Update: I think there may have been bending stresses on the box floor or front panel - the cover was screwed home with some misalignment which may have been distorting the front panel. Now I have managed to get it back together smoothly and the crashes appear to have gone away. Does that sound...
Yes I tried all the in-situ fixes including an offline fixdisk. Then I replaced the drive with a brand new one that is error-free. I guess I could buy a used box on ebay and try swapping out parts - but might I be throwing good money after bad?
I have unplugged the network, however, but to no avail. The box used to be very solid but has become more crashy over the last year. Disconnecting the drive entirely seemed to make it stable (pulling both power and signal cables) so I had hoped that a new drive was the answer. Looks like I was...
Several per day. Yes, I did work through the issues on the site. Is it normal for the switch at the back not to bring back power until left off for quite a while?
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I have replaced my drive as it was showing errors after 50,000 hours or so. The new one went in fine - a Seagate 2TB that formatted perfectly. Although the box works, I am still getting daily crashes - and I am beginning to suspect the power supply. I see no bulges in the capacitors - but - I...
Update: I think there may have been bending stresses on the box floor or front panel - the cover was screwed home with some misalignment which may have been distorting the front panel. Now I have managed to get it back together smoothly and the crashes appear to have gone away. Does that sound...
Yes I tried all the in-situ fixes including an offline fixdisk. Then I replaced the drive with a brand new one that is error-free. I guess I could buy a used box on ebay and try swapping out parts - but might I be throwing good money after bad?
I have unplugged the network, however, but to no avail. The box used to be very solid but has become more crashy over the last year. Disconnecting the drive entirely seemed to make it stable (pulling both power and signal cables) so I had hoped that a new drive was the answer. Looks like I was...
Several per day. Yes, I did work through the issues on the site. Is it normal for the switch at the back not to bring back power until left off for quite a while?
D
I have replaced my drive as it was showing errors after 50,000 hours or so. The new one went in fine - a Seagate 2TB that formatted perfectly. Although the box works, I am still getting daily crashes - and I am beginning to suspect the power supply. I see no bulges in the capacitors - but - I...
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