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ReadyNAS Ultra 6 - Stuck on "READYNAS" prompt with or without disks
So I aquired a ReadyNAS Ultra 6 Plus from a buddy of mine @ 4-5months ago. It has been working GREAT! I upgraded it to OS6 and although it slowed down a little, it's been working perfectly.....unti...
I can't seem to find anything loose at all in here. I read on one of the pages that the 2.1v RAM wouldn't work without a BIOS tweak or something along those lines. Very odd. The unit was powered up and working GREAT not 5 minutes prior.
MotoGod wrote:
I read on one of the pages that the 2.1v RAM wouldn't work without a BIOS tweak or something along those lines.
It can't be the RAM, since restoring the original memory didn't fix it.
If you think there might be some residual bios state getting in the way, then you could try disconnecting the NAS from the power main for a bit - that would clear it.
If nothing came loose, then the PSU is the other possibility - though I agree the coincidence would be odd.
I did try and leave the power disconnected for 5-10 minutes, but the same thing happened. I just learned that these things have a console header....so I'm trying to find something I can hookup to that and see if I can get some output to a screen to see what's going on here.
Someone on the Facebook group told me the 2.1v RAM should work and they have used that exact RAM before in one of these, so my best guess is the BIOS is throwing up a prompt that I cant see...and maybe it's just waiting for a keypress or something! I ordered a VGA header for it as well, but who knows how long that will take to get here.
Troubleshooting headless appliances is fun!Just tested the power supply with my power supply tester....it's definitely good. So that rules out one thing...
Well good news (sort of)....I managed to get into the ReadyNAS via serial port input to see what's going on at boot time.
It DOES recognize the 4GB of RAM I put in, but it throws the following error:MBR
H
error
In that order on the screen. MBR friend? That would seem rather odd just from powering it down, adding RAM, and powering it back on?
Did my firmware get fried maybe?
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