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-   -   replacing ram in n900 (https://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=74157)

oneat 2011-06-20 11:25
replacing ram in n900
 
Do you think it's possible to replace (resolder) ram in my n900 to better one?

Captwheeto 2011-06-20 11:50
Re: replacing ram in n900
 
No. But good luck if you're going to attempt it anyway!

JadeH 2011-06-20 14:23
Re: replacing ram in n900
 
that would actually be cool, but I don't think anyone ever tried yet, so there's nothing documented about it

dr_frost_dk 2011-06-20 14:33
Re: replacing ram in n900
 
If you have the right equipment (and here we are talking very advanced equipment) then yes you should be able to change the 256MB to 512MB, only thing here is that it has to be the same memory (connections), and then if the N900 will take it...
In theory it should take it, just like a normal PC when you change RAM and go to the highest RAM that you MB can use.

Would be very weird if the controller on the N900 MB can't accept more then 256MB

karam 2011-06-20 14:41
Re: replacing ram in n900
 
why doing that ?
there is a swap partition 750 mb
and for me i repartitioned it to 1.7gb
so i have 2 gb of ram (1.7gb swap and 256 ram)

dr_frost_dk 2011-06-20 14:55
Re: replacing ram in n900
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by karam (Post 1032813)
why doing that ?
there is a swap partition 750 mb
and for me i repartitioned it to 1.7gb
so i have 2 gb of ram (1.7gb swap and 256 ram)
Because the SWAP is very slow compared to TRUE RAM.
So having 512MB will really speed the N900 up dramatic, when swap is set the 0 (Swap to RAM mostly)

Fabry 2011-06-20 15:23
Re: replacing ram in n900
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by dr_frost_dk (Post 1032807)
If you have the right equipment (and here we are talking very advanced equipment) then yes you should be able to change the 256MB to 512MB, only thing here is that it has to be the same memory (connections), and then if the N900 will take it...
In theory it should take it, just like a normal PC when you change RAM and go to the highest RAM that you MB can use.

Would be very weird if the controller on the N900 MB can't accept more then 256MB
On another thread (here on TMO) I have read that ram is embedded with CPU on a single chip (stacked chip).

If this is true I doubt that someone can change ram size on N900.

woody14619 2011-06-20 15:28
Re: replacing ram in n900
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Captwheeto (Post 1032618)
No. But good luck if you're going to attempt it anyway!
And if you do, take pictures, and make a tutorial on how to! :) I'm experienced enough with micro circuts to know I could probably pull it off. But I also know there's about a 10% chance of me screwing it up, and that's just too high for me to do it. When I have a valid replacement for my current N900, like another N900 or an N9(50), maybe I'll try something like that then. :)

dr_frost_dk 2011-06-20 15:33
Re: replacing ram in n900
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fabry (Post 1032857)
On another thread (here on TMO) I have read that ram is embedded with CPU on a single chip (stacked chip).

If this is true I doubt that someone can change ram size on N900.
If this is the case then yes this will be next to impossible.

And i think we are all thinking about what to do in the future, is the N900 going to be the last device that is to our liking, will somebody at nokia just "release" the hole of Maemo 5 out (massive torrent dump), will we see a N950? or N9?

And this thread is something that could be a last resort, modding the hardware to make a even better N900.

ste-phan 2011-06-20 15:45
Re: replacing ram in n900
 
Why not we start ask for price vs qty quotation and eventually start gathering funds for Chinese replacement clones of the N900 motherboard with increased ram, next compatible higher clocked SOC, hdmi? :p


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