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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NevA
Aspirant
Dec 13, 2014
Changed the standard processor E2160 to E7600. Memory 4GB, not changed

WAS

NAS:~# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 15
model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU E2160 @ 1.80GHz
stepping : 13
cpu MHz : 1795.522
cache size : 1024 KB

/dev/c/c:
Timing cached reads: 2526 MB in 2.00 seconds = 1263.67 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 1108 MB in 3.00 seconds = 369.07 MB/sec

NOW
/proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 23
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E7600 @ 3.06GHz
stepping : 10
cpu MHz : 3058.978
cache size : 3072 KB

/dev/c/c:
Timing cached reads: 4106 MB in 2.00 seconds = 2054.13 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 1566 MB in 3.00 seconds = 521.82 MB/sec

SYS 917 rpm ОК
CPU 1985 rpm ОК
temp SYS 57
temp CPU 39

Work well!
biffsbiz
Aspirant
Dec 28, 2014
I tried an E6850 on a Pro6 with mobo Flame 6 Version 1.1.
It didn't boot.
The E6850 is 3.00ghz core 2 duo 4MB of L2

I returned to the stock E2168 until I try an E6700.
E18 is 1.8ghz Pentium dual-core.

If the E6700 doesn't work on this mobo, I'd appreciate a heads up.
Slavsta
Aspirant
Apr 23, 2015
Dear All:

Trying to breathe new life into my ageing Pioneer Pros (one is for backups, one is a video streamer)

After successfully upgrading my ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition to e6700 tried an e7600, the display says ReadyNAS, the fan(s?) blow at full speed and nothing happens.

I have two NASes, and I tried two CPUs and both failed.

The motherboard says Flame ver 1.1 and the yellow square sticker says "FA5"

My obvious concern is that the CPUs might have arrived dead.

However, reading through the forums, I recall Chripa mentioning that earlier boards may not support later CPUs.

Any idea whether this particular board revision should support the e7600?

Will a BIOS upgrade potentially fix this problem?

If so, how do I perform one? I understand this is different from the RAIDiator firmware upgrade (I am of course running the latest)

Thanks you so much for your input.

Chirpa - pls help!!!
mdgm-ntgr
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Apr 23, 2015
First download the logs, look in bios_ver.log and see if you are already running the latest BIOS. Then if you are running an old BIOS you would need to install the add-on to update the BIOS.

To see what the latest BIOS version is and to get the add-on see http://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=387035#p387035
- flip68
  Aspirant
  Sep 09, 2015
  Hi MDGM,
  
  I have a Pro 6 (-100) version where the bios_ver.log shows 10/03/2008 FLAME6-MB V1.6 as my current BIOS.
  
  I am currently running OS 6.2.4 already successfully with the stock CPU, but now I would like to upgrade the CPU to either a Q6600 or an E7600. I understand I need to upgrade the BIOS to at least V2.0.
  
  I understand there is a BIOS UPDATE PACKAGE_0.5.bin that CHIRPA has posted in this thread, but .BIN files are not recognized by OS6 (debian only?)
  
  You briefly mentioned the process to get the BIOS updated by doing some type of conversion, but it wasn't clear to me. If you could provide some detailed steps to do so, I would greatly appreciate it!
  
  Lastly I'm still torn between the Q6600 CPU or the E7600 CPU. My intent here is to host a Plex Media server for the home as well as my Logitech Media Server. Anythoughts on which of these two would be better for these type of servers?
  
  Thank you!
  - netracer
    Apprentice
    Sep 22, 2015
    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.
Slavsta
Aspirant
Apr 25, 2015
Dear mdgm -

Thanks for a quick response and direction.

Updated the BIOS per your instructions and the CPU is now recognized.

One last question - does it really make practical sense to install more RAM, or are benefits marginal? I have the stock 1GB I assume. The one NAS is used for video streaming, but if I figure out a way to start transcoding blu-rays on the fly, would more RAM be helpful?

Thanks,
mdgm-ntgr
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Apr 25, 2015
CPU is the main thing. Monitor the memory usage and if the swap isn't being used then a memory upgrade would likely only have marginal benefit.

You can use e.g. Plex to transcode 1080p MKVs.
Retired_Member
Dec 23, 2015
Not sure if this thread is dead but I just did some looking through it and wanted to share some feedback for the next one.

Pro 6 stock FLAME 2.0 running 6.4.1. root@NAS:/# hdparm -t -T /dev/sda

ORIGNIAL CONFIG: E5300 with 1GB PC2-6400 800MHz Memory
Timing cached reads:   2120 MB in 2.00 seconds = 1059.80 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 456 MB in 3.00 seconds = 151.91 MB/sec

NEW CONFIG: E7600 with 1GB PC2-6400 800MHz Memory

Timing cached reads:   2932 MB in 2.00 seconds = 1465.82 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 450 MB in 3.01 seconds = 149.47 MB/sec

FINAL CONFIG: E7600 with 2x2GB PC3-8500 1066MHz Memory (Crucial CT2KIT25664AA1067)
Timing cached reads:   3808 MB in 2.00 seconds = 1904.03 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 466 MB in 3.01 seconds = 154.86 MB/sec

Not sure why the numbers are low with hdpram compared to some other processors but the apples to apples means I am running 2x here on cashed reads and 1080p Plex videos are running better.

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