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Diggers
Dec 03, 2021Aspirant
RN516 - Boot Loop after power outage
Hi, I have a Readynas 516 thats now stuck in a boot loop after a power outage. The box starts up, displays Welcom on the LCD, the touchpad lights up, then it reboots, the cycle is around 2-3 seco...
StephenB
Dec 06, 2021Guru - Experienced User
Diggers wrote:
Is there a document available anywhere that lists the error codes for the readynas 516?
Not that I know of.
Perhaps JeraldM can interpret it for you???
JeraldM
Dec 07, 2021NETGEAR Employee Retired
Thanks for the ping, StephenB.
Hi Diggers,
Based on the error message, it looks like an error with the software, specifically its PEI Core.
Not quite sure though if that's the main cause of the issue, that being said, are there any other logs when you were connected via Putty?
Regards,
JeraldM
NETGEAR Community Team
- SandsharkDec 07, 2021Sensei
Unless "PEI" has some unique meaning here, it's "Pre EFI initialization", which is a BIOS function prior to it even looking for something to boot from. PEI Core is typcially before it even checks memory. But maybe it's saying that's the last thing that did complete, and it is a memory issue.
- DiggersDec 07, 2021Aspirant
Thanks,
Is there a list of compatible memory somewhere? i'll try finding the currently insalled inno disk type for now but would be handy to know if there are other options.
- DiggersDec 14, 2021Aspirant
It was worth a shot but a new stick of RAM doesnt seem to have solved the problem.
Im not getting any other logs, just the one persistant error message.
Any other ideas or parts i can look at before i yeet it into the hard rubbish?
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