More on CPU specs of the ReadyNAS Pro

Westyfield2 wrote:

From looking around there seems to be no real answer as to what chipset the motherboard uses. lspci reckons it's an Q963/Q965, but the Pentium E5300 that Netgear ship the ReadyNAS with isn't on Intel approved list for it... so maybe it's something like a G31 chipset instead? Though WhoCares in September 2010 reckoned it's maybe the DP965/967, but doesn't say whether he's talking about the old or new Pro.

So working on the fact that it comes with the factory fitted Pentium D E5300, and then ones that people have found work are the E6700, Q6700, and E7400, lets take a look at Intels lists of compatible processors:

For the Q963 Intel list only the E6700 - so if this is the chipset surely the Q6700 and E7400 shouldn't have worked? And the Pentium D E5300 that Netgear are fitting isn't on the list!
For the Q965 Intel list only the E6700 - so if this is the chipset surely the Q6700 and E7400 shouldn't have worked? And the Pentium D E5300 that Netgear are fitting isn't on the list!
For the DP965 Intel list the E6700 and Q6700 - so if this is the chipset surely the E7400 shouldn't have worked? And the Pentium D E5300 that Netgear are fitting isn't on the list!
For the G31 Intel list the E5300, the E6700, the Q6700, and the E7400 - so I'd say that this is the most likely chipset.

The G31 is also listed as supporting 1333MHz FSB... 8)