Wow, that is my actual Synology unit! I recognized the RAM modules, service sticker and actual serial number. I am impressed by the USB chip reader that you fashioned from an old motherboard to test the failed module. My Synology NAS unit is working great now, with the former disks back in it. I have saved a lot of time and money in not having to purchase an expensive new unit and re-initialize and copy many TBs of data from backup. I am impressed! Thank you, Nick. I’ll recommend you guys to others, and keep you in mind for future repairs that exceed my skills. I am a huge fan of repairing things when possible, and not just throwing them away and automatically “buying new”.
I did a video a few months ago showing how to fix a DS218j which had a flashing blue light due to a faulty flash IC, was half expecting this to be a similar issue.
no its not shorted. If it was we wouldn't need to hook the daughter board to the computer to read and write to it, I would just put the meter to it. That's why this one can be tricky, you can't use a DMM to identify the fault
Actually I am going to maybe remake this video and see if I can identify the fault with this daughter board using an osciloscope instead of hooking it up the to computer.
Had a DS918+. After i turned off, it wont turn on with the harddisk inside. If i took out all the HDD it can boot. during the boot state, if i insert 1 hd in, it just lost power and restart with blue light blinking for 10sec and off and on again. Is it the PSU issue?
I am not sure if it is or not but it's worth trying to replace it. We have worked on some DS918+ units in the past, and we have been able to fix some before, but we have not been able to fix a good amount of them. We are trying to get better at these and should hopefully be able to fix them in the near future. But right now we just don't have good enough of a success rate and understanding of that unit to be able to give good advice on how to fix those. I would recommend you hold onto that unit and stay subscribed, keep checking in every week on our videos because when we do figure out how to properly fix these consistently we will be putting out videos on it.
That drill is actually perfect for all electronic repairs. The torque can be set very low, I highly recommend it to everyone doing electronics repair. The lowest torque setting won't ever strip a screw, and if you have jobs that require a bit more torque it will also get the job done. Also, I tried to do a quick search for Assembly line drills and nothing came up other than insane machines. Do you have a link to what you are talking about?
Wow, that is my actual Synology unit! I recognized the RAM modules, service sticker and actual serial number. I am impressed by the USB chip reader that you fashioned from an old motherboard to test the failed module. My Synology NAS unit is working great now, with the former disks back in it. I have saved a lot of time and money in not having to purchase an expensive new unit and re-initialize and copy many TBs of data from backup. I am impressed! Thank you, Nick. I’ll recommend you guys to others, and keep you in mind for future repairs that exceed my skills. I am a huge fan of repairing things when possible, and not just throwing them away and automatically “buying new”.
Thank you for allowing us to work on your unit!
Hey Nick, that's my name too, and I love fixing stuff! I just haven't decided to record it yet...
You should!
Nice technique
Thank you! Cheers!
I did a video a few months ago showing how to fix a DS218j which had a flashing blue light due to a faulty flash IC, was half expecting this to be a similar issue.
Just about to head over to your chanel to check it out!
Thanks for sharing. Do you happen to have the pinout for the daughter-board/USB please?
Hello... Nicks..
Nice ..nice..
Is it short or no ....
no its not shorted. If it was we wouldn't need to hook the daughter board to the computer to read and write to it, I would just put the meter to it.
That's why this one can be tricky, you can't use a DMM to identify the fault
@@NicksElectronicRepair Thanks sooo much ...
Really i like way to repair boards ..
Thanks ...,
Actually I am going to maybe remake this video and see if I can identify the fault with this daughter board using an osciloscope instead of hooking it up the to computer.
Had a DS918+. After i turned off, it wont turn on with the harddisk inside. If i took out all the HDD it can boot. during the boot state, if i insert 1 hd in, it just lost power and restart with blue light blinking for 10sec and off and on again. Is it the PSU issue?
I am not sure if it is or not but it's worth trying to replace it. We have worked on some DS918+ units in the past, and we have been able to fix some before, but we have not been able to fix a good amount of them. We are trying to get better at these and should hopefully be able to fix them in the near future. But right now we just don't have good enough of a success rate and understanding of that unit to be able to give good advice on how to fix those. I would recommend you hold onto that unit and stay subscribed, keep checking in every week on our videos because when we do figure out how to properly fix these consistently we will be putting out videos on it.
Get your self a certified assembly line drill , that drill is over kill
That drill is actually perfect for all electronic repairs. The torque can be set very low, I highly recommend it to everyone doing electronics repair. The lowest torque setting won't ever strip a screw, and if you have jobs that require a bit more torque it will also get the job done.
Also, I tried to do a quick search for Assembly line drills and nothing came up other than insane machines. Do you have a link to what you are talking about?