Nice job!
Would it be possible by any means to actually solder on a 1Gig Ram? I know the conventional anwer is NO, but can you elaborate a little on this issue and maybe while you are doing so your genius will come up with an answer that is YES I hope!!!!!!!
Nice job!
Would it be possible by any means to actually solder on a 1Gig Ram? I know the conventional anwer is NO, but can you elaborate a little on this issue and maybe while you are doing so your genius will come up with an answer that is YES I hope!!!!!!!
Take care
Pretty much anything is possible, you should see what they are doing with the Asus Eee PC…internal BT, internal Flash Drives, GPS, SD Card reader, etc.
I remember using a program while fooling around with the system and it said the X had a Max of 1GB of RAM (that’s what the MB supports). If that’s the case, you would need to remove the 512 and use 1GB. I also remember finding the model of the RAM and finding a 1GB module that would work if the RAM was removable. Of course this is all theory without being able to remove the current RAM which I am in no way capable of.
I got my tri-wing driver off of ebay. It was a couple bucks. Shipping costs more than the driver itself. Look for “nintendo ds screwdriver” You want the #00 size.
Hi Forum,
It’s my first post here, because I’ve been a happy owner of my X505/SP since a few days only. Really a great little notebook
Erik, you have done a good job!
I think about a little different solution. 32 GB compact flash costs only $130 to 190, for example: http://computers.pricegrabber.com/flash-memory/m/61755784/ On the other hand it is possible to buy Compact Flash to 1.8” adapter, for example: http://linitx.com/viewproduct.php?prodid=11521
What do you think, isn’t it cheaper and sufficient good solution?
Regards,
G.
Welcome aboard George. I hope you are enjoying your X505. You can use a CF drive, but you are forgetting about one of the main purposes of the SSD drive - speed.
The SSD is one of the fastest HDs out there. The CF drive will be slow, quite possibly, even slower than the original HD.
SSD will give you the highest Average Read at over 50mb/sec. Random access speeds are less than 0.2ms and CPU utilization is around 1%.
Here is a testimony from a person who bought the Samsung drive and installed it in their X505.
I purchased this product to replace my Sony Vaio X505’s 1.8”” HDD. The factory unit has a 20GB drive. I have two notebooks so I was able to do a side by side - clean install using the different drives. The difference is amazing. The read went from 15.5 MB/s to 49.7 MB/s, and it was a steady reading from 0-32 GB. The 32GB SSD drive is 220.64% faster then the 20GB drive! I couldn’t ask for more!
...I purchased this product to replace my Sony Vaio X505’s 1.8”” HDD. The factory unit has a 20GB drive. I have two notebooks so I was able to do a side by side - clean install using the different drives. The difference is amazing.
Dan,
Nobody doubts that SSD is faster than HD, but the question is how many faster it is than fast CF!
I hope!!!!!!! 
