Comments on: NAS Icybox 4220

By: Holger

Holger — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:13:28 +0000

Hi André,
The incompatibility is a know issue since day one. So far I haven’t read of anyone who could fix the problem. I do not know if all Samsung hard disks are affected.

Have a look at the wiki I have mentioned above, there are problems described and solutions provided which helped others.

So far most have changed the hard disks to WD or other fabrics and the Icybox worked well.

By: André

André — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:08:57 +0000

Hi Holger
You refered to the Icybox 4220 having problems with Samsung drives, I have a 4220 and two 500gb samsung drives. And yes they are giving me problems. Will the only solution be to replace them?

By: Holger

Holger — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:19:07 +0000

Hi Matt,
To be honest, the sound doesn’t really matter to me, as the Icybox is in my home “office” and I am never really there.

But I will see if the NAS makes noise or is relatively quiet. What I can tell already: I wouldn’t want to sleep in the same room, where an Icybox 4220 is running.

By: matt

matt — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:57:29 +0000

When you review it can you give us an idea if it is quiet or not.
I got the synology, and the fan is really annoying. Not really loud, but the whine from the fan is just at the wrong frequency to ignore it.

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