Re: Would this type heatsink/fan be suitable for a Readynas Pro 6 (newest version) running OS 6 ?

xlr8r · ‎2024-08-30

Hey guys

I have already modded my RNDP6000 with Ram, CPU and PSU but I'm now working on changing the CPU fan as I'm not happy with the only temporarily installed and very basic 'Coolmaster' fan. [ CPU I have installed : Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 ]

For the CPU/Heatsink, I have been searching online and found this [AKASA AK-CCE-7107BP] as a possible candidate.

What you guys think ? Will this fit straight in without modding the side panel ?

Or do you reckon it would just recirculate hot air from inside ? (as I don't see where its fan draws cool air in from ??)

candidate CPU heatsink & fan

AKASA Intel LGA 775 copper heatsink and side-blower fan

General Information

Socket Type,Suggestion TDP (W), Cooler Dimension, Heatsink Material, Installation, Weight, Product Code.

Intel LGA775, LGA1150, LGA1151, LGA1155, LGA1156, LGA1200

95

89.9 x 86.2 x 30.5 mm

Copper

Metal screws and retention plate

420g

AK-CCE-7107BP

Fan Specification

Dimensions, Bearing, Fan Speed, Max Airflow, Max Air Pressure, Noise Level, Current Rating for Fan, Voltage Rating for Fan, Fan Connector, Fan Life Expectancy Warranty.

77 x 75 x 15 mm

Two Ball Bearing

1200 - 5500 RPM

11.83 CFM

20.66 mm-H2O

18.0 - 45.99 dB(A)

0.8A

DC 12V

4-pin PWM

80,000 hours

2 years

Or, if anyone has done a CPU fan/heatsink upgrade recently, please let me know what you used (one that requires minimal modding).

For 40mm chipset fans, there are just to many to sort through online, can anyone recommend types with extreme reliability and performance ?

cheers

Sandshark · ‎2024-09-10

Since I've never had a Pro6 with a quad core processor and have no Pro6 in operation at all at this time, I can't give you specifics. You'll have to experiment. I don't even know what you are seeing right now with that quad-core processor.

But you might want to start by changing the ignore temp3 to this:

label temp3 "CoreX"

compute temp3 @%35, @%35

Then see what temp1, temp4, etc. do.

That @%35 option is non-standard, BTW -- something Netgear apparently added to lm-sensors. But it basically makes the floor of the reading be 35°C, as the internal temperature monitors of CPUs tend to be inaccurate below that threshold.

You don't mess with the symbolic link. When you change the target file, the link effectively updates. You may want to keep a copy of the original before you start making changes. You will probably have to at least re-start the readynasd process to see the effect in the GUI, maybe even re-boot.

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Sandshark · ‎2024-08-30

Hard to say if it'll fit without seeing a dimensional drawing as to where those measurements are taken. As for where it draws in the air, it's right in the description: "The long life two-ball bearing fan draws the cool air though the fins and extracts hot air to one side to support chassis airflow."

xlr8r · ‎2024-08-31

thanks, but as I expected, its just going to draw in already warm air since its not drawing from the side panel vent, and wouldn't work at all well...

will keep looking for a good cooler...

xlr8r · ‎2024-09-03

Okay, so answering my own question, I went ahead and made the following CPU Heatsink Mod.

Note: some simple drilling + dremeling is involved, but all a very simple 10 minute job. Plus, adding new mounting screws (Amazon).

First, some history

So, this is where I was at having already done the CPU Upgrade (Core 2 Quad Q6700), and PSU Upgrade (BeQuiet) (which was a right pain in the a** !) but worked a treat. Link to that post , here. I was using an old CoolerMaster CPU fan which wasn't doing that great of a job, so I wanted to improve it. The main issue was the EOM cooler....

(Still trying to find some nice, 2 x 4gb DDR2 PC2-5800 1066MHz Ram, but its like looking for 'hens teeth'! Might have to put this one on hold for the time being....)

i.e. stock heatsink with CoolerMaster fan - no noticeable difference from stock fan.

