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!

• This is my first disassembling, please be patient, correct my grammar mistakes if you find some.
• This was pretty easy, nothing compared to iPods or Macs.

First thing first remove the frontal part by sliding it up and pulling out.

• You will be able to see the hard disks.

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?

Now it's time to remove the Hard Disks.

BE CAREFUL, when handling these parts do not touch the circuits, do not shock, and to not make your dog play with them. I'm serious, this could lead into data loss.

• At the back of the DNS pull out the two little levers to make the hard drives come out.
• Gently take them and keep in a safe place until the whole unit is reassembled.

The drives are order-sensitive! Remember if they were right or left, otherwise you will be prompted a message when accessing the NAS.

Remove the frontal part.

• There are two screws, remove them with a cross screwdriver.
• After that pull off the little sheet of metal that's covering the front.

Now it's time to open the rear.

• You have to remove four rubber lids which cover the screws, so remove them with a flat screwdriver and then so on with the screws.

Take off the rear and unscrew the next four screw showed in the picture.

These screws are hard! Pay attention not to strip them!

Pull the board to make it slide off the case.

The board is quite simple, a little ARM-based computer mounting Linux. (is it?), all condensers are most for power supply, doubled because of the two HDDs.

• Remove two more screws under the circuit.