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XtheUnknown
Mar 26, 2025Apprentice
ReadyNAS 626X stuck as "NETGEAR Storage Welcome" message
Well, as it says in the title. Cannot get into the boot menu with the "paperclip" approach nor the USB recovery by holding down the OK button. Power supply seems OK, fan is running and the ba...
StephenB
Mar 26, 2025Guru - Experienced User
XtheUnknown wrote:
ReadyNAS 626X stuck as "NETGEAR Storage Welcome" message
Cannot get into the boot menu with the "paperclip" approach nor the USB recovery by holding down the OK button.
Power supply seems OK, fan is running and the backplane SATA lights (all 6) light up.Disks seem to go through their internal POST but clearly the system doesn't get as far as starting to read the boot information from the disks.
What happens if you power down, remove all the disks, and then power up again (diskless)?
I suggest labeling the disks by slot as you remove them.
XtheUnknown
Mar 26, 2025Apprentice
Same result. Just sits there with the welcome message.
I've tried the original 6 disk array, one scratch disk and diskless. All the same outcome.
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