Successful Mk2 memory upgrade!

Posted by: Aragon

Successful Mk2 memory upgrade! - 27/02/2009 02:51

I took the plunge tonight. Worked first time! Talk about difficult...

Next up is SPDIF.

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)

Posted by: Boelle

Re: Successful Mk2 memory upgrade! - 27/02/2009 03:23

should have used thinner wire and cleaned the fluxoff with alcohol

where did you get the chips ?

Posted by: Aragon

Re: Successful Mk2 memory upgrade! - 27/02/2009 04:05

The flux's ok... my player came with flux covered chips from factory and has been fine for years.

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

Posted by: mlord

Re: Successful Mk2 memory upgrade! - 27/02/2009 12:12

Nice job! Funny how close-up photos make the wire look HUGE.

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

Cheers

Posted by: Aragon

Re: Successful Mk2 memory upgrade! - 28/02/2009 05:34

I'm a paranoid sucker for punishment.

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

Posted by: Boelle

Re: Successful Mk2 memory upgrade! - 28/02/2009 05:39

remember to fix the wires with hot melt glue...

Posted by: Aragon

Re: Successful Mk2 memory upgrade! - 28/02/2009 05:41

Yup!

Posted by: mlord

Re: Successful Mk2 memory upgrade! - 28/02/2009 11:19

Wow! Another great job!

Posted by: maczrool

Re: Successful Mk2 memory upgrade! - 03/03/2009 20:40

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

Posted by: Aragon

Re: Successful Mk2 memory upgrade! - 04/03/2009 17:48

Ah. Thanks to Michael too then. Excellent guide.

Posted by: tanstaafl.

Re: Successful Mk2 memory upgrade! - 05/03/2009 02:11

This is probably a silly question... but what advantage is gained by adding memory?

tanstaafl.

Posted by: mlord

Re: Successful Mk2 memory upgrade! - 05/03/2009 02:30

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.

Posted by: Aragon

Re: Successful Mk2 memory upgrade! - 05/03/2009 03:08

My drives spin up less frequently since the upgrade. The Mk2's 12 MB gets a bit strained with 2.0 and Hijack loaded...