How to Upgrade the CPU and RAM in a ReadyNAS 516

When I did the upgrade it wasn't that hard.  Easier then I thought it would be and didn't take that long.  Just have some room to work and carfully take things apart and remember how it goes so you can put in back togeather in reverse and not have any left over parts in the end other then the old CPU and ram. 

Make sure you clean the old past off the CPU heatsink so it's nice and clean and have new stuff. Don't over do it.  A drop in the middle. Put the heat sink on and tighten as it should be, then pull it off again and check to make sure the whole serfice is about covered.  Wipe off any exess and put it back on the same way again. It shouldn't hurt it doing that when new.  You sure don't want it getting hot and then dripping down onto other spots.

All my HDD's are labeled with slot number and date installed.  It's a easy way to keep track of things and when all pulled out, popped back into the same slots, though I don't think it matters, the NAS is smart enough to figure it out, but I stuck with going back into the same spots.    You can do all the work without pulling the HDD's if you want.  But it's much lighter to move and turn without all the HDD's installed.  Make sure when installing the motherboard back in, that it's connecting up with the HDD sub board also correctly.    

Compaired to my Windows PC Desktop build which was far more completed with all the hardware it has, the NAS was pretty simple.