D-Link DNS-343 4TB HDD Support???

[bluegrassbandit42]

Is it possible to mod this box to support 4tb drives?

I have put the drive into the 1st bay, and the NAS will recognize it. It even shows the correct capacity, and will display the "SMART" results for the drive.

If I try to format it, it initializes to 100%, formats to 100%, and then the NAS just stops. It actually loses connection to the network.

If I attempt a shutdown by holding down the power button, it gets stuck saying the system is halting. I have left it for almost 20 hours, and it still had not shut down.

I really would like to get 4tb support with this box. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks everyone for your help in advance...

BGBandit42

 

[L&LD]

I wish you luck, but that device is from at least July 2008 where 1.5TB sized HDD's (with the normal 512 sector size) where also just introduced. Even if this device supports the older (hybrid 512/4K external/internal sectors) 2TB disks (which fools the SATA controller with a reported 512 sector size) it is probably wishing for too much for it to support the 4K sector sizes any modern HDD needs to run efficiently with.

At least it is too much to ask almost 6 years later.

 

[stevech]

I hope that D-Link was a freebie.

I'd avoid today's D-Link NASes too.

 

[bluegrassbandit42]

Thanks everyone...

I was hoping someone had done a firmware hack to make this work...

I have since decided to sell it, and switch to Synology NAS's

Thanks again...