ReadyNas Duo RND2000 V2 All leds flashing, can't boot or reset.
I just dusted off my old ReadyNAS and bought 2 new 2TB HDD's (WD Red).
I bought the thing, but never used it so I'm pretty new to this NAS stuff..
Problem is; I start it up, but the fan speed pulsates loudly, and all but the led above "backup" button flash, including the power button. 3 "short" flashes followed by 3ish? really fast flashes (couldn't count them).
It doesn't seem to boot up, I can't factory reset or reinstall OS (holding reset button while powering on and holding it for 30 sec for factory reset or 5 sec for reinstall).
Either I don't understand the "led blinking guide", or this issue aren't described in the guide.
Re: ReadyNas Duo RND2000 V2 All leds flashing, can't boot or reset.
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
Sounds like "bad contents on root partitions of disks".
Did you format the drives before inserting them in the NAS?
Hi, no the HDD's are brand new but i figured the ReadyNAS would format them itself by performing a factory reset?
Since they were unformatted, the ReadyNAS should have done the factory reset automatically when you powered it up (and formatted the disks).
I suggest testing the disks using lifeguard in a PC. Also, if there are any partitions seen by windows, delete them (and maybe ask the supplier why it was formatted).
Try it again and follow the procedure from this article. If it won't work, try 1 HDD or Disk at a time then let us know what happens.
Kind regards,
BrianL NETGEAR Community Team
Hi, and thanks 😃
I followed a similar guide, but the NAS won't start up the boot mode 😕 I've tried holding the reset button in for both 5 seconds and 30 seconds numerous times, but it doesn't seem to respond at all, the leds still blinks as i described 😞
I tried just 1 disk, there was a slight change in leds at first, but after a few seconds it continued as before (with 2 disks).
Hi, no the HDD's are brand new but i figured the ReadyNAS would format them itself by performing a factory reset?
Since they were unformatted, the ReadyNAS should have done the factory reset automatically when you powered it up (and formatted the disks).
I suggest testing the disks using lifeguard in a PC. Also, if there are any partitions seen by windows, delete them (and maybe ask the supplier why it was formatted).
Try it again and follow the procedure from this article. If it won't work, try 1 HDD or Disk at a time then let us know what happens.
Kind regards,
BrianL NETGEAR Community Team
Hi, and thanks 😃
I followed a similar guide, but the NAS won't start up the boot mode 😕 I've tried holding the reset button in for both 5 seconds and 30 seconds numerous times, but it doesn't seem to respond at all, the leds still blinks as i described 😞
I tried just 1 disk, there was a slight change in leds at first, but after a few seconds it continued as before (with 2 disks).
I'm having a similar issue after performing a factory reset on my RND2000v2, and also performing an OS reload from USB.
Sorry. Can you send me a PM together with the serial number of your RND2000v2?
Kind regards,
BrianL NETGEAR Community Team
Hi BrianL.
I'll send that to you.
Update: I reseated the memory for the nth time and now it takes the reset, as in I don't get the triple flash. It did the first flash after 5 and second flash after 25. However now it has been sitting for hours with pulsing blue. Is this the disk check?
