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derecskey
Aspirant
Oct 06, 2022

ReadyNAS 516 Stopped functioning after 6.10.8 auto-update

Hello,   I am a home user, not a network admin, so please forgive my naivete in advance.   I have a ReadyNAS 516 with six 1TB drives that I have been faithfully using for nearly 9 years (hard to ...
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StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Oct 06, 2022
derecskey wrote:

 

What's my first step in troubleshooting this?

 

Have you tried pulling the plug, and then powering up the NAS again?

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    derecskey
    Aspirant
    Oct 07, 2022
    Yes. Exactly once so far. The fan was full blast, the panel and ok button oscillated blinking between the two. A few minutes later it quieted itself and returned to the behavior described in the initial post.
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      StephenB
      Guru - Experienced User
      Oct 07, 2022
      derecskey wrote:
      Yes. Exactly once so far. The fan was full blast, the panel and ok button oscillated blinking between the two. A few minutes later it quieted itself and returned to the behavior described in the initial post.

      Does RAIDar find the NAS?  If it does, what status does it show?

      Is it still using the original disks?

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