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Title: Dns325 & wd 3tb only showing 699gig ??
Post by: Themightyq on November 02, 2011, 07:33:08 PM: Hello I have upgraded the firmware to beta 1.09.0512.2011 and placed two western digital 3tb drives into the nas, then using the program on the cd I formatted the drives using raid1.

All showed up correct and in the nas interface all shows up correct but when I mapped the volume in windows 7 it shows up as 699gig drive ?

Any help would be greatly appriciated.

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Title: Re: Dns325 & wd 3tb only showing 699gig ??
Post by: priitv8 on November 02, 2011, 11:06:44 PM: If you made fresh reformat after installing 3TB WD drives and Win7 still reports them as 699GB drive (has been complained here also earlier (http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=40984.0)), then my advice at the moment would be:
a) try the 1.02b03(1.13.0905.2011) FW - I know, D-Link has removed it from distribution. You can PM me, i still have it somewhere.
b) to try some other protocol than SMB/CIFS. For Windows, your options could be NFS and FTP.
I personally use similar setup (1.02b03(1.13.0905.2011) FW and 2x3TB WD in RAID1), but I connect using Mac and AFP protocol, the NAS reports itself as 2,95 TB drive.
Title: Re: Dns325 & wd 3tb only showing 699gig ??
Post by: JavaLawyer on November 03, 2011, 05:54:39 AM: Quote from: Themightyq on November 02, 2011, 07:33:08 PM
Hello I have upgraded the firmware to beta 1.09.0512.2011 and placed two western digital 3tb drives into the nas, then using the program on the cd I formatted the drives using raid1.

Do you have a DNS-323? The firmware version 1.09x you mention seems to relate to the DNS-323.
Title: Re: Dns325 & wd 3tb only showing 699gig ??
Post by: Themightyq on November 03, 2011, 02:56:01 PM: I may have looked at the wrong box as I do have a 323 as well sorry bout that , what I have is the current beta firmware that is on the dlink server.
Title: Re: Dns325 & wd 3tb only showing 699gig ??
Post by: JavaLawyer on November 03, 2011, 03:54:52 PM: Quote from: Themightyq on November 03, 2011, 02:56:01 PM
I may have looked at the wrong box as I do have a 323 as well sorry bout that , what I have is the current beta firmware that is on the dlink server.

The latest beta firmware is v3.10x located here: ftp://ftp.dlink.com/Multimedia/dns323/Beta/Firmware/
Title: Re: Dns325 & wd 3tb only showing 699gig ??
Post by: Themightyq on November 03, 2011, 07:05:29 PM: Thanks but I need the firmware for the 325 not the 323

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Title: Re: Dns325 & wd 3tb only showing 699gig ??
Post by: JavaLawyer on November 03, 2011, 07:42:51 PM: The latest available beta firmware for the DNS-325 is located here: ftp://ftp.dlink.com/Multimedia/dns325/Beta/Firmware/

D-Link also released an even more recent beta firmware, but subsequently removed it from circulation due to technical reasons. We'll have to wait for a re-release of that latest beta firmware, which I believe addresses 3TB HDDs.
Title: Re: Dns325 & wd 3tb only showing 699gig ??
Post by: Themightyq on November 04, 2011, 05:16:27 PM: Thanks priitv8 for the firmware it might be not upto dlinks specs but it sure is mine - worked like a charm as soon as I updated the firmware I looked at my mapped drive and it showed 2.7 is gig free

Thanks again

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Title: Re: Dns325 & wd 3tb only showing 699gig ??
Post by: JavaLawyer on November 05, 2011, 09:34:07 AM: I strongly discourage users from upgrading firmware not sanctioned by D-Link. The beta firmware was intentionally removed from distribution by D-Link. Please wait for an official re-release prior to performing any updates.
Title: Re: Dns325 & wd 3tb only showing 699gig ??
Post by: Themightyq on November 06, 2011, 05:50:50 PM: Normally I'd agree but since that firmware doesn't work and this one does here is no debate here I need windows to see 3tb not .6tb simple as that.