So, to beef things up a bit (..after some research) I found this 'Gelid Solutions SlimHero Low Profile' LGA775 Heatsink/fan. Its a perfect fit on the CPU , lines up with the 4x screw-holes, and even covers some of the Chipset Cooler! Given the 120mm fan, I knew this was going to do two cooling jobs in one...

Everything seemed great until I went to try and attach it to the motherboard as it had its own native screw system that meant you had to put the screws through the back of the motherboard, and into the Gelid Intel mount clips!!

At this point I nearly gave up but then had the idea to just mod the Intel mount clips, so that i could still make use of this cooler... Here is what I did.

Firstly, buy the Gelid SlimHero Cooler & Fan kit (£25.10 from https://www.quietpc.com/gel-slim-hero)

Then, buy these 'spring loaded screws' from Amazon (£3). They do come with the necessary 'starlock' washers, they're just not shown in the amazon advert ?).

Step 1: Now , drill out ONLY the LGA775 holes on the Gelid Intel mounting clips to 5.5mm.

Step 2: Then, using a Dremel "elongate" all 4 x LGA775 holes (now at 5.5mm) about 3mm further inwards, towards the inner clip direction. (Take your time doing this! if you go to close to the edges, its game-over!). My Dremel kit came with a '4mm dia boring-bit' that looks a bit like a 'diamond-cut' shaft that let me 'elongate-cut' the 5.5mm holes into a tic-tac shape).

Step 3: This part is crucial! - before doing anything else, check that each 'spring mount screw' goes through all the new 'tic-tac' shaped holes, and also slides inwards and out, by a few mm. (This is to allow a little "wiggle" room for the screws and cooler to slide around, when mounting it to the board).

Like this...

LGA775 spring loaded screws_c.jpg

Step 4: This part is crucial! - Now prepare your 'spring loaded screws' by placing the springs on each screw (like in the pic above). Then place onto (just below the spring) nearest the threads, use 4 x 10mm(dia) x 6mm(hole) washers, to make a '3mm spacer' as such'. Then push the screw-threaded part through your newly drilled/dremeled 5.5mm elongated holes (the washers will stop the screw going through the hole, and only the threaded part should be visible through the other side of the bracket).

Now, this is now the hardest part of the whole thing as you nearly need 3 hands lol!.

With the screwhead now resting on a bench, and the LGA775 bracket resting over the threads (making sure its the right way round!!), you need to press-on the 'starlock' washer so that it locks onto the groove allocated for it. (I used a socket screwdriver to do this by placing a socket bit slightly small diameter than the starlock washer, and placing the socket over the threads, pushing down on the starlock washer until i heard it ' click' into place. Check that all of the washer has wrapped around the locking groove as you don't want one popping off!. Repeat for the other 3 screws.

(Note: you should place the thin protective PVC washers over each screw-hole (included with heatsink kit) since there are no stand-offs being used here. This will protect the motherboard board from the starlock washer, should you overtighten them).

Here is my heatsink installed. You can see the screw, spring, 4x washers, bracket and PVC washer, going into the motherboards threaded mounting hole.

This sorts out the heatsink mod... but the 120mm fan that comes with it makes it too tall for the NAS side panel to go on, so I basically just cut a 110mm hole into the side-panel and strapped on a Noctua NF-p12 120mm Fan. It has enough air flow and pressure to get the job done. (just remember to make its power cable safe for removal!)

IMG_9085 (Small).jpg

My temps now barely fluctuate from these shown below, no matter what im doing ....

Any questions, please feel free to ask.

