4000 Power Supply
 

Hi.

I have an old Snap 4000 and I bought 3x320gb WD disks. When I
turn it on it can't power up the disks. They just make a clicking
sound like they can't spin up. I tried removing all but one disks
and it still can't power up one disk. Any suggestions.

I was thinking about replacing the power supply and mix a
regular one in the box, wasn't there some how to guide to be
found. I can't seem to find it.

Cheers
Agust

Re: 4000 Power Supply
 

You can use a ATX PS and rewire it to fit. Replacement ones sell for ~$150.

Use a volt meter and see what the 12v is doing.

Re: 4000 Power Supply
 

Be careful, do it wrong and poof, no more 4000 Main Board. And don't use too much power (too much heat, bad for drives big time).

Yes, that clicking on all the drives is an indication of not enough power (for WD drives), not to be confused with the click of death.

Yes, there was a how to guide, but I never posted it public. It is NOT for those not qualified to do the MOD, thus never got posted, just talked about.

If you are planning on a 4 x 320 GB RAID 5 array, the OS has a 1TB limit per volume, thus 4 x 320 = "issues", contrary to what other "experts" might tell you.

Re: 4000 Power Supply
 

I am only going to use 3x320gb disks in RAID5 = 640gb of usable space

I spent the day mixing an old 300 watt ATX power supply and I got it
up and running. The only thing was that I was not sure how the control
wires worked so they are not connected. I can't use the power
button on the snap server and needed to mix a manual button to turn
on the power.

I was worried about the heat so I left the box open. I'm probably gonna
have to put extra fans because of the extra heat generated by
the larger power supply :doh:

Re: 4000 Power Supply
 

Good luck...