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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WhoCares_
Mentor
May 22, 2012
Actually what I'd be interested in is testing a Core2Quad because judging from the board specs there should be at least two models that might work.

-Stefan
grimloch
Aspirant
May 22, 2012
Now that would be cool. Which two Core2Quads models are you thinking?
WhoCares_
Mentor
May 22, 2012
That'd be the Q6600 or Q6700 (For the older Pro models, that is. Dont't have any real board info for the newer ones).

-Stefan
sleepy06405
Aspirant
May 22, 2012
I have a qx6700 here I could try. Its the same as the q but has an unlocked multiplier. The Q chips put out twice the heat though, there is no space in the readynas for an appropriate heatsink. I've had random luck with the qx, not everything that accepts the q will take the qx, which is silly, its the same exact chip, just unlocked. I'll give it a try and see if it boots.
sleepy06405
Aspirant
May 22, 2012
For lack of a better word........ Holy crap!

NAS:~# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 15
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU @ 2.66GHz
stepping : 7
cpu MHz : 2394.203
cache size : 4096 KB

Intel Core2 Extreme CPU QX6700 2.66/8M/1066 SL9UL

A q6700 should work fine. There are going to be cooling issues but yes, it boots.

Its running about 30% hotter than the core2quad but the fan is maxing out accomplishing that. I'm nuts and I won't run this chip.
grimloch
Aspirant
May 22, 2012
Wonder if there are any aftermarket heatsinks that are slim enough to fit and do a better job than stock..

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fbmachines
Guide
May 26, 2012
What are the measurements of the stock heatsink and fan (length x width x height)?

I wonder if one of the Shuriken models could handle the job? They seem very low profile while being very efficient at cooling. They are pretty wide though and I know there isn't much room until the RAM.

http://www.scythe-usa.com/product/cpu/1 ... index.html

http://www.scythe-usa.com/product/cpu/0 ... etail.html

Korky

Aspirant

Jun 12, 2012

sleepy06405 wrote:
For lack of a better word........ Holy crap!

NAS:~# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 15
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU @ 2.66GHz
stepping : 7
cpu MHz : 2394.203
cache size : 4096 KB

Intel Core2 Extreme CPU QX6700 2.66/8M/1066 SL9UL

A q6700 should work fine. There are going to be cooling issues but yes, it boots.

Its running about 30% hotter than the core2quad but the fan is maxing out accomplishing that. I'm nuts and I won't run this chip.

sleepy06405 wrote:
For lack of a better word........ Holy crap! NAS:~# cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 15 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU @ 2.66GHz stepping : 7 cpu MHz : 2394.203 cache size : 4096 KB Intel Core2 Extreme CPU QX6700 2.66/8M/1066 SL9UL A q6700 should work fine. There are going to be cooling issues but yes, it boots. Its running about 30% hotter than the core2quad but the fan is maxing out accomplishing that. I'm nuts and I won't run this chip.

There's got to be a heat-sink and fan out there up for the challenge of bringing down the temp on the q6700. Having the q6700 working without the temp issue would be perfect!! I am already on the case and will be posting back a reply if i get anywhere with this- otherwise its the E6700 for me :( Has anyone else got any experience with cooling cpu's - more a question for the hard-core overclocker out there i think.

Korky

Aspirant

Jun 12, 2012

fbmachines wrote:
What are the measurements of the stock heatsink and fan (length x width x height)?

I wonder if one of the Shuriken models could handle the job? They seem very low profile while being very efficient at cooling. They are pretty wide though and I know there isn't much room until the RAM.

http://www.scythe-usa.com/product/cpu/1 ... index.html

http://www.scythe-usa.com/product/cpu/0 ... etail.html

fbmachines wrote:
What are the measurements of the stock heatsink and fan (length x width x height)? I wonder if one of the Shuriken models could handle the job? They seem very low profile while being very efficient at cooling. They are pretty wide though and I know there isn't much room until the RAM. http://www.scythe-usa.com/product/cpu/1 ... index.html http://www.scythe-usa.com/product/cpu/0 ... etail.html

Near impossible to get any information from Netgear Tech Support!

opened my NAS to see what I could find out. No markings on the heatsink to tell me which brand or model but the fan is a comdell.

I've put it back together now without taking the height measurements :oops: not sure how useful these will be now. I'll try again when my new processor arrives and message back (which should be very soon :D ).

surprised to find a E5300 (2.6 GHz processor) and not the advertised E2160 1.8Ghz CPU in the ultra 6 plus !

grimloch

Aspirant

Jun 13, 2012

cpitchford wrote:

Now, the temp1 is still higher than the "max" value.. I still don't know if that is a problem.. however. temp2 on frontview reports a MUCH healthier 53 degrees C

So.. the E6600 is 8 degrees cooler running flat out.. and is below the 60 degree limit.. both CPU cores report higher than max levels.. but both are lower than the "crit" level.. so I'm still working out (reading the source and CPU spec) what this means.

Slight pain is that the CPU cooler is attached with screws.. the backing plate is part of the case so heatsinks that screw on can be used.. Stock intel coolers, for example, with their push plugs cannot be used in this case.

If only the case was 1 CM wider a MUCH nicer fan could be put in..but from what I can tell, the tallest cooler you could use is 53mm and the selection is limited..

From what I can tell, the NAS is happy and relatively cool running an E6600, but an E6700 is going to be pushing it.. I've not tried a kernel compile reliability test or a memtest on the E6700 but I don't honestly think the CPU cooler is up to it..

If I can get a larger cooler, that uses screws rather than push plugs, I might try again.. but in the mean time 2.4Gig seems that safe limit with the stock readynas cooler.. (which is remarkably small compared to the intel stock ones! like less than half the height!)

Shame.. Still 2.4G is pretty damn good! :)

If I find out what the temp1_max actually means (ie can it be safely exceeded / temp1_crit is the REAL top limit) I'll let you all know

cpitchford wrote:
Now, the temp1 is still higher than the "max" value.. I still don't know if that is a problem.. however. temp2 on frontview reports a MUCH healthier 53 degrees C So.. the E6600 is 8 degrees cooler running flat out.. and is below the 60 degree limit.. both CPU cores report higher than max levels.. but both are lower than the "crit" level.. so I'm still working out (reading the source and CPU spec) what this means. Slight pain is that the CPU cooler is attached with screws.. the backing plate is part of the case so heatsinks that screw on can be used.. Stock intel coolers, for example, with their push plugs cannot be used in this case. If only the case was 1 CM wider a MUCH nicer fan could be put in..but from what I can tell, the tallest cooler you could use is 53mm and the selection is limited.. From what I can tell, the NAS is happy and relatively cool running an E6600, but an E6700 is going to be pushing it.. I've not tried a kernel compile reliability test or a memtest on the E6700 but I don't honestly think the CPU cooler is up to it.. If I can get a larger cooler, that uses screws rather than push plugs, I might try again.. but in the mean time 2.4Gig seems that safe limit with the stock readynas cooler.. (which is remarkably small compared to the intel stock ones! like less than half the height!) Shame.. Still 2.4G is pretty damn good! :) If I find out what the temp1_max actually means (ie can it be safely exceeded / temp1_crit is the REAL top limit) I'll let you all know

Sounds like we're working with 53mm max height for the heatsink (without modification), which is pretty limiting.

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