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Teardown of the D-Link NAS DNS-323.
Fairly easy to open.
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The DNS-323 is a powerful NAS with Gigabit Ethernet, print server and extension via software. It can have a FTP server, DHCP, and even Bittorrent!
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First thing first remove the frontal part by sliding it up and pulling out.
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You will be able to see the hard disks.
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By the way, the DNS-323 can support up to 3TB of disk space with the new firmware update. That's 1.5TB per disk! Could you imagine such capacity twenty years ago?
Do you mean 3TB?
did you mean per disk
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Now it's time to remove the Hard Disks.
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At the back of the DNS, pull out the two little levers to make the hard drives come out.
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Gently put them in a safe place until the whole unit is reassembled.
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Remove the frontal part.
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There are two screws; remove them with a cross screwdriver.
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Pull off the little sheet of metal that's covering the front.
My front plate had 4 screws. These screws are shorter than the ones mentioned in Step 6.
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Now it's time to open the rear.
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Locate the four rubber caps which cover the screws, then remove them with a flat screwdriver.
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Remove the screws with a Phillips screwdriver.
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Take off the rear and unscrew the next four screw showed in the picture.
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Pull the board to make it slide out of the case.
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The board is quite simple, a little ARM-based computer mounting Linux. (is it?). The condensers are mostly for power supply, doubled because of the two HDDs.
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Remove two more screws under the circuit.
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Time to remove the iron part.
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Pull out the fan wire. If you need you can use a flat screwdriver, paying attention not to break it.
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It's time to detach the SATA adapters with the fan, so you can contemplate the main circuit.
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Now all about the chips
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The first chip looks like a flash memory for the ROM, or the random memory for the OS, there are two of them; Labelled 921EA C HY5DU56 1622FTP-043 Made in Korea NWFM136SAG3
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Marvell 88F8152-A2 "Feroceon(r)" Storage Networking SoC (System-on-Chip)
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A 12 to 24 bit multiplexed D-type latch marked 94CJNQK ALVCH162260 , see more there -->
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Eon SiliconSolution Inc EN29LV640B-90TIP 64Mbit Flash memory
The purple boxed chip is a 12 to 24 bit multiplexed D-type latch: http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/pr...
Probably the address buffer for the NOR flash allowing a large device to be mapped into a small address window.
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The purple boxed chip is a 12 to 24 bit multiplexed D-type latch: http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/pr...
Probably the address buffer for the NOR flash allowing a large device to be mapped into a small address window.
Thank you, corrections have been added to the guide!
The hynix HY5DU561622FTP-D43 is a 256Mbit DDR SDRAM:
http://www.alldatasheet.com/datasheet-pd...
The Eon EN29LV640B-90TIP is a 64Mbit, 3V flash memory:
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Last chip... Marvell Alaska 88E1111 single-port GbE transceiver. Markings: 88E1111-BAB1 6MAE490301.4 0914 B2P Taiwan
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Remove the last screws.
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That's not useful unless you want to replace the fan; six screws keep the two SATA connectors and...
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...four tapping screws hold the fan.
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That'all folks! The DNS-323 is now disassembled. If you want to put things back just follow this guide backwards!
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Guide made by Mc128k.
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Awesome teardown G!
Thank you so much! It's only my first guide, but I'm going to post fun stuff lately!
Please always watch for grammar mistakes!
Very nice teardown. The pictures were very clear unlike my iPhone dock tear down. I'm making another teardown today. Keep up the good work Mc128k! :)
Yes, that's PER disk, thank you.
I'm having to buy a replacement power supply for my DNS-323. Do you know the pinout set up for it?
I need to know what the value of C111 is. It blew up when i had a lightning strike
Did you ever get an answer on the value of C111 of the DNS-323? I am having a similar problem right now! Francis
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Question I have a 323 that all i get is a blue blinking light and its not the network one. Need help
