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Hitman202
Feb 08, 2013Tutor
Readynas Pro stuck on boot
I have a Readynas Pro that is refusing to boot. When pressing the power butten the unit comes on, but goes no further than the Readynas logo on the display. Disks are spinning up and fans are runnin...
mdgm-ntgr
Feb 11, 2013NETGEAR Employee Retired
Hitman202 wrote: Is there anything speaking against trying to replace the cpu and ram?
Well if they're not the problem then it would possibly be a complete waste of time.
Hitman202 wrote:
You say "if You must try", could something go wrong?
if you're not careful you could break something.
Hitman202 wrote:
If the cpu and ram is not the problem i quess it will just stay the same and refuse to boot?
Yes. That's why hooking up to the VGA header would be advisable. The output that VGA gives (if any) may give clues as to what the problem is.
Hitman202 wrote:
Or is there a procedure on the Readynas that does a "new hardware detected, must erase volume" kind of a thing?
No.
Hitman202 wrote:
I´ve built many pc systems over the years and is quite experienced in all parts of a pc, changing parts and troubleshooting.
I guess then you'd be fine with changing the CPU and RAM.
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