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Hello, I really need some help. Few days ago I bought Terastation III (XL/5R) without HDD's. I'm trying to access it but with no success. Long story short, I was able to get data from serial console and this is the output. In best case scenario it stuck on Scanning JFFS2 FS: .- part.


Checking DATA BUS
Checking ADDRESS BUS
BUFFALO U-BOOT Start !!!
** LOADER **
** BUFFALO BOARD: DB-MV78100-A-BP LE (CFG_ENV_ADDR=fff80000)


U-Boot 1.1.4 (Sep 29 2014 - 16:22:36) Marvell version: 3.3.5
Buffalo Version: 2.11-1.02

U-Boot code: 00600000 -> 0066FFF0  BSS: -> 00684D30

Soc: MV78100 (DDR2)
CPU running @ 800Mhz L2 running @ 400Mhz
SysClock = 400Mhz , TClock = 166Mhz

DRAM CAS Latency = 5 tRP = 6 tRAS = 18 tRCD=6
DRAM CS[0] base 0x00000000   size 512MB
DRAM Total size 512MB  64bit width
[512kB@fff80000] Flash: 512 kB
Addresses 8M - 0M are saved for the U-Boot usage.
Mem malloc Initialization (8M - 7M): Done
NAND:512 MB

CPU 0: ARM926 (Rev 0)

Streaming enabled
Write allocate disabled
FPU initialized to Run Fast Mode.
enaDCPref <NULL>
enaICPref <NULL>
setL2CacheWT no
setL2Size256K no
disL2Ecc no
disL2Prefetch yes
disL2Cache no
env finished


USB 0: host mode
USB 1: host mode
USB 2: host mode
PCI 0: PCI Express Root Complex Interface
PEX interface detected Link X4
PEX 4: interface detected no Link.
Net:   egiga0 [PRIME], egiga1
buffalo_change_power_status > Read 0x5c(swpoff_uboot_passed)
buffalo_change_power_status > Writing 0x5c(swpoff_uboot_passed)

Marvell Serial ATA Adapter
Integrated Sata device found
Found adapter at bus 0, device 1 ... Scanning channels
[1 0 0]: Enable DMA mode
  Device 2 @ 1 0:
Model: TOSHIBA MK5055GSX                        Firm: FG001M   Ser#:            X9MFS4AMS
            Type: Hard Disk
            Supports 48-bit addressing
            Capacity: 476940.0 MB = 465.7 GB (976773168 x 512)
[1 1 0]: Enable DMA mode
  Device 3 @ 1 1:
Model: WDC WD360GD-00FNA0                       Firm: 35.06K35 Ser#: WD-WMAH9123448
            Type: Hard Disk
            Supports 48-bit addressing
            Capacity: 35304.6 MB = 34.4 GB (72303840 x 512)

MAC Address on eth0  : 00:1d:73:ff:dc:bd

Signature version    : 0.00
Signature MACAddress :

   This is not my HDD!!!
   Anyway load images...
** Bad partition 1 **
serch_boot_drv (528)>No kernel_file 2
** Bad partition 1 **
serch_boot_drv (608)>No init_file 2

Signature version    : -795951053.-1904475972
Signature MACAddress :
                       ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒V

   This is not my HDD!!!
   Anyway load images...
** Bad partition 1 **
serch_boot_drv (528)>No kernel_file 3
** Bad partition 1 **
serch_boot_drv (608)>No init_file 3


** Something is wrong, because of dev_desc->blksz is 0!!!
disk2 is not found!


** Something is wrong, because of dev_desc->blksz is 0!!!
disk3 is not found!

***** Debug *****
diskinfo[0].IsMyDisk = 0
diskinfo[0].uImage_date = 0
diskinfo[0].initrd_date = 0
diskinfo[1].IsMyDisk = 0
diskinfo[1].uImage_date = 0
diskinfo[1].initrd_date = 0
diskinfo[2].IsMyDisk = 0
diskinfo[2].uImage_date = 0
diskinfo[2].initrd_date = 0
diskinfo[3].IsMyDisk = 0
diskinfo[3].uImage_date = 0
diskinfo[3].initrd_date = 0

All disks are don't have signature or not mine!

All MyDisks don't have FW!!!
Anyway, try to load from FW from not MyDisks.Lost all init_rd
Trying NAND boot
partition changed to nand0,0
### JFFS2 loading 'uImage.buffalo' to 0x2000000
Scanning JFFS2 FS: .-

How many disks are in it at the moment? What errors are in the display?

Hi davo, thank you for your fast reply. There are two disks at the moment

TOSHIBA MK5055GSX 500 GB (laptop disk)
WDC WD360GD-00FNA0 40GB

This is an error message:
No init file at HDD 2

It will need 4 disks to successfully install anyways. PM me for more info.

I installed 4 disks, now I have a different problem, almost after turning on my unit, display became red with message "System Error E00 MPU no response" What could it be??

Looks like the main board is faulty tbh.

Is there any way I can try to fix it? Any manual to diagnose problem, anything that can halp? :(