Hi everyone,
My TeraStation Pro (TS-1.0TGL/R5) died and it won't power up. I spoke with Tech Support and they suggested buying a used chassis and giving that a try (they did say there was a 50/50 chance it would work). I got the new chassis today and here is where I'm at:
- The new chassis powers up
- Link light comes on green
- Screen powers on slowly until full lit, but nothing displays on it
- Drive access lights power through green in sequence a couple of times until they start flashing rapidly in unison for about 5 seconds. Then the go dark for about 1 second and start flashing rapidly again. This repeats without stopping.
- Fail lights are dark
- Message light under power light is orange
- Error light under Message is dimly lit, I think it's actually not lit but instead reflecting from the other lights
- I can't see the drive on the LAN from my Windows PC
- I can't reach the drive via a browser using it's assigned IP address
Below is a photo I took of the new chassis. Please note that the one single access light on is because they flash so fast that this is what the camera captured.
I know my drive was on the latest firmware because I regularly updated it until the last one Buffalo deployed in 2016.
I've seen some posts about doing testing via Unix, but I'm not a programmer so I don't think I can go that route. Another idea I had (I'm not a programmer but I'm handy!) was trying to move the power unit from the new chassis into the old one in the hopes that was what went bad. I wonder if that would work...
Any thoughts or suggestions on what I can try next are sincerely appreciated.
Jose