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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.

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 addict 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 ? _________________________ the "monkey" who learned to check a harddrive
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#319825 - 27/02/2009 04:05 Re: Successful Mk2 memory upgrade! [Re: Boelle]
Aragon member 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. 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 carpal tunnel Registered: 29/08/2000 Posts: 14496 Loc: Canada	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
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#319854 - 28/02/2009 05:34 Re: Successful Mk2 memory upgrade! [Re: mlord]
Aragon member Registered: 17/05/2002 Posts: 148 Loc: Cape Town, South Africa	I'm a paranoid sucker for punishment. RAS lead replaced and on the hunt for some isopropyl alcohol. Thanks for your comments. Attachments
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#319855 - 28/02/2009 05:39 Re: Successful Mk2 memory upgrade! [Re: Aragon]
Boelle addict Registered: 22/11/2007 Posts: 475 Loc: Denmark, Odense	remember to fix the wires with hot melt glue... _________________________ the "monkey" who learned to check a harddrive
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#319856 - 28/02/2009 05:41 Re: Successful Mk2 memory upgrade! [Re: Boelle]
Aragon member Registered: 17/05/2002 Posts: 148 Loc: Cape Town, South Africa	Yup!
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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: 14496 Loc: Canada	Wow! Another great job!
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#319968 - 03/03/2009 20:40 Re: Successful Mk2 memory upgrade! [Re: Aragon]
maczrool pooh-bah 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 _________________________ If you want it to break, buy Sony!
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#320012 - 04/03/2009 17:48 Re: Successful Mk2 memory upgrade! [Re: maczrool]
Aragon member Registered: 17/05/2002 Posts: 148 Loc: Cape Town, South Africa	Ah. Thanks to Michael too then. Excellent guide.
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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. _________________________ "There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch"
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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: 14496 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 member 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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