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ReadyNAS 3200 upgrades?
Hello! I'm new to this group and the new owner of a used READYNAS 3200. It came with eight (8) 2TB drives and old version 4.2.x firmware. I had read in these forums that I could increase the avai...
The 3200 has a mostly stock SuperMicro X7SB3-F motherboard. I think the IPMI hardware is absent. You can look up the expansion capabilities on the SuperMicro site. You can also look at what's in a 4200V1, as it is the same board with a different processor.
The BIOS upgrade discussions in this forum are not applicable to the 3200. You would have to use a SuperMicro tool to upgrade. But, that is not a good idea. With a non-Netgear version of the BIOS, you can end up with a unit that will not run the ReadyNAS firmware. The firmware will think you are trying to run it on a non-Netgear system and quit. See ReadyNAS-3200-RN12P-Firmware-BIOS-Reinstallation . The solution applied there is not revealed.
Sandshark wrote:See ReadyNAS-3200-RN12P-Firmware-BIOS-Reinstallation . The solution applied there is not revealed.
I'm not sure I remember exactly now, it may have just needed the EEPROM getting fixed. I don't know if the BIOS needed flashing or not. It's been a while. There is a 3200 BIOS dated 24 June 2010 in the BIOS Upgrade Add-on.
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