Ever looking to improve on performance I'm looking for a way to upgrade the CPU on my RN516.The CPU obviously must support ECC memory and have a (FC)LGA1155 socket with a max TDP of 55W.LGA1155 will work just the same, I read in several places.The question now is, to anyone that knows or can find out, is there any bios support for other CPU's?

Whoops. The CPU in the 716 is actually the E3-1265L v2.Both units share the same BIOS, but we hard code support for the hardware we ship in the firmware.The max TDP is 65W.Again we don't support CPU upgrades. They void the warranty.

Strange? Not really. Several are offered over here. This guy claimed to have had enough of Netgear, but I don't know why.He runs his own IT company and gave me an invoice with it as well (so not stolen if anyone wonders) and through him I could claim warranty if I need to.The warranty not being transferable was a bit of a surprise (and in violation of Dutch law, but that's another matter) but the price was pretty good, 550 euro's.Having said that, it was in piss poor condition as in totally mucked up with nicotine filled brown sticky dust.I had to strip it to the last screw and clean it intensively and rebuild again. Fun job.

Honestly, I think a legal discussion by non-lawyers on this forum isn't really appropriate, and several past threads on this topic edged towards becoming contentious and (predictably) went nowhere.Netgear's position is clear - the manufacturer's warranty is not transferable. tijgert could of course take them (and/or the private seller) to court if he wishes, but at this point he has suffered no loss - the unit is running fine. If he upgrades the CPU, the manufacturer warranty would be voided anyway, even if he were the original purchaser. tijgert knows all this, and can take it all into account.So let's move on - I don't really want to lock the topic, but we need to stay focused on the original CPU upgrade discussion.

Oh boy fellas, all I wanted was to be complete in my answer.I don't care about the warranty that much. I got the 9 month old unit for almost half price and a 2TB WD Red with it as well (gathering dust.. who uses 2TB anymore nowadays..).Let's focus on the actual topic: what CPU can I cram in it that will be recognized by the unit and as such use all its features (i.e. Turboboost).So far I understand that any CPU *might* work, but no guarantee.The 516 and 716 share a common bios with only the CPU hardcoded in it so I'd need a 716 bios if I want to be certain of proper E3-1265L v2 recognition.All being worked on.I'm afraid what might happen if I start asking about the 10Gb Nic ;)

The 716 uses the Intel Xeon Ivy Bridge E3-1265L v2 Quad Core processor.CPU upgrades void the warranty, but if you want to do one you could consider the one we use in the 716.

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xeltros
Apprentice
Sep 03, 2014
I used the VM today to check some things on volume creation/deletion (by the way, it works in virtualbox, but ESX shows only one disk, even though x-raid resyncs perfectly, but it is hard to play with volumes with a single selectable disk). I didn't have any problem after updating it via GUI.
This would mean that :
- There is a mechanism to remove the CPU code (I suppose flash is reproduced somehow too)
- or the hypervisor did a good job emulating a supported CPU
- or the CPU code is in the bios
- or there is no CPU restriction
- or that VM uses specific repository
mdgm-ntgr
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Sep 03, 2014
Well what I should have said is the hard coding in the firmware may restrict the range of CPUs that will work well to a smaller selection than those supported by the BIOS.

There are flags so the VM knows it is not running on real hardware.
- BaJohn
  Virtuoso
  Aug 30, 2015
  Apologies about going back to Warranty issue.
  
  Just for my clarity .....
  I live in the UK, so if I die and my RN516 has outstanding warranty, the warranty dies with me!
  Is that correct?
  A simple Yes or No from a person whom is 100% certain about it will do.
  Thanks.
  - IcyK
    Tutor
    Aug 30, 2015
    Never ask a lawyer for a simple yes or no without providing all the details of the case ;)
    
    From what I read on these forums, I am 95% sure the answer from Netgear perspective will be 'yes'.
    Being a laywer in The Netherlands myself, I am 100% sure the answer from EU consumer perspective will be 'no'.
    
    But from EU consumer perspective, the end-user has to deal with the retailer in warranty cases, not with the manufacturer. So your children will have to deal with the shop you bought the NAS from, and the shop will have to fix the problem (either by doing it themselves, or by requesting / ordering the manufacturer to fix it).
    
    I don't know the answer in a business envoronment. I do know EU consumer law usually does not apply in dealings between professionals.
    
    Also, I guess nobody will go to court over a couple of dollars / pounds / euro's, so the question is higly theoretical imho.
    If you have enough money to go to court, you'll also have enough money to buy a new NAS and save yourself the troubles of a trial.
    If you don't have 500 euro's for a new NAS, you probably also don't have the 5000+ euro's to go to court...
    
    (This will be my only response in this matter.)

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