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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. I...
- 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
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.
- Vandernwerwe. I have read many posts in this forum. I gave Howie777 an honest solution. One message was all it took. I didnt tell him to reseat ram or to use a usb recovery and or OS reinstall. Save his data and move on .As if a unit needs this much attention though honestly i used to use these units for clients but now i dont . Not worth time and money,Ps it was not personal it was a solution
Painkiller wrote:
Vandernwerwe. I have read many posts in this forum. I gave Howie777 an honest solution. One message was all it took. I didnt tell him to reseat ram or to use a usb recovery and or OS reinstall. Save his data and move on .As if a unit needs this much attention though honestly i used to use these units for clients but now i dont . Not worth time and money,Ps it was not personal it was a solutionSurprisingly enough, people often do want to resurrect these units, and sometimes reseating RAM, USB recovery, and OS reinstall allow that to be accomplished.
In this case Vandermerwe (and others) were willing to participate in the engineering project as long as Howie777 was interested, but no one suggested that it was worth spending a lot of money on.
I don't think there's any real disagreement here, so let's just move on.
I'm an engineer by trade. I find it fun to tinker with this stuff. The amusement factor is what makes it worth it to me.
By the way, my serial number is a combination of numbers and letters, Not hex, letters like RT and starts with 215. I'm guessing this means no new power supply for me.
Every couple days I try to get it to tech support again but so far when I get the menu to work (after long periods without power code plugged in) it seems to do the boot mode options but the LCD is dark so I have no idea what is going on.
Howie
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