Yokemate of Keyboards
Posts: 2795 from 2006/3/21
From: Northern Calif...
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Well, no one has done it yet, but unless there is something in the firmware to prevent it (which I doubt), or something in MorphOS2.1 "EFIKA" version to prevent it, (again, which I doubt), then it should be able to add another 128mb of RAM to the underside of the EFIKA exactly where the board was designed to accept additional RAM. The manufacturer offers to add RAM if a minimum number of boards are ordered that way, so it is possible,
It is not possible. Please do not try this.
bplan offers custom board reworks for large customers - the "up to 512MB" is a hint to people who want to buy 1000 boards, not so they can remodel a single board for you by hand.
Please do not make your Efika "take" 256MB RAM - it will not work, simply, because the PCB you have cannot take more than two 512Mbit chips.
So you are saying that my EFIKA pcb itself, not the components placed on it, is manufactured differently than the pcb's for an EFIKA capable of 512mb RAM. That sounds crazy, and I won't believe that until it is proven!
No where in any of my messages did I say I was going to try to add memory to my EFIKA without proper documentation on how to do it. Given the fine pitch of the memory chips, I would prefer to just send it out to b-plan, or a third party that has the documentation from b-plan, to have it done, as the soldering is difficult to do without the proper tools.
Saying it is impossible just because b-plan or genesi does not wish to disclose the information on how it is done is like saying that it is impossible for MorphOS to run on a MacMini, just because the MOS team has not released it yet and does not want to tell anyone how to do it. It is possible as it has been demonstrated. The EFIKA is capable of using up to 512mb of RAM, as it was designed to do so. If a few components need to be replaced to make it work, then the cost to do so would have to be weighed against the benefit it would provide and the other alternatives available (such as MorphOS on the MacMini, when/if it is ever released).
Saying the EFIKA is not worth the effort and everyone should just wait until MorphOS is released for the MacMini is also stupid and wasteful. Why should I not try to get the most and best use from the EFIKA computer I already have in my hands? I am not alone in this, there are many EFIKA owners that would like to upgrade their EFIKA to 256mb, or 512mb of RAM if it were possible at a reasonable price.
I am neither naive about my chances of getting what I want from b-plan, or crazy with my money to spend too much just to double, or quadruple my EFIKA memory, but why not at least try?
I don't understand all the negative energy being expended to try to tell me I am wasting my time. Us Amiga users are used to fighting for what we need and want and waiting long periods of time to get them. Even after MorphOS is released for the MacMini (and hopefully a few other G4 Mac models like the iBook and PowerBook), I will still want to make my EFIKA more usable, either for myself, or to the person that I sell it to. Also, if the upgrade were known, or provided by b-plan or a third party, it would be a great benefit to the MorphOS community, as it would be easier for new users to join us at a low cost, instead of turning to the SAM440ep and pursuing the AmigaOS4.x direction.
I won't be able to sell my EFIKA for hardly anything if it is not made more useful than it is today. Where are all the other EFIKA owners to support me and what I am trying to find out, that need more memory too?
MorphOS - The best Next Gen Amiga choice.