All items used LINKS

Gelid Solutions SlimHero Low Profile' LGA775 Heatsink/fan

Spring loaded screws set

Washers kit

StarLock locking washer kit

Sandshark · ‎2024-09-04

That's quite an undertaking. I'm wondering what you are doing with your NAS that you felt that a quad-core processor is necessary and whether of not you've realized any real speed improvement. Most of the NAS's standard processes are limited to a single core, so you have to be running a lot of CPU-intensive processes to take advantage of the four cores. And even then, many will be slowed down by multiple processes accessing the RAID simultaneously. On a Pro6, the 800MHz FSB is one of the bottlenecks a faster processor won't overcome, but a faster one does help some. So while a faster CPU (especially on the original Pro with the Pentium Dual E2160 @ 1.80GHz) will help even with standard processes, a quad-core won't typically do much unless you are doing something like transcoding multiple streams simultaneously.

The thing I find slows my NAS down the most is if SMDB reaches 100% of "CPU use" (which is really use of that particular core/thread), and more cores won't help that. What does help is keeping the number of files in any given directory small, as that clearly makes SMDB take less CPU time (still up to 100%, but for a much shorter duration). Defragging might help some, too; but I don't due to the negative impact on snapshot space.

Ditto on the memory, what do you expect to accomplish with more? With just 4GB, I find my NAS using a lot of RAM just for disk buffering. My rack-mount models are more easily upgraded to more than that, and I didn't find any significant improvement, though I also don't have a lot of simultaneous users where it might help more.

Please note I'm not criticizing. I'm interested in informing others of what to expect so they can determine if a mod like this is worthwhile for them.

xlr8r · ‎2024-09-04

To be honest, I have been in IT for 40+ years and just wanted to 'tinker' with my NAS a bit...

The quad CPU def has made a difference, especially with PLEX.

I was hoping to upgrade the ram to 2x4gb 1066 (from 800) just have a little more 'oomph!'...for transcoding etc

on a side note, would you recommend utilizing the network "'bond" (in mode "IEEE 802.3ad LACP) option on this NAS ?, as my Asus ROG GT-AX6000 router supports "Bond/Link aggregation"... I'm not sure about this as I have never had the need to implement it , but since its an option, I'm curious...lol

many thanks

ps. oops! forgot to add one pic of the Gelid Heatsink in position....

StephenB · ‎2024-09-04

@xlr8r wrote:

on a side note, would you recommend utilizing the network "'bond" (in mode "IEEE 802.3ad LACP) option on this NAS ?, as my Asus ROG GT-AX6000 router supports "Bond/Link aggregation"... I'm not sure about this as I have never had the need to implement it , but since its an option, I'm curious...lol

In general, this doesn't result in much performance gain for most home NAS. It makes a lot more sense when you are deploying in an enterprise where you have lots of PCs accessing the NAS at the same time.

The reason is that with LACP the all traffic going from the NAS to a specific client all goes out the same NIC port. That ensures that the traffic doesn't overrun the client's gigabit connection. Similarly, all the traffic going from a specific client to the NAS also uses the same NIC. The NAS selects the NIC for its outbound traffic, the router will select the NIC for its outbound traffic.

So if (for example) you have two clients, then there is a 50-50 chance that they will share the same NIC when reading from the NAS, and a 50-50 chance that they will share the same NIC when writing to the NAS. So only 1 chance in 4 of getting a performance gain in both directions.

Sandshark · ‎2024-09-05

@xlr8r wrote:

I was hoping to upgrade the ram to 2x4gb 1066 (from 800) just have a little more 'oomph!'...for transcoding etc

The max FSB on the Pro6 is 800, so 1066 RAM will still run at 800.

xlr8r · ‎2024-09-05

aw not good, i thought i read somewhere on here that it did support 1066 and that's why some folk upgraded to 1066..?

xlr8r · ‎2024-09-05

Thanks StephenB

I prob should have mentioned that there could be a max of 4 connections (aka my family) streaming from the NAS (Plex) an any one time, so in that case would it still not make a difference using 'bond' you reckon ?

StephenB · ‎2024-09-05

@xlr8r wrote:

I prob should have mentioned that there could be a max of 4 connections (aka my family) streaming from the NAS (Plex) an any one time, so in that case would it still not make a difference using 'bond' you reckon ?

