DSM-G600, DNS-3xx and NSA-220 Hack Forum

elekfunk · 2007-05-29 01:17:22

Hi. I have a DNS-323 connected by cable to my computer, and whenever I play mp3s or video files directly from it the playback hangs for 10-15 seconds every few minutes. During these breaks, the front panel LEDs of the 323 are just continuously lit.

I have reinstalled Windows XP on my laptop but the problem remains. Are anyone else experiencing this?

Technical details: Computer is XP SP2, 1GB, Realtek gigabit LAN. DNS-323 is 1.02b and has Barracuda disks.

-E

DNS-323 Talker · 2007-05-29 02:02:43

I hadn't really done a lot of playing music off the drive yet, but tried it after I saw your message, and I haven't had any gaps or pauses in playback over my wireless network to my laptop...100 mbps lan on an HP laptop and Netgear pre-N 100 router, 11g wireless.

Any reason why you haven't upgraded to FW 1.03?

elekfunk · 2007-05-30 03:13:50

No reason really, are there any changes in 1.03 that should fix my problem? Thanks for testing, btw ;-)

And how safe are my data while flashing the 323, I can't be bothered to back up 400GB of data somewhere else when I've already invested in a reduntant disk array...

-E

DNS-323 Talker · 2007-05-30 03:47:51

You're welcome.

I flashed from 1.02 to 1.03 after setting up my hard drives (you have to set up the drives first, then flash until FW 1.03 if I remember correctly). I didn't have any problems, but all of my data was already backed up, so I wasn't worried about it.

I don't know that 1.03 will help that problem, or whether the issue is something going on with your home network, rather than being caused by the DNS-323...here's what Dlink says it fixes:

http://www.dlink.com/products/support.asp?pid=509&sec=0#firmware wrote:
- Fixed Daylight Savings Time causing GUI crash.
- Fixed 2 gig limitation for Windows Server 2003 and Windows Vista.
- Fixed e-mail notifications when using RAID 1 Mode.
- Added support for *.mp4 files on UPNP Av Server.
- Added ability to update firmware without having HDD installed.
- Added EDIT icon under scheduled downloads to modify existing schedules.
- Requires Easy Search Utility 3.5.0.0 or higher.

elekfunk · 2007-05-31 02:26:42

Further investigation reveals that this freeze-up appears to occur every 10 minutes when playing video or music from the thing, no matter if I use Winamp, Windows media player or VLC. I can't say there is anything in the new firmware that strikes me as something that should fix this but I'll flash it if I get around to backing it up.

Also, my home network is wireless but the DNS-323 is just connected directly to my laptop with the enclosed cable, just like an external harddrive.

-E

DNS-323 Talker · 2007-05-31 03:38:48

Yeah, it doesn't seem like there's anything in that list that is going to help you, but you never know....

I ran mine for about 30 or 40 minutes with no freeze-ups or any other problems...this was using Windows media player to play the MP3s...

If you have any other PCs/laptops you can try the DNS-323 with that might at least help narrow down where the problem lies.

Good luck working it out.

elekfunk · 2007-06-01 10:56:16

Ok, firmware 1.03 mysteriously improves it a little bit, the hick-ups are shorter but still occur. Strangé... :-)

-E

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Short freezes in music and video from DNS-323

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