ReadyNAS Duo V1 just sits there with the fan full pelt after power cuts
Hi all hoping you can help me. I recently (6 months ago) dusted off this NAS and loaded it up with 2 disks. It was working flawlessly up until last week where after a series of power cuts it now just keeps the fan on full speed when starting along with flashing all the lights 3 times every 10 seconds. I have tried a factory reset with the PIN in the back for 25 seconds but this does nothing. Is this device bricked? I hope not as its was running well up until this point.
Gave this a go and kept scanning for 30 mins plus and nothing 😞
Did RAIDar find it before the power problem?
Are you seeing a blinking light pattern on the LEDs?
LED blink behavior for 2 disk systems is three quick blinks of all disk LEDs and the backup LED, followed by an 1s delay, followed by a number of slow blinks. The number of slow blinks will be the error code.
Current error codes:
1 - Vendor mismatch
2 - No disks detected
3 - Bad contents on root partition of disks
4 - Flash error
5 - Unsupported RAID configuration
Also, is the ethernet LED lit on the back of the NAS?
Re: ReadyNAS Duo V1 just sits there with the fan full pelt after power cuts
Yes RAIDar was finding it before the issue. The blinks are 3 fast of the blue power LED the activity light as well as 1 and 2 disk all at once. This occurs exactly every 10 seconds. In between the 10 seconds the disk 1 light flickers on and off constantly.
Re: ReadyNAS Duo V1 just sits there with the fan full pelt after power cuts
3 blinks occur with disks in or out. I have even swapped for 2 new disks and tried to factory reset but keep getting the 3 blinks every 10 seconds. This is really frustrating.
Its almost as if the NAS OS cant boot in my opinion.
Agreed. I was wondering if you'd get the blinking code for "bad flash", but you apparently didn't.
It's possible that there is an issue with the poewr brick (though I think it's a long shot). Still, you might consider doing a risk-buy of a compatible replacement.
Re: ReadyNAS Duo V1 just sits there with the fan full pelt after power cuts
I tried resetting with new disks in place and I get the same 3 then 5 flashes.
So I am doing this correctly I power off the device by pulling the power cable. Give it a few seconds then pop the cable back in. I then press and hold the reset button at the rear for 25 seconds. I don't hold the power button as well? Some posts I see needing the power button held for 25 seconds also and some saying no just hold the pin.
So I am doing this correctly I power off the device by pulling the power cable. Give it a few seconds then pop the cable back in. I then press and hold the reset button at the rear for 25 seconds. I don't hold the power button as well? Some posts I see needing the power button held for 25 seconds also and some saying no just hold the pin.
Also, the biggest disk size supported by the Duo v1 is 2 TB.
I suggest using just one disk for now, as that avoids doing the disk mirroring. Sometimes the Duo v1 isn't responsive during the disk mirroring (as it does put a significant load on the system).
Not really "common", but nothing lasts forever. Your NAS is more than 10 years old and I suspect most DuoV1's are retired by now (before they had a chance to fail).
