Synology DS920+ NAS Disassembly - Taking it to pieces

I added 16 GB Kingston ram into my Synology DS920+ with 4 GB already in it, and it doesn't boot up. All I see is just constant blinking blue light

"easy to access cmos" :/

good job! ty!

Thank you so very much. Appreciate your efforts.

I do appreciate what you have done to the NAS community. Excellent work!

Чел, всё хорошо, но эти отвёртки из фикспрайса...

how could i replace the 2x 1gbe they`re not working anymore i nee help with that or if theres an option for that

any reports of this model being affected from previous LPC issues

I wonder, could you connect a GPU to it?

Hello everyone, I'm trying to connect NO contact (controlled by eWeLink app) to the power button of my DS918+ ... has anybody tried it already? Or I need to solder some pins on the motherboard?

"Xpenologists" breaking eyes to see serial number on the case))

There no warranty void sticker and its not legal to void warranty for opening up devices in some parts in the world just saying.

Thanks for sharing this tear down.

look like it design for dual boot flash but implement only one. of fully implement maybe it more reliable because if you have only one and it failed that box will be a brick.

thank you to let me know only can add one pic memory for DS920

Can I install NVMe M.2 22110 in synology 920+? Thank

Am i right in thinking that the DS920 does NOT have a fan over the CPU at all? just a heat sink?

So with Synology even the drives have to be Synology branded?

There is a reason to restrict to official only memory. In a NAS where timing across all four drives simultaneously write, back up and parity, timing would be important. And with different memory manufacturers not having identical attributes resulting in exact timing, don’t be a cheap bastard trying to save a buck after you spent over $650 USD on the DS920+ and one drive (minimum) when you want reliability and stability. Cut off the nose despite the face.

And damnit, man, wear a grounding strap!!!

Apparently 2 x NF-B9 redux-1600 PWM fans are a good replacement for quieter noise?
Anybody know if there are any new replacement models on the way?

So this NAS is basically a computer with special software and 4 drives.

Could you look into if somehow the 1Gb link can be replaced by a 2.5 one, for example?

i have upgraded to 20 gigs of memory

my questions are
ram upgarade. how can know ram frequancy so i can upgrage it and does the 2bay nas from Synology that it has 2b of ram (DS720+) is it enough ? for 2 hdd raid one

Thanks for this very useful guide, just used it to replace the stock fans with 2 Noctua NF-A9 FLX and everything went smoothly

That's going to be a lot of work to replace the coin cell when it dies!

Great, easy to follow video. One of the ram clips popped off and my fat fingers couldn't put it back with the chassis on.

How about swapping the m.2 nvme pci-e board for a 10gbps ethernet board 🤔

This was useful. I'm replacing my QNAP with this model Synology right now. Just waiting on my DS920+ to ship now. My 3 year old QNAP TVS-473 is a paperweight. Backplane issues (known common issue for this model) fixed under warranty but took weeks to get them to authorize it. Just plain bad service. Shipping cost me 1/10 the price of the NAS. Updates causing problems. This last time is just shut itself off. After some testing I think it is the PSU but for me it isn't worth dealing with anymore. I'm done with QNAP. Absolute crap experience for me all around.

NAS was always on a UPS and I have backups. If you don't backup your NAS you are doing it wrong.

IMO all manufactures cut quality to hit a price point. Some do it properly. Some don't give a crap. In my experience QNAP gives the minimum amount of care to meet low standards of customer support and hardware quality. They lost me over my experience with them.

At least I can use my 3 x 8TB Reds and one of the memory modules I used with the QNAP so there is a bright spot. Plex, Sonarr, Radarr, SABNZBD is mainly what I use it for. (Yes I will be doing the driver hack for hardware transcoding.)

Had anyone succesfully upgraded the RAM with non Synology memory? If so what did you use ?

Thanks for the tear down, this prevends me from buying this stupid NAS downgrade.
So the 918+ will be better and of course cheaper ....

Really do look forward to seeing if you can get that USB to upgrade to a 5gbe, or even plug an adapter in.... no more 2x 1gbe

Synology is so insincere and lazy when it comes to hardware design.

I bought this to upgrade the RAM in the SYNOLOGY DS920+.  (M471A5143EB1-CTD Samsung 4GB (1x4GB) DDR4-2666 1333MHz SO-DIMM)  Could you respond and advise if this should work?

After purchasing two SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2 2280 1TB PCIe Gen 3.0 x4 for the Synology DS920+ I am hoping there wont be a problem with my HeatSink purchase. The Heat Sink I purchased for these drives are the EKWB EK-M.2 NVMe HeatSink, Nickel. My question is do you think there will be a problem using this set of Heat Sinks in this case/Housing? Thank you very much in advance for your attention and time replying to my questions. Love your video here. It is awesome.

So they made the casing plastic, and removed the second RAM slot .. and I still have to pay the same price or a little more. No, Thank you very much. Synology can keep their cheaply made over priced junk.

How do you track what screws go to which part.

Soldered on memory. Another reason to move to another brand. Synology is taking too many lessons from Apple.

THKS, but did you ask Eddie (the Synology rep) before you took it a part?

Another poor, cost savings driven choice by Synology: after using 20 year old networking speed standards on high end models and reducing the number of USBs, now soldered memory is the new thing to watch out for.

About the teardown to get to the memory, most of those steps aren't necessary. You don't need to remove the HDD cage, USB connector or NVME expansion card and take all that assembly apart, just take out the 4 screws that hold the mainboard on the chassis and it will come off.

Remove heat sink to show processor.

The J4125 only support 8G memory anyway, seems like this is a mediocre refresh :-(

Cool to see the breakdown, heals me of the pointless quirky need to disassemble my own 918+. The only thing I wonder is whats under that heatsink on the processor. Is there an IHS plate or straight to the die, soldiered or thermal paste. If its just a paste the build tech in me would be curious if they used a decent paste and if I could replace it with a very carefully applied liquid metal Cryonaught type paste solution. As well I would measure carefully and see if there was case room to install a very thin 40mm Noctua fan on that heatsink ... but theres probably not enough room for it.
Hmmm ... howbout water cooled with a tiny little block and rad ... going too far?

hi =) thank you for the videos, been enjoying all the information you have been providing. Quick question, I ordered the 920+ and it’s on the way, but I am having trouble finding the official 4gb expansion memory. When do you think Synology will start shipping them out to distributors?

Like Twitch for tech nerds. Well, Twitch can also be for tech nerds.

Robbie, you’ve tried a 16 and 32 sodimm, can you whack an 8 in and see how it runs (totalling 12GB again odd we know). This long awaited release is a disappointment on many levels🤦🏼‍♂️

Maybe this will stop the pointless over the top RAM upgrades for that CPU.