QNAP TS-453E Repair Manual

b. Lift the drive cage until it is completely detached.
Note
Detaching the drive cage also detaches the riser card and the backplane, which are
screwed to the drive cage, from their slots on the system board.
8. Position the drive cage on its bottom side by rotating clockwise 90 degrees.
9. Remove M.2 SSDs from the riser card.
Note
This step is necessary if you want to remove the riser card and there are M.2 SSDs installed.
a. Remove the screw that secures the M.2 SSD to the drive cage.
Note
• The pan head M2.5x3 screw requires a Phillips #2 screwdriver.
• A torque of 3 kgf.cm (2.60 lbf.in) ± 0.5 kgf.cm (0.43 lbf.in) is recommended for
electric screwdrivers.
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QNAP TS-453E Specifications

General

GPU	Intel UHD Graphics
Flash Memory	4 GB (Dual boot OS protection)
Drive Bays	4 x 3.5-inch SATA 6Gb/s, 3Gb/s
Hot-swappable	Yes
M.2 SSD Slot	2 x M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 x1
SSD Cache Acceleration Support	Yes
Network Interface	2 x 2.5GbE RJ45
Form Factor	Tower
LED Indicators	Status, LAN, USB, HDD 1-4
Kensington Security Slot	Yes
Operating System	QTS 5.0
Processor	Intel Celeron J6412
CPU Architecture	64-bit x86
Memory	8 GB DDR4 (4 GB x 2)
Memory Slot	2 x SO-DIMM
Drive Compatibility	3.5-inch SATA hard disk drives, 2.5-inch SATA solid state drives
Maximum Internal Raw Capacity	64 TB (16 TB drive x 4)
Buttons	Power, Reset
Power Supply Unit	100-240V
Fan	1 x 120mm
Operating Temperature	0°C to 40°C (32°F to 104°F)
Operating Humidity	5% to 95% RH