More on CPU specs of the ReadyNAS Pro

Chirpa, I got the parts swapped but the box won't boot. I switched back to the old CPU thinking maybe the new one didn't work - but still got the same result. Fans go wild, but nothing happens.

I got this hairbrained idea to try hooking a monitor to the onboard VGA header. Luckily it worked! :-) Hehe...




I can see the board posts just fine. I poked around in the bios and everything looks ok, but I get the boot error. Could the onboard flash be corrupt? Where does that hook to the USB bus? I'm pretty sure swapping the cpu should not have caused this. I haven't tried booting up with the new CPU with the monitor attached yet. I just want to get the box booting first.

Any hints, oh master of ReadyNAS's?

Edit: I found the flash chip. It's on the IOExpander board. I tried booting from USB and that seems to work. I got it to boot a thumbdrive that I use to install windows. I obviously didn't install anything, but it did indeed work.