Hi everyone, First thing, my DS918+ was reborn from these ashes, thanks to superchromix. Big thanks for you guys, it is so enjoyable to avoid buying another NAS, especially when Synology put some restrictions with the kind of HDD we could use. I don't know why but the system came back to life with the old chipset (but with the same BIOS). And I am pretty sure it is not 100% necessary tby Wladimir - uBoot
Superchromix, I will follow you advice but I want to be sure to use the good bios file, as each time I have to paid a third party to do the soldering job. Can someone check my file and tell me if I did the correct procedure to create it? https://www.transfernow.net/dl/20250317CNB6ObZv Thanksby Wladimir - uBoot
Ok, so my DS918+ is in worst condition than never. I bought a new chip and flash it with the bios from the synology PAT file. It seems ok as I followed step by step all advices from this topic (but not the one from superchromix which is to flash the old chip instead of the new one, I read it too lately, my bad). I have the same problem than jarugut: ------------------------------------------by Wladimir - uBoot
That's exactly what I did, and the adress I gave was for the bios file from the Synology installation file, version 6.2.4. Thanks for your help, I will post a message regarding the result of my procedure.by Wladimir - uBoot
Hi Superchromix, Thanks for your quick answer. So, if I understand, I need to shrink the original bios file from address 000AD1D0 to address 008AD1C8 (lines with full FF) and to complete it with zeros to reach a 16Mb file size (16 777 216 precisely). Correct? I will flash an original chip, as I have seen some people get trouble when flashing the old one.by Wladimir - uBoot
Hi everyone, I've got a DS918+ as usefull as a brick and I want to revive it. After a long period of reading this topic, is it correct to say that I can use the bios.rom file directly from the synology website? I will directly replace the chipset from a new on, so I will add some zeros at the end to reach an finished size file of 16 777 216 octets to flash the 25Q128FWSQ, is it correct?by Wladimir - uBoot