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Author Topic: New user help  (Read 5559 times)

nofear102

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New user help
« on: March 23, 2010, 05:15:57 PM »
Hi all,  I just purchased a DNS-323 and immediately updated the firmware to 1.08 and walked through the setup wizard.  After this, I shut down the device and installed a hitachi deskstar (250GB) from 2004 in the left drive bay.  At this point in time I rebooted the device only to see it hang with the front power switch continually blinking.  I let this go for about 10 minutes, during which time I could not connect to the device at all (using the Easy Search Utility). The only way to power down was to pull the power cord out of the back...

I tried reconnecting without the drive which was not a problem...I reinstalled the drive in the right bay and tried again with the same outcome (no network connection).

Any one have an ideas what the issue might be?

Thanks in advance.

Paul.
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Re: New user help
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2010, 05:44:56 PM »
Does this drive work inside a PC? It is quite old if it is from 2004. A hang normally means an issue reading the drive.
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nofear102

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Re: New user help
« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2010, 06:29:27 PM »
Tried it in a USB enclosure and it worked.  It seems to be the network since it is the power light blinking, the drive light is blue and solid.
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gunrunnerjohn

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Re: New user help
« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2010, 05:26:37 AM »
I didn't know SATA was even around in 2004! :)  It certainly wasn't very popular yet...
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fordem

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Re: New user help
« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2010, 05:47:42 AM »
SATA has been around since 2002 - I won't comment on how popular it was, but it was certainly around - one of the drives presently in my DNS-323 is a Maxtor with an April 2004 manufacture date.
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gunrunnerjohn

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Re: New user help
« Reply #5 on: March 24, 2010, 06:20:36 AM »
I believe you, I just did a search.  I have a 2006 SATA drive, first one I ever bought. :)
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redant2u

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Re: New user help
« Reply #6 on: March 24, 2010, 07:13:11 AM »
Maybe try firmware 1.7 and see if the same thing happens - that is to say if the HHD still works. ::)
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