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Aspirant

Oct 16, 2015

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ReadyNAS 104 unable to boot after power failure

Hello, My Readynas 104 device is in a hung state. Has the blue power led always blinking ( for hours ) when i restarted it after a power failure. The disply screen says "READYNAS 6.4.0" and n...

Booting

StephenB
Oct 28, 2015
I'd contact support.

StephenB

Guru - Experienced User

Oct 17, 2015

http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/29961/~/faqs-on-upgrading-readynas-firmware-to-6.4.0

The 6.4.0 update includes putting a new boot loader in the flash - and that apparently failed in your case.

Try the USB recovery (check the community links in the faq). If that fails contact support.

hussainshariff
Aspirant
Oct 18, 2015
Thanks Stephen for the quick reply !
Before i could try anything else, my RN104 box powered-on fine after 2-3 times plugging-in and out the power supply. However the current status is "Volume Resyncing" an should continue for about 100 hours more :)
do you suggest i wait for resyncing to complete or proceed with the USB recovery as you suggested ?
Thanks in advance !
- StephenB
  Guru - Experienced User
  Oct 18, 2015
  If the NAS booted, then there is no need for USB recovery. Wait for the resync.
  - hussainshariff
    Aspirant
    Oct 27, 2015
    Hello,
    
    The Resync never completes. Out of ~40 hrs to compelte resync, after ~2hrs my readynas device hangs ( ie - Buttons wont work and all LED's like power and disk activity indicators stay on without blinking. )
    i've tried restarting by un-plugging and re-plugging power adapter but again it hangs after ~2hrs of resync.
    any thoughts / suggestions ?
    
    Thanks !