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elaplace
Aug 05, 2021Aspirant
RN516 No Boot Menu, Model error and Touchpad not work
Hello, I have a RN51600 with three problems. No boot menu I press and hold the reset button, the system powers on. Continue to press the reset button for three minutes, however the status disp...
- Aug 06, 2021
I suspect somebody created a hybrid. RDD516 board in an RN516 chassis. Since they look identical, they likely didn't realize the problems it would create. It may even be that if you create a volume on another OS6 system that you can move to this hybrid and it will mostly work.
mdgm
Aug 05, 2021Virtuoso
The serial number would suggest it is an RN516, I think.
Anyway the bios_ver.log from the logs zip from the system will confirm some things.
Sandshark
Aug 06, 2021Sensei - Experienced User
I suspect somebody created a hybrid. RDD516 board in an RN516 chassis. Since they look identical, they likely didn't realize the problems it would create. It may even be that if you create a volume on another OS6 system that you can move to this hybrid and it will mostly work.
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