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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MacManiak
Aspirant
Mar 10, 2010
Hello.

More info : http://processorfinder.intel.com/detail ... Spec=SL9S8 :)
mrwizardno2
Guide
Mar 14, 2010
So I decided to upgrade my ReadyNAS Pro's CPU tonight and when I went to loosen the CPU heatsink, one of the screws snapped off in the mount. The mounts look permanent. Thoughts on how I can rectify this problem? I checked out those screw grabbers at Lowes, but they're huge and meant for large screws. The screw looks to have loc-tite or something similar around it! I thought that was strange. Anyway...

So, am I "screwed?"
chirpa
Luminary
Mar 15, 2010
mrwizardno2 wrote:
So I decided to upgrade my ReadyNAS Pro's CPU tonight and when I went to loosen the CPU heatsink, one of the screws snapped off in the mount.
Can you take a picture of it?

Best I can do to help you, is get you a replacement heatsink, if that is all thats broken. I replaced a CPU the other day in a Pro, so I have a spare heatsink by lucky chance.
mrwizardno2
Guide
Mar 15, 2010
chirpa wrote:

Best I can do to help you, is get you a replacement heatsink, if that is all thats broken. I replaced a CPU the other day in a Pro, so I have a spare heatsink by lucky chance.

Chirpa, unfortunately it goes beyond the heatsink :-(

Here's the area beneath where the CPU is where the heatsink would mount over if the motherboard was in place

Here's the mounting standoff that has the broken screw (the same that sticks up in the picture you posted) inside. I tried slotting what was left of the screw, but it was so weak it twisted away to nothingness when I tried to turn it with a screwdriver.

This is baaaaad. The mount is pretty well useless with a screw stuck in it. Can't put the cooler back on the board at this point. Would you guys be willing to sell me a case with nothing in it? Just the bare metal - I don't know what else is going to work at this point because there is no way to replace the standoff / mount because it looks like it is part of the disk assembly below.
chirpa
Luminary
Mar 15, 2010
I'll check into what spare parts we have and get back to you.
chirpa
Luminary
Mar 15, 2010
Was able to source an empty chassis from one of the hardware guys. Checking into what the cost would be to send it to you, will update you shortly. Will be a fun weekend project swapping all the guts over :)

mrwizardno2 wrote:
So I decided to upgrade my ReadyNAS Pro's CPU tonight and when I went to loosen the CPU heatsink, one of the screws snapped off in the mount.

chirpa wrote:
Best I can do to help you, is get you a replacement heatsink, if that is all thats broken. I replaced a CPU the other day in a Pro, so I have a spare heatsink by lucky chance.

mrwizardno2

Guide

Mar 15, 2010

chirpa wrote:
Was able to source an empty chassis from one of the hardware guys. Checking into what the cost would be to send it to you, will update you shortly. Will be a fun weekend project swapping all the guts over :)

chirpa wrote:
Was able to source an empty chassis from one of the hardware guys. Checking into what the cost would be to send it to you, will update you shortly. Will be a fun weekend project swapping all the guts over :)

Not to sound like a scary internet stalker, but I LOVE YOU RIGHT NOW!!!! Hahaha.

I'll gladly pay for it along with shipping (assuming you're not going to charge me the price of a whole brand new readynas pro hehe.) Also, do you think it might also be possible to get a CPU cooler as well or just the screw assembly for the one leg that is broken? I was looking at the broken one and I wasn't sure if it was possible to repair it or if I would need a new one. Are there any parts that are compatible that I could pick up elsewhere? Either way is fine with me.

I owe you big! Thank you again! :-D

chirpa
Luminary
Mar 15, 2010
Already one step ahead of you. See the white cardboard box in that picture above? It is a CPU heatsink :)
chirpa
Luminary
Mar 15, 2010
I've logged a case for the issue (#11630617). I have passed the chassis to tech support, and asked them to contact you for follow up on payment and shipment. Will probably happen some time tomorrow.
chirpa
Luminary
Mar 17, 2010
mrwizardno2, chassis has been shipped. Have fun swapping parts out :)

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