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#319822 - 27/02/2009 02:51 Successful Mk2 memory upgrade!
Aragon
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Registered: 17/05/2002
Posts: 148
Loc: Cape Town, South Africa
I took the plunge tonight. Worked first time! Talk about difficult...

Next up is SPDIF. smile

Code:
Linux version 2.2.17-rmk5-np17-empeg55-hijack-v508 ([email protected]) (gcc version 2.95.3 20010315 (release)) #2 Fri Jan 9 16:06:35 EST 2009
Processor: Intel StrongARM-1100 revision 11
Checking for extra DRAM:
c0c00000: passed.
c0d00000: passed.
c0e00000: passed.
c0f00000: passed.
NetWinder Floating Point Emulator V0.94.1 (c) 1998 Corel Computer Corp.
empeg-car player (hardware revision 7, serial number 80000559) 16MB DRAM
Command line: mem=12m noinitrd
Calibrating delay loop... 207.67 BogoMIPS
Memory: 15000k/16M available (996k code, 20k reserved, 364k data, 4k init)


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#319824 - 27/02/2009 03:23 Re: Successful Mk2 memory upgrade! [Re: Aragon]
Boelle
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Registered: 22/11/2007
Posts: 475
Loc: Denmark, Odense
should have used thinner wire and cleaned the fluxoff with alcohol

where did you get the chips ?
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#319825 - 27/02/2009 04:05 Re: Successful Mk2 memory upgrade! [Re: Boelle]
Aragon
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Registered: 17/05/2002
Posts: 148
Loc: Cape Town, South Africa
The flux's ok... my player came with flux covered chips from factory and has been fine for years. smile

Chips are from Stu. Thanks Stu! (for your guide too)

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#319835 - 27/02/2009 12:12 Re: Successful Mk2 memory upgrade! [Re: Aragon]
mlord
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Registered: 29/08/2000
Posts: 14493
Loc: Canada
Nice job! Funny how close-up photos make the wire look HUGE. smile

But I would followup on the suggestion to gently swab the area with a Q-tip or three dabbed in alcohol.

Cheers

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#319854 - 28/02/2009 05:34 Re: Successful Mk2 memory upgrade! [Re: mlord]
Aragon
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Registered: 17/05/2002
Posts: 148
Loc: Cape Town, South Africa
I'm a paranoid sucker for punishment. laugh

RAS lead replaced and on the hunt for some isopropyl alcohol. Thanks for your comments.


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#319855 - 28/02/2009 05:39 Re: Successful Mk2 memory upgrade! [Re: Aragon]
Boelle
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Registered: 22/11/2007
Posts: 475
Loc: Denmark, Odense
remember to fix the wires with hot melt glue...
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#319856 - 28/02/2009 05:41 Re: Successful Mk2 memory upgrade! [Re: Boelle]
Aragon
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Registered: 17/05/2002
Posts: 148
Loc: Cape Town, South Africa
Yup! wink


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#319859 - 28/02/2009 11:19 Re: Successful Mk2 memory upgrade! [Re: Aragon]
mlord
carpal tunnel

Registered: 29/08/2000
Posts: 14493
Loc: Canada
Wow! Another great job! smile

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#319968 - 03/03/2009 20:40 Re: Successful Mk2 memory upgrade! [Re: Aragon]
maczrool
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Registered: 13/01/2002
Posts: 1649
Loc: Louisiana, USA
Originally Posted By: Aragon
Thanks Stu! (for your guide too)


Actually, the memory guide was done mostly by Michael Davey with a few rehashes from some of our other manuals and some photographic contributions.

Stu
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#320012 - 04/03/2009 17:48 Re: Successful Mk2 memory upgrade! [Re: maczrool]
Aragon
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Registered: 17/05/2002
Posts: 148
Loc: Cape Town, South Africa
Ah. Thanks to Michael too then. Excellent guide. smile

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#320031 - 05/03/2009 02:11 Re: Successful Mk2 memory upgrade! [Re: maczrool]
tanstaafl.
carpal tunnel

Registered: 08/07/1999
Posts: 5549
Loc: Ajijic, Mexico
This is probably a silly question... but what advantage is gained by adding memory?

tanstaafl.
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#320033 - 05/03/2009 02:30 Re: Successful Mk2 memory upgrade! [Re: tanstaafl.]
mlord
carpal tunnel

Registered: 29/08/2000
Posts: 14493
Loc: Canada
Not much. Except it should help quite a bit with large drives
(eg. the commonplace 250GB drives).

A large drive means a large filesystem.
Which means larger kernel data structures in RAM.
Which means less RAM for the player to buffer with,
unless memory is added.

Or so the theory goes.


Edited by mlord (05/03/2009 02:30)

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#320038 - 05/03/2009 03:08 Re: Successful Mk2 memory upgrade! [Re: mlord]
Aragon
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Registered: 17/05/2002
Posts: 148
Loc: Cape Town, South Africa
My drives spin up less frequently since the upgrade. The Mk2's 12 MB gets a bit strained with 2.0 and Hijack loaded...

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