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Post by slaids on Jul 21, 2006 19:51:20 GMT 7
A disappointing purchse at this stage! I have a N2050 and have installed 2 x Seagate ST3500641NS 500GB drives and the unit is failing to build RAID 0 or 1. Has anyone found a 500GB drive that works? So far Thecus support has not responded to my support request.
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Post by quaeler on Jul 22, 2006 22:36:22 GMT 7
When you say it's failing to build -- what leads you to believe that it's failed to build?
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Post by kkww on Oct 21, 2006 6:31:30 GMT 7
I have a pair of brand new WD5000K's (Western Digital Caviar® SE16 WD5000KS 500 GB SATA II) and they do not work in the N2050.
Thecus has sent me a replacement (actually an N2050GX, which is the green color rather than the light blue N2050UD), and the same thing happens in both:
The blue lights never blink, indicating that no raid array of any type is being built.
When you bring up the winXP adminTools->compMgmt->storage interface, it shows two drives attached. One is "dynamic" and the other is "unreadable". Of course, if the raid part were working then only one drive would be showing up.
They have suggested to me that these drives will work in the N2100 (not sure why they think that), but since the N2100 only has gigabit, not eSata, the access read/write speeds will nowhere near as good, and I'll have to be fiddling with the static IP's all the time to get it to work both with my laptop directly (cross-over cable) and on my office LAN.
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Post by kkww on Oct 21, 2006 6:40:36 GMT 7
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Post by kkww on Oct 31, 2006 6:21:24 GMT 7
I can confirm that the Maxtor 500GB drives (L01F500) listed in the new compatibility doc do work in the n2050.
I also discovered that one of my WD5000KS's was having problems and I've RMA'd it. However, that was only a problem writing to a particular spot, there was no trouble mounting and even formatting, so it still doesn't explain why the n2050 raid controller wouldn't recognize them at all.
Separately, I've now drilled holes in the front of the plastic chassis to add circulation. Two rows about 5 holes, each about 3mm diameter. I took off the top plate that says thecus (I'm not one for aesthetics) to make room for the top row of holes. The bottom row is in the white lower section (which is nice and thick and still strong).
The fan now seems to be putting out noticeable flow, whereas before it didn't. We'll see whether it seems to help with heat much or not.
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Post by lyje1 on Jun 16, 2007 13:24:02 GMT 7
Hi,
Samsung 500Gb SATA II HD501LJ's do NOT work on the n2050. Found out to my cost!
Lyj
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Post by dksquires on Jun 28, 2007 23:18:39 GMT 7
Be aware that the 500 GB SATA 3 GB/s drives in the Seagate/Maxtor L01F500 retail product are actually Seagate model STM3500630AS drives, now part of the Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 product line. The N2050 HDD Compatibility Report shows the Maxtor L01F500 drives as having been tested OK.
These drives are recognized fine by the N2050 and the initial RAID1 operation is fine; if one drive fails, the remaining working drive is still accessible. However my tests at replacing a (simulated) failed drive with an identical STM3500630AS (no partitions, identical drive firmware) show that the N2050 refuses to rebuild the RAID1 array. Thecus tech support is still investigating this for me.
So for now if one of the RAID1 drives in the N2050 fails, I'll copy off the data from the remaining hard drive to another large external drive. Then I'll replace the failed hard drive and re-initialize the pair of drives for RAID1. Finally, I'll copy back the saved data. Clumsy and time consuming, but it should work.
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Post by alexperez on Aug 1, 2007 3:35:31 GMT 7
I have two Samsung 500Gb SATA II HD501LJ working on RAID 0 and they are OK.
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Post by ghostworks on Jan 15, 2008 1:09:41 GMT 7
I've just bought and recieved 2 x 500GB Seagate ST3500320AS 32MB cache 7200.11 Barracuda
It won't work with both installed in raid 1 or 0
or just with one it set to Raid 0 or 1
Firmware : SD04
I've come to a point now to not use this thecus and keep the drives for my QNAP TS-109 which is on its way, Thecus has dissapointed me for the last time !"!!!"
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Post by redeye on Jan 17, 2008 1:13:58 GMT 7
I can also confirm that I have two Samsung 500Gb SATA II HD501LJ (from ebuyer) hdd working fine in my Thecus n2050 (pyramid) on Raid 1 for about a month now.
Setup was surprisingly a breeze.
Haven't done a simulated failure yet, I'll try when I get time.
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Post by coondogg97 on Feb 15, 2008 7:15:44 GMT 7
I will do a not so simulated test tonight. I have the N2050 attached to a DirecTV DVR. This week the blue light on drive one started flashing  So I ordered a new Seagate 7200.10 750GB SATA drive and I will install it tonight. Since the drive is connected to a DirectTV receiver I do not have the luxury of backing up my shows before trying to rebuild the array. I will just cross my fingers! |
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Post by coondogg97 on Feb 15, 2008 11:51:17 GMT 7
Well I replaced drive one and booted up the Thecus drive and my DirecTV receiver and im not sure if it worked or not  The blue light on drive one is still flashing, but now the green activity lights on drive one AND TWO are not flashing like they were before, so im hoping the array is building. I am still able to view all of my shows, FF, RW, pause, record, etc. so im just going to wait it out and hope that the drive is building. I will call Thecus tomorrow and see if they have any suggestions if it doesnt work. I dont want to start switching the drives from bay to bay in case I lose all of my recorded programs. I will post my results. |
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Post by coondogg97 on Feb 16, 2008 9:08:11 GMT 7
;D ;D ;D ;D I woke up this morning and the array rebuilt fine. I now have two solid blue lights! This drive is AWESOME! For anyone who is interested I threw the 2 Seagate drives in the enclosure and connected it to a DirecTV HD DVR using SATA II. Thats it, you boot up the DVR and I now have MUCH more capacity to record. I have disconnected and connected the Thecus drive almost a dozen times now. Everytime I boot the DVR back up I cross my fingers and hope this wont be the time I lose my shows. I havent been dissapointed yet, and after this little saga I am more impressed then ever! Brian |
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So I ordered a new Seagate 7200.10 750GB SATA drive and I will install it tonight. Since the drive is connected to a DirectTV receiver I do not have the luxury of backing up my shows before trying to rebuild the array. I will just cross my fingers!
The blue light on drive one is still flashing, but now the green activity lights on drive one AND TWO are not flashing like they were before, so im hoping the array is building. I am still able to view all of my shows, FF, RW, pause, record, etc. so im just going to wait it out and hope that the drive is building. I will call Thecus tomorrow and see if they have any suggestions if it doesnt work. I dont want to start switching the drives from bay to bay in case I lose all of my recorded programs. I will post my results.