certain Readynas expert.
Agree that efforts should be limited to those that are free.
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