Readynas Pro stuck on boot

will it boot into tech support mode?
call tech support they will have to telnet into the unit

How does tech support mode work?
I have only tried the Usb recovery, but it doesn´t even get to the option of selecting modes.
When pressing the power button while it´s on and stuck, it switches off immediately. Doesn´t wait to power down or "say goodbye".
Could any of this indicate a cpu problem?
Or a broken flash?

when you boot it into tech support the unit will not fully boot nor will it start the raid
here are some instructions to access the boot menu

http://www.readynas.com/kb/faq/boot/how ... _boot_menu

The problem is I cannot get to the boot menu.
When I power on the unit with the reset button pressed, it only powers on and shows the Readynas logo on the display.
It never gets to the point where I can toggle between the different options:-(

Could be a memory failure, or some other chassis problem. You should start an on-line support request (support.netgear.com), I suspect you will need to RMA the unit.

I think I am well beyond the warranty I´m afraid:-(
How would the unit react if the Cpu or Ram were defective?
Would there be a warning on the display during boot?
One thing i noticed before this happened was that it took way longer to boot than normally.
I thought that it was because the disks were more than 90% full, but maybe not?

What model Pro do you have? The Pro Pioneer has a 3 year warranty. All other Pro units have a 5 year warranty. This assumes of course that you bought the unit brand new.

It´s the Pro Pioneer with a 3 year warranty. I bought it second hand october 2010.
So I think I can kiss the warranty goodbye I´m afraid.
The only user-changeable parts are the Cpu and the Ram right?
Does anyone have any luck replacing the Cpu in a similar situation?
If I go nuts and buy a new Readynas Pro, will I be able to put the harddrives from this one into the new and recover my data?

Hitman202 wrote:
It´s the Pro Pioneer with a 3 year warranty. I bought it second hand october 2010. So I think I can kiss the warranty goodbye I´m afraid.

I think so.

Hitman202 wrote:
The only user-changeable parts are the Cpu and the Ram right?

Whilst those can be replaced NetGear doesn't support doing either of those.

Hitman202 wrote:
Does anyone have any luck replacing the Cpu in a similar situation?

Hook up a cable to the VGA header, and connect a USB keyboard to the ReadyNAS Pro. If you turn on the ReadyNAS Pro does anything show up on your display connected via VGA?

Hitman202 wrote:
If I go nuts and buy a new Readynas Pro, will I be able to put the harddrives from this one into the new and recover my data?

Yes. Provided the disks are fine that should work.

If you buy a new one go for the Ultra 6 Plus (RNDP600U-200) or the Pro 6 (RNDP6000-200). First put a spare disk (must not be from your array) in the NAS, then update to the firmware you were running before (or newer). Verify the update was successful, then power down, remove the spare disk and follow the migration procedure: http://www.readynas.com/kb/faq/boot/how_do_i_migrate_disks_over_from_an_existing_readynas_to_another

Wut? Vga? I don´t have a Vga output on my Readynas?
Or am I missing something?
I value your input, hope that I dont get to the point of having to buy a new one.
I have bought a new Cpu (second hand) and Ram, waiting for them to arrive.
Is this to risky??