I'm guessing the CPU must be soldered to the board on these ? I have a 1815+ that is currently working, and now I'm afraid to shut it off. I wonder if the DS2015 (not sure of #, the 10gbe model) uses this defective part ?
probably to save money. that sucks, because even if you swapped it with another defective one, it would be worth it if you just had to replace the CPU every 18 months.
Learned in another area of this post that yes, they are soldered on, but that's Intel's choice. They only offer the CPU in a BGA (ball grid array) form factor. There's no such thing as a BGA socket, other than some specialty test unit things that aren't suitable for real world use.
Supposedly,the DSD2015xs uses an ARM cpu...1.7Ghz Annapurna AL-514. That's a $1600 unit though.
It's expensive, no doubt. Since I'm already in $1k for the 1815+, maybe if/when mine dies, I will try to haggle with them for a $600 upgrade instead of RMA'ing the old unit. Might work out better for everyone: I know the new unit doesn't have the faulty Atom chip, I have a faster NAS, and thats one less RMA they have to turn around (I'd still mail back the broken one).