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Unbricking a ReadyNAS 102
I have a self inflicted issue for which I would greatly appreciate advice on salvaging a ReadyNAS 102. Long story short it had firmware 6.1.8 and I installed 6.9.3 without first reading the firmw...
Hi Grill-n-Chill,
Have you also tried using another USB drive when doing the USB boot recovery?
Does Raidar detect the NAS if there are no disks inserted or if it is in Tech Support mode?
Regards,
JohnCM_S
NETGEAR Community Team
Hi Grill-n-Chill,
Have you also tried using another USB drive when doing the USB boot recovery?
Does Raidar detect the NAS if there are no disks inserted or if it is in Tech Support mode?
Regards,
JohnCM_S
NETGEAR Community Team
Thanks for your suggestions. I have just tried Tech Support Mode as well as without any disks. Neither provides any improvement. I should also note that the device is always locked shortly after powering on (Power LED on, button does nothing pressing or holding it, must pull the power cord to shut off).
I have not tried a different USB drive, I will try to find another suitable one but it seems the problem is deeper. Is there a way to do some sort of deeper level firmware reset or recovery?
Thank you.
A different flash drive worked. I had to dig around to find a crusty old 8 gig Sandisk and it worked fine where the 16 gig Crucial did not. The unit is functional again! Thank you.
Hi Grill-n-Chill,
I am glad that the USB Boot Recovery worked after trying another USB drive. :)
It will be great to mark the appropriate reply as the “Accept as Solution” or post what resolved it and mark it as solution so others can be confident in benefiting from the solution.
Regards,
JohnCM_S
NETGEAR Community Team
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