NAS540 died. No lights, no bips, only fan

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Poyaq
Poyaq Posts: 5  Freshman Member
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Hello!

I have been surfing on this forum a while trying to find a similar issue, with no luck. I have my NAS540 working almost 10 years with 4 disks with RAID5, but suddenly, it doesn't boot or poweron, no lights or sound, nothing. The only thing that happens when it's plugged is the fan, it spins at low speed a minute approx, then stop and start again the same time, over and over again

I have tried the reset button, all disks out, but nothing come back to life.

Is there anything that I can do to revive it?

Thanks in advance! Regards!

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  • Mijzelf
    Mijzelf Posts: 2,933  Guru Member
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    Any other workaround or test?

    I'm afraid not. The nas basically consists of a motherboard, a power supply and a bunch of disks. You already eliminated the disks, and the power supply seems OK, so the motherboard is broken. Unless you're good in repairing electronics, that's the end of the journey.

    It might be possible that the problem is software, as in, the internal flash lost (a part of) it's content. That could be visible by connecting a (TTL) serial line to the port on the motherboard. In theory that could be solved by re-flashing the chip. In practise I wouldn't know how to do it, I was not even capable to locate the NOR chip containing the bootloader.

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  • Mijzelf
    Mijzelf Posts: 2,933  Guru Member
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    Do you have the possibility to measure the output of the power supply?

  • Poyaq
    Poyaq Posts: 5  Freshman Member
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    Hello! Thanks for your response.

    I will test it and come back asap.

    Thanks again!

  • Poyaq
    Poyaq Posts: 5  Freshman Member
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    Hello!

    I have tested the ac adapter (power supply) and the measure is correct, 19v (19.30v).

    Any other workaround or test?

    Thanks in advance, very appreciated. Regards.

  • Mijzelf
    Mijzelf Posts: 2,933  Guru Member
    250 Answers 2500 Comments Friend Collector Seventh Anniversary
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    Any other workaround or test?

    I'm afraid not. The nas basically consists of a motherboard, a power supply and a bunch of disks. You already eliminated the disks, and the power supply seems OK, so the motherboard is broken. Unless you're good in repairing electronics, that's the end of the journey.

    It might be possible that the problem is software, as in, the internal flash lost (a part of) it's content. That could be visible by connecting a (TTL) serial line to the port on the motherboard. In theory that could be solved by re-flashing the chip. In practise I wouldn't know how to do it, I was not even capable to locate the NOR chip containing the bootloader.

  • Poyaq
    Poyaq Posts: 5  Freshman Member
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    Thank you very much @Mijzelf for your time and effort! Regards!

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