NVR4104-P-4KS2/L won't see WD22PURZ

[locarno]

I bought Dahua NVR and it won't see WD Purple 2TB HDD. I initialized and formatted HDD under Windows with NTFS file system and still nothing. What to do?

 

[bigredfish]

Ive never initialized or formatted a HD for an NVR. Plug them in, fire up the NVR, and the NVR does it itself...

 

[locarno]

That's what I did first. Plugged factory new drive to NVR and nothing. I can't see HDD anywhere in the settings. That's why I tried under Windows. I also tried two other HDD's and NVR only beeps and red led from hdd is light up. I don't know what's wrong. At all I tried 3 hdd's and two sata cables. I also updated NVR firmware to the latest version.

 

[bigredfish]

You should have a tab under "Storage" that looks something like this depending on your FW



Also check you log on bootup to see if there is any message

Have you looked at the recording in playback to see if video is being recorded? Your HD could be just fine

Recording schedule must be set first

 

[locarno]

Problem solved. Blue short Dahua SATA cable was broken. I replaced SATA cable with another from Asus motherboard and it worked. Honestly I didn't expected that new SATA cable could be broken.

 

[TonyR]

Problem solved. Blue short Dahua SATA cable was broken. I replaced SATA cable with another from Asus motherboard and it worked. Honestly I didn't expected that new SATA cable could be broken.

"If you do not expect the unexpected you will not find it, for it is not to be reached by search or trail."

-Heraclitus​

 

[locarno]

I have one more question. If camera is connected by PoE directly to the NVR it does not need LAN connection to record? It directly saves to HDD without router?

 

[bigredfish]

correct