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ReadyNAS NV+ v1 BIOS INFO: Cipher Error
Found my NV+ displaying the lighted BIOS INFO: Cipher Error on its LCD, with Power and Disk 4 LEDs extinguished, and Disks 1, 2, and 3 lit green. No Act LED. As the unit seemed unresponsive, indeed a...
Hi Tom, this isn't much help but a few more details might help others (I've not seen this error either). So, did this error occur as it was booting, or had it been running then failed?
Obviously it's a very old unit and has presumably been working fine for ages?
edit: might also be worth running a drive scan at boot.
Thanks Tony for your reply. Yeah I've had the NV+ nine years now, though I've only run it 3 hrs/day so the equivalent life to a 24/7 NAS is less than a year.
:smileyhappy:
I'm not sure how the "wake from soft off" compares to cold boot, but that's apparently where it failed yesterday. Today it came-up as normal at 525a, accepted all incoming backups to it, and slept again as it should. So I will just for now anyway treat the issue as a one-off and try not to worry about it, though I will indeed do a drive check when I get a chance.
Thanks again; of course I surfed on Cipher Error and it seems I might be the only person on Earth to have encountered this one!?!?!?!
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