NAS Buffalo LinkStation Live HS-DHGL - Fails to Format drive or possibly even detect drive?

[Hydr0]

   

I have acquired a used LS Live HS-DHGL from what appears to be a corporate company. I have been trying for the past week to get the device prepped and working and am having no joy, I receive ACP_STATE _FAILURE errors when trying to format it. I have been in contact with the person who sold it to me in an attempt to get it sorted but as yet have had no luck. Im hoping someone here may be able to answer some questions and point me in the right direction. For starters heres the situation and what I have already attempted:

 

I have tried 3 different drives in total, all Sata II drives (a 250GB, a 400GB and a new 500GB drive, which is currently in the device). Does this device support SATA II? I have also tried to jumper the 500GB down to SATA I but it didnt seem to make a difference.

 

I have tried direct connecting to the device, using a 100MB switch between my workstation and the device and also a 1GB switch between.

 

I have also tried the update from 3 different workstations predominantly with Windows XP, but also a 2003 server.

 

I am able to successfully flash the device with the TFTP boot recovery in EM mode. I have tried static and DHCP assigned addresses and the LS Updater is able to detect the device. I have set debug parameters to pretty much every combination possible, ie: All ticked, default and various combinations - All fail (The device warns it will start a format, gets 2 bars into the process then I get the ACP failure).

 

I have also managed to install Georgs ACP commander and the Addons.tar but my limited Linux knowledge has me unstuck. I dont think the device is detecting the Hard drive in the NAS at all even though it does power up - What commands can I run from this environment to check if the drive is present? I have some experience with TFTP and am prepared to try a manual install of the boot image if someone can tell me how / if I can format the drive from this Telnet session with these addon tools running.

 

Any input appreciated, this thing is driving me insane, cheers.

[PCPiranha]

"I receive ACP_STATE _FAILURE errors when trying to format it"

 

When you tried the option to "rebuild partition table" then that was the only troubleshooting option that we have.  Most likely you have a defective motherboard.

 

"I have also managed to install Georgs ACP commander and the Addons.tar but my limited Linux knowledge has me unstuck. I dont think the device is detecting the Hard drive in the NAS at all even though it does power up - What commands can I run from this environment to check if the drive is present? I have some experience with TFTP and am prepared to try a manual install of the boot image if someone can tell me how / if I can format the drive from this Telnet session with these addon tools running"

 

ACP commander and Telnet talk is strickly prohibited on this board.  Please go elsewhere for more information on this.  If anything else is posted then it will be deleted.  Anyone who may be reading this be warned that it will also void your warranty.

[hlhuddleston]

   

Is this the best or only answer that the Buffalo moderator has on this subject===Bad Motherboard???

 

Are there any information on formatting a hard drive?

[JoshC]

You can try the force firmware with the options under update all check and uncheck update boot.  ACP_State from what I know mean that the partition where the boot image lies somehow filled up and can no longer update the initrd file.