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Readynas RNDP6000 (OS6) power cycling every 2 seconds following a area-wide power outage.
hi guys hoping for any suggestions of where to start fault finding, to get my NAS to boot up ? We had "that storm" yesterday and electricity to the whole area was off for 24 hours. When it ca...
xlr8r wrote:
should I assume it's safe to test the main NAS motherboard using a standard 300w ATX PC power supply ?
Should be. See this old discussion thread:
thanks
should I assume it's safe to test the main NAS motherboard using a standard 300w ATX PC power supply ?
just to rule that out as well ?
thanks
xlr8r wrote:
should I assume it's safe to test the main NAS motherboard using a standard 300w ATX PC power supply ?
Should be. See this old discussion thread:
You can test it with the drives with a 300W ATX12V supply, though I recommend at least 400W. Just make sure you use masking tape or similar to block the original power supply fan opening and any gaps in the case that allow the cable to come out, so the main fan does it's job.
There is a seller on eBay that sells a supply that already has the longer connector and 3 Molex 4-pin connectors, While their price was originally a bit high, the current price is pretty reasonable.
If you want to "roll your own", you'll need an extension for the 24-pin connector (with most supplies, about 5 inches is needed) and will probably also either need to use the 4-pin right-angle IDX Molex connectors to mod the hard drive wires or one or more SATA to Molex adapters. Then I recommend you use at least a 400W SFX form factor supply. Although the original is 300W, the 12V current is higher than with a lot of 300W, so going with 400W or more should provide enough. I've had luck with the Apevia SFX-AP500W. Whatever you buy, check the picture that it really is SFX format. I've seen some advertised as SFX that have the fan in the wrong place.
Did a bit of PSU hunting online. I seen that ready made one you mention on eBay but looking at the actual PSU, I believe it may be one of the very cheap unbranded type. So, I have purchased one of these instead which will hopefully do the job. (i would have preferred a 'modular' PSU, but this may do for now).
https://www.bequiet.com/en/powersupply/2309
(I bought mine from Scan)
I will be "butchering" the heck out it today (hopefully), cutting and shortening its cables and will professionally splice on the 3x old 90 degree MOLEX connectors (I ordered some extra from Shakmods, just in case...).
I might also shorten the 4pin CPU cable as well.
I also ordered up a couple of 24pin motherboard power extensions (4", 6", 8").
[ 18 AWG 24pin extension - link - Amazon ]
I'll cut off and terminate any unneeded cabling to avoid clutter and keep airflow to a max, and will "braid" all cables for a bit of extra protection.
May as well upgrade the CPU fan (and Case fan (Noctua) while I'm in is far...
The one thing I didn't think of, now that I'm looking at the new be quiet! PSU, is its fan location... Its 'off-centre' for some reason and may not match up with the Readynas fan-slot... so some further modifications my be needed on that,
fingers crossed - wish me luck lol
will post back with result and a few pics of process.
cheers to all
I do have a question though before starting with the CPU fan upgrade.
I found an old Cooler Master intel fan in storage (new, old stock) and it pushed onto the heatsink (was tight, but will go on), but its only a 3-pin. (i checked clearance with the side case panel and there was a 2-3mm clearance. So , eve if it does loosen, it cant actually go anywhere).
The original Readynas CPU fan has 4-pins, and on my NAS was connected to the MAIN board. My question then is, if I change that and connect the new CPU fan to the daughter board (3-pin) will OS6 be able to detect and control it without any software modification ?
cheers
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