Four simultaneous Plex connections won't create congestion on a gigabit ethernet connection, as even a 100GB 4K BluRay rip has a data rate ceiling of 144 mbps. Most 4K content has a much lower data rate (generally less than 40 mbps). You can use MediaInfoXP to check the bitrates in your media library.

https://www.videohelp.com/software/MediaInfoXP

FWIW, I had LACP enabled on my own Pro 6 for a while, but eventually just turned it off. I didn't see any noticeable performance improvement. While there are times when I wish directory searches and small file transfers were faster, the issue there is the iops limitation of my mechanical disks, and not the network.

MultiGig ethernet is a better way to deal with network bottlenecks than LACP (or any bonding mode). but that is not something you can upgrade on the Pro 6.

My own approach to Plex (really all applications) is to run it on a PC with the NAS volume mapped to a drive letter. The PC I am using has an Nvidia GPU, so it is much better at transcoding than any ReadyNAS.

xlr8r · ‎2024-09-05

thanks...

yeah I had thought of going down the mini-pc route but just wanted to play around with the NAS , modding it to the max just for a bit of a hobby.

Oddly though, When I was running Plex client on my Nvidia Shield Pro box, even when just one of the kids started watching something on their FireTv stick Plex, it would always cause mine to stutter, but that was before I upgraded the CPU and I haven't had a chance yet to check what happens when 2 of us stream videos at once... must get that checked.

Is it correct the FSB of the RNDP6000 to run at 800, and not the 1066 I was hoping for ? Another poster above mentioned this being the case....

Also, are there any available addons that give you system spec info ? I tried one from the Available Apps store... i.e. Netdata NT, but it didn't give me actual hardware info, just data from the hardware...

many thanks

xlr8r · ‎2024-09-06

StephenB

with regards to using a Pc for Plex... in terms of a "mini pc", what would you recommend the minimum spec of it to be ? I realise it being a mini-pc, the GPU options are limited due to size on the box and likely to be just onboard graphics, but what would still work nicely for all transcoding ?

i was looking at these as a 'starting point'... ?

Dell OptiPlex 990 SFF Mini PC - Intel i5 2400S 2.5Ghz 4G RAM 500GB

Lenovo ThinkCentre M910Q Intel i5 7th Gen 8GB 128GB SSD

whats your expert opinion ?

cheers

StephenB · ‎2024-09-06

@xlr8r wrote:

i was looking at these as a 'starting point'... ?

Dell OptiPlex 990 SFF Mini PC - Intel i5 2400S 2.5Ghz 4G RAM 500GB

Lenovo ThinkCentre M910Q Intel i5 7th Gen 8GB 128GB SSD

I happen to have a ThinkCentre M900 which has worked well as a client (set up as an all-in-one PC). I purchased that in 2016. I plan to replace it soon, and will be looking for a newer model that fits in the companion display. But I haven't ever used it as a plex server, so I have no recomendations there.

Although these generally don't have GPUs, the newer ones will outperform your NAS. They are usually using laptop tech in a different form factor, so like laptops can be thermally limited. I've seen several reviews suggesting that i5 is more cost-effective than i7, since in actual use you often won't be able to take full advantage of the i7 performance.

ServeTheHome has done a lot of reviews of 1-Liter PCs - though it might be information overload, you might check them out.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC53fzn9608B-MT5KvuuHct5MiUDO8IF4

Personally I think you should be looking at newer tech. I think the Dell goes back to 2011, the Lenovo model goes back to 2017. Newer processors would be faster, and also more power-efficient. I'd be looking at something with at least 16 GB RAM for Plex, and I'd want something compatible with Win11.

xlr8r · ‎2024-09-06

thanks StephenB

ill get to goggling , many thanks

Sandshark · ‎2024-09-06

@xlr8r wrote:
aw not good, i thought i read somewhere on here that it did support 1066 and that's why some folk upgraded to 1066..?

