Not funny or anything, just fucks me off
Spent £170 on a Buffalo 2TB NAS RAID server for the home.

Fucking thing is useless, nothing it says on the box or instructions works. It's the biggest techno turd I have seen since the Sega Saturn.
( Bamboo Steamer, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 15:48, 18 replies)

What's the matter with it? Might be able to help. ^_^
(gaj26, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 15:56, closed)

lots
It is supposed to allow me to connect an external USB drive to quickly add my files to it. I have over 200GB of data so over the network that takes about 91 hours lol But the damned thing wont recognise any USB disk attached to it, not even another Buffalo Drive.

The other issue is the firmware cannot be upgraded, returns ACP_STATE_ERROR and aborts. Looked it up on the net and hundreds of people have the same issue, Buffalo deny the problems.
( Bamboo Steamer, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 16:10, closed)

Did you get it recently and in a "proper" shop?

I've a ReadyNAS duo and an NV+ they're fantastic..

Might pick up a 2nd hand duo on de fleecebay..
(wankymcwankwank Eels, tobacconists, hovercraft and bouncy bouncy., Fri 1 Oct 2010, 16:14, closed)

No, Amazon, the cunts
I have it in its box ready to send back today. Im looking at the Qnap TS-210 now.
( Bamboo Steamer, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 16:19, closed)

To be fair
It's not Amazon's fault you're a technomong.
( Michael Ellis contributes nothing, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 16:27, closed)

To be fair
I have a degree in Broadcast Engineering, setting up an NAS is child's play, but when the item does not have all the functions its advertised with, its hard to make it work.
( Bamboo Steamer, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 16:41, closed)

ooooOOOooooOOOohhh
I have a degreee... ooooh look at me with my valuable qualification

:( I just made myself feel bad.
( Michael Ellis contributes nothing, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 17:21, closed)

Ha ha ha

(Daw the Cunt Deffiency in keeping Wind since 1970, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 19:26, closed)

good :P

( Bamboo Steamer, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 20:00, closed)

Downer
I've got two in the house, one 2TB and one 4TB - never had any problems with either... I'm assuming you bought the "Pro" version and not the domestic one (which is as I'm led to believe, dogs eggs)
(mymilkshakebringsallthemongstotheyard poison hearts, poison minds - joining hate, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 16:44, closed)

yup
You must have been lucky, mine is missing the most basic of protocols. The firmware is bugged to feck and keeps reporting a MB failure as I said above :(
( Bamboo Steamer, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 16:51, closed)

basic as this sounds
you might want to try wiping out the array, doing the firmware upgrade with the empty array (or sleds out), then rebuilding the array from scratch. Has been known to work wonders.

Also worth mentioning is that if the unit has bigger disks put in, it'll support them - assuming the array's been wiped out (ie: you can get it to store well over the order of 2TB)

If the MB is wanked though you may as well bin the bastard.
(mymilkshakebringsallthemongstotheyard poison hearts, poison minds - joining hate, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 17:02, closed)

its only 4 days old so it's going back to Amazon
The MB error is a common bug according to the buffalo forums. I will try what you suggested again. I reset it last night but with no luck.

Thanks
( Bamboo Steamer, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 17:06, closed)

Tera Station Duo? Fuck. I want one. Say it ain't so.

(Klangtarnflatchslapper looks just like a Telefunken U-47, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 22:41, closed)

they're cack
the four drive version is far better.

A firm I used to work for installed the Linkstation as a store for the client's newly installed wireless Hi-Fi solution - invariably it would fail and the client would go fucking spare. No data loss, just a massive pain in the hole to retrieve everything and get it back into production.

TLDR : buy cheap, buy twice - get the more expensive Pro Terastation kit.
(mymilkshakebringsallthemongstotheyard poison hearts, poison minds - joining hate, Sat 2 Oct 2010, 1:52, closed)

it is so
Buy Qnap, they work
( Bamboo Steamer, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 9:48, closed)

click
for techno turd
(andythepieman Is surfing the waves of indifference on, Tue 5 Oct 2010, 12:12, closed)

I've got one of these: http://www.netgear.co.uk/rndnvx.php
can't fault it.
(Kip, Tue 5 Oct 2010, 16:23, closed)