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scottonaharley
Dec 06, 2017Aspirant
PSU not detected after upgrade to FW 6.9.1
After upgrading to FW version 6.9.1 from 6.8.x i see log messages that indicate PSU1 not detected and PSU2 not detected. The unit is populated with 12 4TB drives. I've attempted to upload the logs ...
- Jan 31, 2018
This past weekend I was able to shut down the unit, remove the power cords, remove the power supplies, release the drives from each slot and blow out any dust (there was no visible dust inside the unit and while compressed air was blowing there was no visible dust being displaced) and clean any dirt from the contacts on the back of the power supplies (there was no visible difference after cleaning the contacts.
The unit was reassembled and powered up. Since 6.9.2 had been downloaded it was installed as the machine rebooted.
Upon accessing the GUI the power supplies were both shown as installed and functioning.
While the problem is solved I'm not 100% sure that dirt was the problem and the reappearance of the power supplies could be associated with the extended amount of time the unit was powered down.
evan2
Dec 07, 2017NETGEAR Expert
I checked my RN4220X, RN4220S and RN3220, PSU works OK after update to 6.9.1,
Cloud do you please send log and let us check?
How do I send all logs to ReadyNAS Community moderators?
https://kb.netgear.com/21543/How-do-I-send-all-logs-to-ReadyNAS-Community-moderators
- scottonaharleyJan 20, 2018Aspirant
I sent in a set of logs earlier this wek via email per the iinstrucions. I havent tried to disable just the PSU messages, it should be possible but it appears that the GUI does not have that level of granularity.
- evan2Jan 22, 2018NETGEAR Expert
I checked your log, there is i2c error, I need to check with HW developter what problem happen on this device.
Jan 18 12:10:01 apollo CRON[21692]: (root) CMD (/bin/bash /opt/replication/etc/init.d/watchdog.sh) Jan 18 12:10:01 apollo CRON[21688]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root Jan 18 12:10:01 apollo kernel: i2c_nct6775_xfer: data timed out addr:59 cmd:88 Jan 18 12:10:01 apollo kernel: i2c_nct6775_xfer: data timed out addr:59 cmd:88 Jan 18 12:10:02 apollo kernel: i2c_nct6775_xfer: data timed out addr:59 cmd:88 Jan 18 12:10:02 apollo rn-expand[4952]: PSU read voltage b2 err [-11] state [0], will retry[retry=4]. Jan 18 12:10:02 apollo kernel: i2c_nct6775_xfer: data timed out addr:59 cmd:88 Jan 18 12:10:02 apollo kernel: i2c_nct6775_xfer: data timed out addr:59 cmd:88 Jan 18 12:10:12 apollo kernel: i2c_nct6775_xfer: data timed out addr:58 cmd:88 Jan 18 12:10:12 apollo kernel: i2c_nct6775_xfer: data timed out addr:58 cmd:88 Jan 18 12:10:13 apollo kernel: i2c_nct6775_xfer: data timed out addr:58 cmd:88 Jan 18 12:10:13 apollo kernel: i2c_nct6775_xfer: data timed out addr:58 cmd:88 Jan 18 12:10:13 apollo rn-expand[4952]: PSU read voltage b0 err [-11] state [0], will retry[retry=4]. Jan 18 12:10:13 apollo kernel: i2c_nct6775_xfer: data timed out addr:58 cmd:88 Jan 18 12:10:13 apollo kernel: i2c_nct6775_xfer: data timed out addr:58 cmd:88 Jan 18 12:10:13 apollo kernel: i2c_nct6775_xfer: data timed out addr:59 cmd:88 Jan 18 12:10:14 apollo kernel: i2c_nct6775_xfer: data timed out addr:59 cmd:88 Jan 18 12:10:14 apollo kernel: i2c_nct6775_xfer: data timed out addr:59 cmd:88 Jan 18 12:10:14 apollo kernel: i2c_nct6775_xfer: data timed out addr:59 cmd:88 Jan 18 12:10:14 apollo rn-expand[4952]: PSU read voltage b2 err [-11] state [0], will retry[retry=4]. Jan 18 12:10:14 apollo kernel: i2c_nct6775_xfer: data timed out addr:59 cmd:88 Jan 18 12:10:14 apollo kernel: i2c_nct6775_xfer: data timed out addr:58 cmd:78 Jan 18 12:10:15 apollo kernel: i2c_nct6775_xfer: data timed out addr:59 cmd:88 Jan 18 12:10:15 apollo kernel: i2c_nct6775_xfer: data timed out addr:59 cmd:78 Jan 18 12:10:19 apollo snapperd[6268]: THROW: subvolume is not a btrfs subvolume Jan 18 12:10:19 apollo snapperd[6268]: reading failed
- c3poJan 23, 2018NETGEAR Expert
I debugged one RMA RN3220 with this problem. It turned out that the problem might be related to pollutant in the air :(
See attached picture, the black dust has weak conductivity, resulted I2C bus voltage drop on backplane. While it does not affect backplane I2C bus operation, it does affect I2C bus buffer for PSU PMBus which is sensitive to voltage level. I cleaned up backplane using dust blower, the system was back to normal.
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