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Author Topic: Dns325 & wd 3tb only showing 699gig ??  (Read 9183 times)

Themightyq

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Dns325 & wd 3tb only showing 699gig ??
« 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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Re: Dns325 & wd 3tb only showing 699gig ??
« Reply #1 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), 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.
« Last Edit: November 04, 2011, 12:45:14 AM by priitv8 »
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Re: Dns325 & wd 3tb only showing 699gig ??
« Reply #2 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.
« Last Edit: November 03, 2011, 05:57:59 AM by JavaLawyer »
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Themightyq

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Re: Dns325 & wd 3tb only showing 699gig ??
« Reply #3 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.
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Re: Dns325 & wd 3tb only showing 699gig ??
« Reply #4 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/
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Themightyq

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Re: Dns325 & wd 3tb only showing 699gig ??
« Reply #5 on: November 03, 2011, 07:05:29 PM »
Thanks but I need the firmware for the 325 not the 323

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Re: Dns325 & wd 3tb only showing 699gig ??
« Reply #6 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.
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Themightyq

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Re: Dns325 & wd 3tb only showing 699gig ??
« Reply #7 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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Re: Dns325 & wd 3tb only showing 699gig ??
« Reply #8 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.
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Themightyq

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Re: Dns325 & wd 3tb only showing 699gig ??
« Reply #9 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.

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