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[alifnoon]

I upgraded firmware from 1.07 to 1.08 in anticipation of all the new features.

Now the drives breakdown with the orange lights within 2-10 minutes of any activity,, but especially moderate read access.

Thought I would go back to 1.07 - the problem persists.

Went back to 1.06 then the problem disappeared.

Is there a way I can get to FW 1.08 without this FATAL bug??

[gunrunnerjohn]

Did you reset to factory defaults after upgrading the firmware?  If not, do that.

[alifnoon]

Yes, I found this advice and did it - but to no avail.

Now I am having the same problem...with 1.06 now. My 1.07 was fine up until day before yesterday.

After the upgrades even 1.06 is screwed up the same(It takes about an hour for amber lights to come on with FW 1.06). I would love to have it back as before. Any ideas.

Now when changing the firmware, I;

- power down DN323 after update.
- reboot my DIR655.
- shutdown my PC
- Turn on the PC
-Turn on DNS323
- Logon to windows XP
- Test the results of the upgrade.

[Buhric]

alifnoon,
Powering down the DNS-323 is NOT the same a doing a reset to defaults....
either Use the pinhole reset button found in the back of the DNS-323 (Hold it fo about 30 sec)
or user the "reset to factory settings" button in the DNS-323 web interface....

[alifnoon]

You are correct,

I had done the reset to defaults (both ways) before every FW flash.

I am anxiously waiting if there is a solution someone could help me with.

[rcblackwell]

I had done the reset to defaults (both ways) before every FW flash

Try a reset after flashing the unit.

[gunrunnerjohn]

Correct, you have to do the reset to defaults AFTER the new firmware is loaded.  In the event that the new firmware redefined variables in the configuration tables, they need to be loaded with defaults from the new firmware.

[sackman]

I would like to add that I did all of the things recommended below, and this symptom is not resolved.  When is D-Link going to react to this.  The final release of Firmware 1.08 was not stable enough to release, especially if it takes a long time for D-Link to respond with either a solution or a subsequant Firmware release to fix the problem.

[gunrunnerjohn]

Well, I know of three different DNS-323 boxes running the 1.08 that have no issues, so this is something specific to your DNS-323.  It's quite possible that a specific hardware revision of the NAS might have a problem, but this is not a general issue.  My hardware version is B1 FWIW, don't know about the other boxes, they're in remote locations.

[sackman]

I have finally figured out what causes the Orange lights. 

The problem is related to EITHER:
The UPnP AV Server OR the iTunes Firefly Add-on OR BOTH.

UPnP AV Server:
When I upgraded the 1.08 Firmware, the UPnP database could no longer handle the files mapped from my previous Media Folder location.  The refresh of the database stopped in the middle and would not complete,
and the Orange lights came on, as the drives shut-down.
FIX:  Restart the DNS-323, immediately connect to the UPnP Server, and point the Media Folder location to a smaller folder.  If the UPnP Server refreshes to the 100%, then the Orange lights will not come on again.

iTunes/Firefly:
After resolving the UPnP problems described above, I retested the iTunes/Firefly Server, as I suspected it was also another the cause of the Orange lights.

When I applied the Firefly add-on and launched it, the interface hung, and finally the Orange lights came on.  I restarted the DNS-323, and tried to relaunch it, using the same trick which worked for the UPnP AV Server.  I simply couldn't get it to work, so I went to the Add-Ons section and turned off the Firefly module.  (See the recent Firefly post, where 7 out of 8 users could NOT get the Firefly Server to work correctly.)

Orange lights GONE.  Clearly the inbuilt UPnP and iTunes/Firefly servers are quite dodgy, and are not completely reliable.  The DNS-323 UPnP Server is NOT DLNA certified.  It is quite nice and convenient, to run the Media Server from within the DNS-323, but when you look at the wide variety of UPnP Media Servers available today, which run with much more stability, transcoding, fast refreshes, and other nice features, I would suggest that D-Link should go back to the drawing board and get serious.

[Buhric]

Do you have by any chance some files names with special characters in the FireFly / uPnP folder ?

If you do... try renaming the files.... also look if you have any very long file names... like over 70 Char...
try shortening them...