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Upgraded PRO 6 to 6.5.1, had fan problems, went back to 6.5.0 and all is well again
Hi, After having succesfully used 6.5.0 on my PRO 6 since the day it came out, I upgraded to 6.5.1 today. The system fan started to act weird. When putting the fans on COOL, it took a little whi...
Hi Stephen,
6.5.1, which you can download from http://downloadcenter.netgear.com/ -> storage -> ReadyNAS -> ReadyNAS-OS6.
I'm a bit confused which model is which... I have the 6.5.1 released today installed on a Pro (RNDP6000-100) and have no fan issues beyond the normal oddities I'm used to seeing with running OS 6 on it.
This unit was actually recently factory reset with firmware 6.5.0 on it (but I doubt that makes any difference in regards to fan speeds.)
I had this same issue. 6.5.0 on ReadyNAS Pro 6 works fine, but 6.5.1 caused alerts every few minutes with fan speeds that were too slow, even after setting it on "COOL". I rolled back to 6.5.0 and the issue went away, so the firmware is definitely not working correctly on the Pro 6.
Thanks for confirming this issue.
As the fan control on my PRO 6 works really well in 6.5.0 - I even like to say that it works better than any other version (even the OS 4 ones) - I hope that a future 6.5.x version will embed the way it works in 6.5.0. If not, then I will stick with 6.5.0.
I have not even updated from 6.4.2, as there are quite often issues with a major upgrade and a quick release of a fix -- as there was here. Now, I'm not sure if I should upgrade to 6.5.1, 6.5.0, or nothing at this time.
There are several factors that may be in play as to why some are affected and others not. Operating temperature ranges due to ambient temperature, different drive types, and different processors may be a factor. The true "Pro 6" (RNDP6xxx-200 series) has a different processor that the Pro Business Edition (RNDP6xxx-100 series) and Pro Pioneer (RNDP600E), and some users have upgraded their processors. I have read here that some very early Pro BE's even have a different motherboard revision. So beiing as detailed as you can may help Netgear sort out why this affects some and not others and help folks like me decide whether an upgraded is the right move.
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