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ReadyNAS NVX Power failure/apparent death
I have a 2010 bought ReadyNAS NVX which will no longer power up (not a flicker or glimmer of any life). I have tried: - changing cables - changing power socket - leaving cold for 24 hours and restarting - tweaking the battery to reset it After the above, as far as I can see the general experience is to replace the power supply. However since a new power supply on Amazon or eBay is about 70 British pounds I would like to check out any other options or validating this is the issue. Also I found instructions on the site for changing power supply on other models but not the NVX. I do have at the moment a spare ATX 600W power supply - if I could connect this up it would let me at least prove its the power supply. Wondering if this is supported or if it is likely to make things worse! http://www.readynas.com/download/archive/pdf/ReadyNAS_PSU_pinout.pdf Alternatively, I do occasionally see second hand units - more money than a power supply but a full unit in case its actually the motherboard dead on mine. I'm assuming any NVX case would do (eg that I could put my disks into a Pioneer edition case) but are they also cross compatible with the NV/NV+ range? Finally, most of the data was backed up fortunately however my husband had just loaded on a bunch of files in the afternoon before the next backup ran. Have readers had much success reading xraid-2 disks with native Linux systems or Linux Reader? TIA
ReadyNAS Business Pro Power Supply Replacement
Earlier this year my ReadyNAS got double booted in a very short period of time following a power outage that lasted longer than my backup. Afterwards it appeared the PS was dead. I did diligent research here and found a suggestion to buy a Kentec power supply. Although I should have read more, I assumed a PS reccomendation would be plug and play, although I saw some wiring changes would need to be made. I assumed the PS itself would bolt right in. Turns out the sizes are very different. I am writing this to get the word out in case others think they need to buy the Kentec. I hadn't taken my PS out, so I read you could only get them in Europe for a higher price than the Kentec and would still have to get it shipped. Thinking the Kentec would bolt right in and I only needed to solder a couple wires, I ordered one. Unfortunately that was in June and now it is August and I am trying to put it in and finding the two boxes are totally different. Now that I had my PS out, a Seasonic SS-300SFD, I googled it, and sure enough, they are at Newegg and who knows where else... $39 and free shipping and the Kentec was $28. Is it worth dealing with an incompatible box to save $12... Turns out that since I waited two months to install it, I can no longer return the Kentec. At this point I am debating having a new PS that is now a door stop, and spend the additional $39 to get the right PS. I could no longer respond to the topics where this PS was suggested, so I am creating a new topic to raise the question of why someone would suggest a physically incompatible drive to save $12? I guess another option is to have the PS hang out the back somewhere.... As an aside, the Seasonic is 300W and the suggested replacement Kentec is 250W. Please explain what I am not getting here and why this Kentec was suggested, and are people really using these as replacements? Thanks!
ReadyNAS NV - New power supply Power LED 3 fast flash
I've had the power supply on my readynas NV die twice now, but that's to be expected I think when it's around 12 years old. This last round I got the new PWS and installed it. Now when the device tries to boot I get all 4 disk drive LEDs lit, and then the power button does this 3 quick flash then pause, 3 quick flash, pause, etc. Just loops. Not able to find it in Raidar. It's clearly having an issue booting but I'm not sure how to recover. The LED PDF suggested to re-seat the ram. Going to do that next, then it suggested doing a reset of nand. I'm worrid that my old raid is going to disappear and I'll still lose all my data. Any thoughts? Will an Nand recovery lose my raid config? Am I out of luck? Is the 3 flash something else? Thanks!
