Hi all,Does anyone know what FSB speeds the ReadyNAS Pro motherboard supports.I have three "servers" that I'm trying to consolidate. I figured that the file server (which is actually the slowest machine) would be replaced by the NAS but I'm actually trying to merge some other services onto the box which much luck so far..One feature I'm working on porting is my Tivo transcoder. Essentially I have a small system that pulls programs off my Tivo, transcodes them and uploads (via WiFi/ethernet) to my portable media player. It means when I get home my media player syncs with my now-playing list so I can watch TV on the train too and from work. Since I work miles and miles away, I don't have time to watch TV at home so it's the only way I can watch TV..I have the package working on the NAS, and I'm working on the integration with the front end (like managing black-lists and so on). I'd like to bump the speed of the processor but obivously the newer energy efficient <65W intel chips all seem to be 1333MHz FSB. Is this supported on this NAS? I know the warranty is void with this type of fiddling, but that is a risk I'm happy to take.. I also understand you wouldn't recommend an upgrade like this, but I would really like to know if it were possible..I'll make all the code (mplayer is the driver behind the transcoding) available to anyone if interested.. but it is important to realise this is a Series 1 Tivo and an Archos 705/605 media player, not a common combination..

flip68 - I happened to find this link the other day and had it bookmarked... https://community.netgear.com/t5/Community-Add-ons/How-to-update-BIOS-w-OS6-x-installed/m-p/960570#U960570 I haven't tried this personally - as with all things of the internet - proceed with caution.

It may work. We are not going to endorse any CPU mods, and of course, your warranty is at risk by doing that modification.I am the one running an E6300 in my personal system at home. It has worked for me, but as always, YMMV (your mileage may vary). Don't need a kernel re-compile. I have VirtualBox running on mine.

Ok. I happened to mention the upgrade to someone who was also after an upgrade.. Long and short, I ended up with an E6700 cpu. I've run the same hdparm -t -T /dev/c/c tests and there's a marginal improvement.. Stock Pro with E2160 (1.8GHz) and 1GB of 667MHz RAM:Timing cached reads: 1890 MB in 2.00 seconds = 945.13 MB/secTiming buffered disk reads: 510 MB in 3.00 seconds = 170.11 MB/secPro with E6600 (2.4GHz) and 4GB of 800MHz RAM:Timing cached reads: 9052 MB in 2.00 seconds = 4533.83 MB/secTiming buffered disk reads: 628 MB in 3.00 seconds = 208.99 MB/secPro with E6700 (2.66GHz) and 4GB of 800MHz RAM:Timing cached reads: 10132 MB in 2.00 seconds = 5075.66 MB/secTiming buffered disk reads: 622 MB in 3.00 seconds = 207.27 MB/secLooks like IO is more of a problem and getting anything more than about 208MB/s out of the RAID6 array is going to be hard.. Transcoding is noticably faster though.. not that I have any real stats to go on yet.. Still, if I'm right and this is the fastest CPU you can put in a Pro, I am more than happy.. it is BLISTERINGLY fast! If anyone wants to make me an offer for a E6600 2.4GHz chip, feel free :)

cpitchford wrote:If anyone wants to make me an offer for a E6600 2.4GHz chip, feel free :) $20 :)

For my system:temp1=60temp2=36fan1=1548fan2=1776Under regular load, while using my VirtualBox VM.top - 13:15:00 up 22 days, 12:46, 3 users, load average: 0.26, 0.23, 0.18Tasks: 108 total, 1 running, 107 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombieCpu(s): 1.7%us, 8.2%sy, 1.3%ni, 88.8%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%stMem: 2072432k total, 1986916k used, 85516k free, 14056k buffersSwap: 1048536k total, 104k used, 1048432k free, 683368k cached PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 3037 root 20 0 1109m 1.1g 30m S 34 53.6 11415:10 VBoxHeadless 2403 root 20 0 48992 11m 1720 S 4 0.6 673:17.98 motion 2345 root 20 0 10132 8696 1016 S 0 0.4 26:14.54 wastesrv 2366 store 21 1 73028 30m 5312 S 0 1.5 213:19.99 bt

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bzhpedro
Aspirant
Mar 11, 2013
Thank uou Chripa, I already found a link for a cooler (http://www.coolmod.com/product/3765/0/0 ... -Cobre.htm) but i do not find it anywhere in stock. That's why I am asking, and i do not want to do anything on the panel.

I would like to find a 3rd party fit to fit replacement ;-)

I am pretty sure it does not exist, but I will never know if I do not ask
chirpa
Luminary
Mar 11, 2013
That one may fit, need to measure height in the chassis. Stick a paperclip through the vent holes on the Pro, to the existing heatsink, see how much space is still available.
bzhpedro
Aspirant
Mar 11, 2013
I will check when I get home.

Thank you chirpa

soremaniac

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Mar 11, 2013

bzhpedro wrote:
Thank uou Chripa, I already found a link for a cooler (http://www.coolmod.com/product/3765/0/0 ... -Cobre.htm) but i do not find it anywhere in stock. That's why I am asking, and i do not want to do anything on the panel.

I would like to find a 3rd party fit to fit replacement ;-)

I am pretty sure it does not exist, but I will never know if I do not ask

bzhpedro wrote:
Thank uou Chripa, I already found a link for a cooler (http://www.coolmod.com/product/3765/0/0 ... -Cobre.htm) but i do not find it anywhere in stock. That's why I am asking, and i do not want to do anything on the panel. I would like to find a 3rd party fit to fit replacement ;-) I am pretty sure it does not exist, but I will never know if I do not ask

I don't know, but i think this will not work, becouse the fan on the ReadyNAS is fixed to the Board with scrus, the fan on the pic has some kind of clip like the orginal intel fan's and i cut not mout this fan with these "clip-system" to the readynas board.

http://www.coolmod.com/images/product/1/large/pl_1_4_3765.jpg

i may be wrong but, then tell me how...

bzhpedro
Aspirant
Mar 13, 2013
You just have to remove the clip system and put the screws instead.
I have already done that on another heatsink
soremaniac
Aspirant
Mar 13, 2013
Okay Thanx :D

Is a Org. Intel Fan better than the one that is "Build In" from Netgear?
fbmachines
Guide
Mar 17, 2013
Is there a certain revision Q6600 that if likes better (SL9UM or SLACR)?

From what I read, the newer SLACR runs cooler so if it's compatible I'd like to run that one.

Also, for those running a Q6600 what cooler works the best without modding the case?

Thanks!
soremaniac
Aspirant
Mar 17, 2013
fbmachines wrote:
Is there a certain revision Q6600 that if likes better (SL9UM or SLACR)?

Okay how i see the Difference, or where are they marked as "SLACR"?
fbmachines
Guide
Mar 17, 2013
soremaniac wrote:

Okay how i see the Difference, or where are they marked as "SLACR"?

It's printed on the top CPU.

Also the SL9UM is a 105W chip and the SLACR is 95W.
sander11
Aspirant
Mar 31, 2013
My what an interesting thread, as usual Chirpa makes me reassess my opinion of Ewoks, as I have an unfortunate prejudice since a nasty encounter in 1983.

I'm primarily interested in hardware virtualization and running as cool as possible to prolong the life the NAS/disks.

I'm not clear if the E6600 SL9ZL or E7400 SLGW3 would be better in this regard. I'm not running anything really cpu intensive (occasional spikes) I'm just hoping it will make my virtual machine more responsive.

TIA.

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