RAM upgrade?
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(05-04-2018, 07:06 AM)aproximation Wrote: Has anything changed in that 7 months or so to allow me to open the Pinebook and upgrade to 4 or 8 GB or more of RAM?

8GB??... I doubt it. IIRC, the pine64 CPU is only capably of addressing up to 3GB of memory, so it would be a complete overhaul to a different CPU and associated teething problems of such a change.

(05-04-2018, 07:06 AM)aproximation Wrote: The previous post mentioned that the RAM was soldered onto the board. It's probably folly, but might it be possible for an amateur like myself to un-solder that RAM chip and solder on a socket to allow me to pop in a larger RAM chip?

Changing the memory on these would not be for the faint hearted... we're not talking parts that have accessible solder joints... their ball grid array type parts, meaning all the solder joints are under the chip, and would have to be detached through use of a heat plate. And then there would be the "fun" of trying to get the new one on (say an upgrade from 2GB to 3GB) without any shorts.

The proper answer to the OP question would have been "NO" - or "Not unless you have a whole reflow soldering setup and know how to remove and replace BGA parts... and then assuming nothing needs changing in the software." There may be a new main-board out at some point, based on the rock64 or rock64pro designs... and then you'll be able to look forward to better CPU, graphics and RAM performance.


Messages In This Thread
RAM upgrade? - by frank-zappa - 09-14-2017, 03:13 PM
RE: RAM upgrade? - by MarkHaysHarris777 - 09-14-2017, 04:16 PM
RE: RAM upgrade? - by aproximation - 05-04-2018, 07:06 AM
RE: RAM upgrade? - by pfeerick - 05-04-2018, 04:14 PM
RE: RAM upgrade? - by aproximation - 05-04-2018, 05:46 PM

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