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Won't boot, won't boot menu, won't boot USB recovery, WILL boot other OS via USB
Well, the subject says it all. The unit WAS working, but now won't boot normally, won't boot into the boot menu (hold reset, press power on, wait for boot menu). All I get is the ReadyNAS text on t...
Is it recognised properly as a Pro?
Well if the fans are spinning properly perhaps power it down and check for a build up of dust. This unit would be pretty old by now.
You’ve got a PM.
This will require further investigation.
Well writing a raw image of the flash to the internal USB key seems to have worked fine.
Not sure why USB Boot Recovery didn't work.
Something else may be going on - I've created a new volume on scratch disks and it's resyncing, but CPU temperature is 89C and I'm getting warnings. CPU fan is running. ALL fans are running pretty high speed.
Is it recognised properly as a Pro?
Well if the fans are spinning properly perhaps power it down and check for a build up of dust. This unit would be pretty old by now.
I already had it opened up earlier to check for loose cabling, etc. - it looks surprisingly clean. When the resync finishes I guess I'll have a look to make sure the CPU heatsink is tightened down properly - it might have loosened up during shipment here.
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