2000 lost disk access

[otoc]

Well it's not that simple.

I upgraded to version 4 (from 3) and all was OK on the version 2 2000.

I opened it up and replaced the battery, put in new WD drives (160s) and the power and link lights stay on steady, the net light flashes, but no disk light. I can't find the 2000 either in my DHCP status on the router or in Assist.

I tried putting the original 40 gig drives back but the story is the same. I tried with no drives, nada.

I can't reset the server either, the lights stay on.

The CPU fan works, as does the power fan. The drives start running and the indicator lights come on for a few seconds.

Any thoughts on where to go from here?

[blue68f100]

Did you install the battery upside down? Must be good before the snap will boot.

On the new HD's did you set the jumper correctly ???

Try doing a factory reset. Then use assist to setup.

The OS is stored in flashram. On newley installed HD's it takes ~10 min before you can access the admin interface. Try doing a quick format of the 160's before re-installing.

[otoc]

Thanks for the thoughts.

Battery is in correctly and checks out for proper voltage. I even tweaked he contacts.

I tried the WD's at CS, single master and nothing came up for 20 minutes each time. Other drive changes I've done on the 2000 showed disk activity.

I put the old drives in and still the same.

The unit will not reset by the button.

This is the first time I've done a battery replacement. I'll be surprised if I fried somthing because I've done 5 of these 2000's so far, including a 4 drive raid 5.

Is there another reset that I'm missing?

[otoc]

It was the ram.

I had a stick from a 2000 that I changed to a 4000 and bingo.

Drive lights, reset, it all works.

If your power and link light stay on steady but the drive lights don't work, check the ram.

I love these things.