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Virtuoso

Sep 17, 2016

How to Upgrade the CPU and RAM in a ReadyNAS 516

Well I have done it. It seems to be working great. I've ran a few basic tests and you really don't get a idea of the differance without accessing it. you can notice the speed Improvment. Accessin...

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mdgm-ntgr

NETGEAR Employee Retired

Sep 17, 2016

Wow. Nice write-up!

We'll get the Amazon page fixed.

If you download the logs you can see e.g. in smart_history.log when disks were added and the slot they are in will show in disk_info.log, but nice to have it written down as well.

pgjscottieuk
Guide
Feb 12, 2017
Thank you for such a wonderful article i have a 516 its about 14 months old now but have been looking out far a 716 on Ebay having stumbled upon your excellent article with such fantastic illustration if i can get a secound hand 516 i will give it a go . I see youn mention avoiding China for CPU
i noticed a used one on Amazon.com $375. I will wait to get the Nas first upgrade it then transfer data from existing nas then sell on Ebay
- aalexandrebeta
  Master
  Feb 12, 2017
  Really nice post, congrats!
  BUT the issue is that by doing so you void the warranty!
  https://community.netgear.com/t5/Using-your-ReadyNAS/Warranty-voided/m-p/1226081#U1226081
  - StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User
    Feb 12, 2017
    aalexandrebeta wrote:
    
    Really nice post, congrats!
    
    BUT the issue is that by doing so you void the warranty!
    
    https://community.netgear.com/t5/Using-your-ReadyNAS/Warranty-voided/m-p/1226081#U1226081
    
    The original post said the RN516 was used, so it had no warranty anyway.