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Aspirant

Sep 18, 2021

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NV+ Starts booting, then abruptly shuts off

Hi folks, I have an old NV+ that I am trying to resurrect. When turning on the NV+ it seems like the power supply and the fan spin up correctly, the disks seemed to power up and sync, and the LED...

lxdengar01
Sep 21, 2021
I will try that, if the replacement power supply doesn't work, thank you!

StephenB

Guru - Experienced User

Sep 18, 2021

lxdengar01 wrote:

However, it seems that the same problem happens- the machine will get halfway through building its table or partition, an shut down. So it seems like the machine is _trying_ to start up a new RAID partition.

In this situation it will

Create a small partition (2 GB) and install the linux and the NAS software onto it
Create a RAID-0 (jbod) data volume on the rest of the drive.

lxdengar01 wrote:

I'd like to recover the data from the four drives,

One approach is to find a way to connect all four drives to a Windows PC (usb adapter/docks or a multi-bay usb enclosure). Then use R-Studio ( https://www.r-studio.com/ ) or some other software package that supports RAID and EXT file systems.

If you are skilled with linux, you could also try mounting the volume manually in an x86 linux system (and avoid the need for RAID recovery software).

lxdengar01
Aspirant
Sep 21, 2021
I will try that, if the replacement power supply doesn't work, thank you!
- lxdengar01
  Aspirant
  Sep 25, 2021
  Hi folks, just wanted to give an update:
  
  It was indeed the power supply. Replacing the power supply with one that I found on Amazon for about $50, allowed the machine to boot and allowed me to reestablish the shares. Looks like the drives are OK.
  
  I am currently copying everything off of them, and will probably retire the unit! Thank you so much for all the help, this is a great forum for support.
  - Sandshark
    Sensei
    Sep 26, 2021
    I'm glad your data is OK and that I could help. ReadyNAS, including power supplies, are actually quite well made and usually last quite a long time (there are always exceptions). But we tend to continue to use them well beyond when we would retire a general purpose computer, even though a NAS really is a computer without a keyboard or display, and nothing electronic lasts forever.