More on CPU specs of the ReadyNAS Pro

chirpa wrote:
Hook up a USB keyboard, press DEL on bootup to get into the BIOS. Check under Boot for the boot order. Yes, the internal Flash is behind the LED screen.

Behind the LED screen? I removed the IOExpander and the flash was no longer listed during POST so I assumed it was on that board - I'll have to hunt for it when I get home from work. Anyway, I had already checked the BIOS and the flash disk is listed as the primary boot device, but fails to boot.

On a side note: I managed to boot the machine using a USB disk that I made (with windows 98 system files lol!) and ran some basic diagnostics. CPU and Memory both check out fine. Memtest ran three passes before I stopped it, all were clean. The fact that the machine can boot from USB just makes me wonder about that onboard flash. Is there a way to recover it if it has indeed gone on the blink? What else should I be looking at?

(also since this isn't really CPU Spec related, should I start a new thread? I feel like I'm taking this one off-topic now)

Edit: I created a new thread here: http://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=64&t=40162