Definitely limited to 800. Some may use 1066 just because it was easier to find, or some may not realize it won't make a difference. You can gain a very small amount of speed with lower CAS latency memory.

xlr8r · ‎2024-09-09

thanks SandShark

i was looking at hardware on my Nas using "dmidecode", but it doesnt even show what the Ram speed is, just says "unknown" ? Any other method of viewing hardware with reliable data ?

I tried a couple of Apps from the readynas store, but none shows ram speed...weird!

Also, is there any way to get Frontview to show all 4 core temps, instead of just the 2 it presently shows ?

thanks

ps. As suggested, am considering migrating to a dedicated Plex server Pc.... just need another NAS to copy everything onto before moving the disks lol

Sandshark · ‎2024-09-09

@xlr8r wrote:
thanks SandShark

i was looking at hardware on my Nas using "dmidecode", but it doesnt even show what the Ram speed is, just says "unknown" ? Any other method of viewing hardware with reliable data ?

I tried a couple of Apps from the readynas store, but none shows ram speed...weird!

Also, is there any way to get Frontview to show all 4 core temps, instead of just the 2 it presently shows ?

Odd, dmidecode shows the information for me, though I don't have a currently running Pro6..

As for the additional core temperatures, take a look at /etc/frontview/sensors/NV6.conf (which is the target for the symbolic link at /etc/sensors.d/system.conf) and try turning on other temps using the same method as temp2 in the "coretemp-isa-0000" section.
.

xlr8r · ‎2024-09-09

ah cool... (pun intended 😋)

This is my NV6.conf file contents; what do I change/add ? , and do i need to do anything with the symbolic link at, /etc/sensors.d/system.conf ?

thanks

chip "coretemp-isa-0000"

label temp2 "CPU"

compute temp2 @%35, @%35

ignore temp3

chip "w83627dhg-isa-*"

label in1 "DDB18"

set in1_min 1.62

set in1_max 1.98

label in2 "AVCC"

set in2_min 3.3 * 0.90

set in2_max 3.3 * 1.10

label in3 VCC3

set in3_min 3.3 * 0.90

set in3_max 3.3 * 1.10

label in4 VCC1_25

set in4_min 1.17

set in4_max 1.32

label in5 "VCC1_5"

set in5_min 1.41

set in5_max 1.58

label in6 "VCC1_05"

set in6_min 0.98

set in6_max 1.10

set in7_min 3.3 * 0.90

set in7_max 3.3 * 1.10

set in8_min 3.0 * 0.90

set in8_max 3.3 * 1.10

label fan1 "System"

set fan1_min 600

label fan2 "CPU"

set fan2_min 150

label fan3 "System"

set fan3_min 600

ignore fan4

ignore fan5

label temp1 "System"

set temp1_max 80

ignore temp2

ignore temp3

ignore cpu0_vid

ignore intrusion0

(here is my "dmidecode" data;) ... not sure why it says i have 4-slots, when i only have 2... ? 😶

Sandshark · ‎2024-09-10

Since I've never had a Pro6 with a quad core processor and have no Pro6 in operation at all at this time, I can't give you specifics. You'll have to experiment. I don't even know what you are seeing right now with that quad-core processor.

But you might want to start by changing the ignore temp3 to this:

label temp3 "CoreX"

compute temp3 @%35, @%35

Then see what temp1, temp4, etc. do.

That @%35 option is non-standard, BTW -- something Netgear apparently added to lm-sensors. But it basically makes the floor of the reading be 35°C, as the internal temperature monitors of CPUs tend to be inaccurate below that threshold.

You don't mess with the symbolic link. When you change the target file, the link effectively updates. You may want to keep a copy of the original before you start making changes. You will probably have to at least re-start the readynasd process to see the effect in the GUI, maybe even re-boot.

xlr8r · ‎2024-09-10

Thanks,

I made the change but there was no difference to frontview / Performance page ?

So, as you mentioned 'lm-sensors', i tried to update/install it but got errors....

I ran "apt update"; (some did upgrade, others did not ?)

root@NAS:~# apt upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
keyutils libmnl0 libncurses6 libpcre2-8-0 libreadline8 libtinfo6 libunistring2 pci.ids xxd
The following packages have been kept back:
bind9-host ca-certificates cryptsetup-bin dash dconf-cli dpkg glib-networking-common kmod libarchive13 libasound2-data libbind9-90 libconfuse-common libdbus-1-3 libdns100 libisc95 libisccfg90 libkmod2 liblwres90 libvorbisfile3 libwrap0 login lsyncd mime-support ncurses-base nfs-kernel-server ntpdate openssl passwd rpcbind samba-common udhcpc
The following packages will be upgraded:
acl adduser attr base-files base-passwd debconf debconf-i18n debian-archive-keyring debianutils diffutils dmidecode dosfstools etherwake ethtool findutils grep gsettings-desktop-schemas gzip hdparm hostname init-system-helpers initscripts inotify-tools insserv libacl1 libattr1 libbz2-1.0 libcap2 libcap2-bin libcsv3 libdaemon0 libdb5.3 libdebconfclient0
libedit2 libenca0 libexiv2-13 libgcrypt20 libgeoip1 libgmp10 libgpg-error0 libgsf-1-common libicu52 libid3tag0 libidn11 libidn2-0 libinotifytools0 libisccc90 libjbig0 libjson-glib-1.0-common libkeyutils1 liblua5.1-0
liblua5.2-0 liblzma5 liblzo2-2 libmspack0 libmxml1 libncurses5 libncursesw5 libnfnetlink0 libnfsidmap2 libnss-mdns libntlm0 libogg0 libpci3 libpcre3 libprotobuf-c1 libsasl2-2 libsasl2-modules-db libselinux1 libsemanage-common
libsemanage1 libsepol1 libstemmer0d libsubunit0 libtasn1-6 libtext-wrapi18n-perl libtinfo5 libtirpc1 libunwind8 libusb-1.0-0 libustr-1.0-1 lsb-base lua5.1 lzop makedev ncftp ncurses-bin net-tools netbase readline-common sed sensible-utils shared-mime-info startpar sysv-rc sysvinit-utils ttf-bitstream-vera tzdata ucf vim-common vim-tiny xz-utils zip zlib1g
104 upgraded, 9 newly installed, 0 to remove and 31 not upgraded.
Need to get 23.5 MB of archives.
After this operation, 12.8 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y

Then I tried to install 'lm-sensors' (didnt work?)

root@NAS:~# apt-get install lm-sensors -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
lm-sensors : Depends: perl:any
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

SO, i then tried to install 'perl' (didnt work?)

root@NAS:~# apt-get install perl
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
perl : Depends: perl-base (= 5.32.1-4+deb11u3) but 5.20.2-3+deb8u12 is to be installed
Depends: perl-modules-5.32 (>= 5.32.1-4+deb11u3) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libperl5.32 (= 5.32.1-4+deb11u3) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

So i tried to install a perl manager (perlbrew) as such... (didnt install either?)

root@NAS:~# \curl -L https://install.perlbrew.pl | bash
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 170 100 170 0 0 218 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 217
100 1689 100 1689 0 0 1577 0 0:00:01 0:00:01 --:--:-- 1577

## Download the latest perlbrew

## Installing perlbrew
Using Perl </usr/bin/perl>
FatPacker error loading App/perlbrew.pm (could be a perl installation issue?) at perlbrew.Sh3sDY line 10222.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at perlbrew.Sh3sDY line 10235.
root@NAS:~# root@NAS:~# apt upgrade
keyutils libmnl0 libncurses6 libpcre2-8-0 libreadline8 libtinfo6
libunistring2 pci.ids xxd
The following packages have been kept back:
bind9-host ca-certificates cryptsetup-bin dash dconf-cli dpkg
glib-networking-common kmod libarchive13 libasound2-data libbind9-90
libconfuse-common libdbus-1-3 libdns100 libisc95 libisccfg90 libkmod2
liblwres90 libvorbisfile3 libwrap0 login lsyncd mime-support ncurses-base
nfs-kernel-server ntpdate openssl passwd rpcbind samba-common udhcpc
The following packages will be upgraded:
acl adduser attr base-files base-passwd debconf debconf-i18n
debian-archive-keyring debianutils diffutils dmidecode dosfstools etherwake
ethtool findutils grep gsettings-desktop-schemas gzip hdparm hostna-bash: root@NAS:~#: command not found
me init-system-helpers initscripts inotify-tools insserv libacl1 libattr1 libbz2-1.0 libcap2 libcap2-bin libcsv3 libdaemon0 libdb5.3 libdebconfclient0 libedit2 libenca0 libexiv2-13 libgcrypt20 libgeoip1 libgmp10 libgpg-error0 libgsf-1-common libicu52 libid3tag0 libidn11 libidn2-0 libinotifytools0 libisccc90 libjbig0 libjson-glib-1.0-common libkeyutils1 liblua5.1-0
liblua5.2-0 liblzma5 liblzo2-2 libmspack0 libmxml1 libncurses5 libncursesw5 libnfnetlink0 libnfsidmap2 libnss-mdns libntlm0 libogg0 libpci3 libpcre3 libprotobuf-c1 libsasl2-2 libsasl2-modules-db libselinux1 libsemanage-common
libsemanage1 libsepol1 libstemmer0d libsubunit0 libtasn1-6 libtext-wrapi18n-perl libtinfo5 libtirpc1 libunwind8 libusb-1.0-0 libustr-1.0-1 lsb-base lua5.1 lzop makedev ncftp ncurses-bin net-tools netbase readline-common sed sensible-utils shared-mime-info startpar sysv-rc sysvinit-utils ttf-bitstream-vera tzdata ucf vim-common vim-tiny xz-utils zip zlib1g
104 upgraded, 9 newly installed, 0 to remove and 31 not upgraded.
Need to get 23.5 MB of archives.
After this operation, 12.8 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y

So I'm no further along in getting 'perl' or 'lm-sensors' either installed or updated... since I know nothing about linux.. i dont want to poke around in the OS in case i break it...

Having done what i have done already above, im afraid to exit putty + WinSCP or even, reboot the NAS lol

What should I be doing here to get lm-sensors and perl (and its dependencies) working ?

and...

is this the command to restart the 'readynasd' process ?

# start-stop-daemon -q -o -K -n readynasd -R 5
# start-stop-daemon -q -S --exec /usr/sbin/readynasd

cheers

xlr8r · ‎2024-09-10

aw crap!

whatever i did there has removed my installed Apps and also removed all Available apps ...

anything simple I can do to restore these ? (im currently on OS 10.6.9) and have it saved as a .deb file. Is there a Putty command i can reinstall it with ?

thanks

xlr8r · ‎2024-09-10

ah...fixed it , must have made a mistake in sources

xlr8r · ‎2024-09-10

thanks

maybe getting somewhere...

but how to I validate the temps shown correlate and are accurate to each core...?

weirdly, at the start before editing NV6.conf, it was like this

chip "coretemp-isa-0000"
label temp2 "CPU"
compute temp2 @%35, @%35

but in order to get 4 cores showing , i had to rename it to Core0, is that what im supposed to do ?

Then , by adding in compute temp3,4,5, added extra temps... but i dont know how to validate what i see as fact...?

e.g.

chip "coretemp-isa-0000"

label temp2 "Core0" [renamed from 'CPU']

compute temp2 @%35, @%35

label temp3 "Core1"

compute temp3 @%35, @%35

label temp4 "Core2"

compute temp4 @%35, @%35

label temp5 "Core3"

compute temp5 @%35, @%35

produces this (tested all temps varied by putting fan to "quiet" and making Plex transcode...)

xlr8r · ‎2024-09-10

must have had some corruption in OS as I have been able to now reinstall perl, and then lm-sensors