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Click to See Complete Forum and Search --> : Upgrade Zire with 8mb RAM janjan 10-15-2002, 09:50 PM Somebody has already offered to upgrade Zire to 8mb RAM for Euro 45/- http://www.vivomobile.de/de/index.html Although it voids the warranty, it is an alternative for those who likes the cute Zire but wants more RAM. tuffguy 10-25-2002, 05:55 PM It might interest me if I knew how to read German! janjan 10-26-2002, 12:14 AM Hi tuffguy, duly translated by courtesy of Google: Cordially welcomely! We look forward to be allowed to welcome you to our homepage! vivomobile e.K. offers a comprehensive service for all usual Handheld computers. Repair/armament/support/training Profit from our experience of many years! World-wide for the first time! The Palm Zire with 8 MB main storage! The Palm Zire was just brought in Germany as new a riser model of Palm Inc. on the market. The basic equipment is that of the older m100 very similarly, the equipment had likewise ex factory only 2 MB RAM vivomobile can main storage immediately on 8 MB rig! The Upgrade on 8 MB RAM costs 49, -, with us only EUR including our 24-Months guarantee! Further information on the side of prices/order! tuffguy 10-29-2002, 10:16 AM janjan, very cool, thanks for the help. Check out the new tungsten t though. even better. 8mb is still too small (zire). tuff janjan 10-30-2002, 12:16 AM Agreed 2mb IS waaay tooo small. Am a heavy palm user myself using multuple memory cards. Upgrade info posted for interest and those who like the Zire form with more memory. Cheers. OldBlue 11-02-2002, 02:30 AM I used this service in January 2000 to upgrade my Palm V from 2 MB to 8 MB. The service was excellent, I was kept informed of the upgrade progress via email, and I had my Palm back in less than 1 week. I recently read on the web site that they upgrade Zires from 2 MB to 8 MB for $59. Not sure how that compares in price with the other service, but at least this offers an alternative. http://www.palmpilotupgrade.com/about.html OldBlue Pelaca 11-10-2002, 05:06 AM I upgrade my ZIRE to 8Mb by myself... piece of cake mans... :D tuffguy 11-10-2002, 12:38 PM Pelaca- Very cool. How did you do it? OldBlue 11-10-2002, 02:05 PM Pelaca The RAM appears to be soldered, not socketed, to the motherboard. See the picture of the motherboard and components in this link: http://www.palminfocenter.com/view_story.asp?ID=4324 Is there an easy way to replace the RAM without having to unsolder the many pins of the memory chip? OldBlue Pelaca 11-10-2002, 04:30 PM Originally posted by OldBlue Pelaca The RAM appears to be soldered, not socketed, to the motherboard. See the picture of the motherboard and components in this link: http://www.palminfocenter.com/view_story.asp?ID=4324 Is there an easy way to replace the RAM without having to unsolder the many pins of the memory chip? OldBlue Sorry but donīt exists another way... the chip are soldered... and you have to have SMD soldering knowledge for made it... OldBlue 11-10-2002, 04:49 PM Pelaca What you're saying then is that the upgrade was a "piece of cake" for you, but that the average Palm Zire user who does not have access to Suface Mount Device soldering equipment or experience in using an SMD station is out of luck? I don't think that many Zire users will buy into your claim that the do-it-yourself RAM upgrade is a "piece of cake." OldBlue Pelaca 11-10-2002, 07:20 PM Originally posted by OldBlue Pelaca What you're saying then is that the upgrade was a "piece of cake" for you, but that the average Palm Zire user who does not have access to Suface Mount Device soldering equipment or experience in using an SMD station is out of luck? I don't think that many Zire users will buy into your claim that the do-it-yourself RAM upgrade is a "piece of cake." OldBlue Iīm not using SMD station... but itīs true, you have to know how to replace the chip... I correct my previous afirmation, "Is a piece of cake compared with the upgrade to 16Mb for CLIE N7x0C" Notebook 11-11-2002, 04:50 AM Just bought a zire and love it to death!!! done a bit of vb and therefore wouldnt mind updating the memory as some of you appear to have done.. as luck would have it I am an SMT tech and have access to soldering equipment and also to profesional reworkers. therefore, anyone tell me where i can purchase the memory sop to upgrade it cheers Notebook:p Notebook 11-11-2002, 04:52 AM ooops forgot to say i am in the uk Pelaca 11-11-2002, 09:40 AM Originally posted by Notebook ooops forgot to say i am in the uk You can check it, calling to: Micron Europe Ltd. Phone: 44-1344-750750 The part number of the Micron 8Mb EDO DRAM neccesary for the Palm is MT4LC4M16R6-75 I hope this help you... ;) OldBlue 11-11-2002, 03:06 PM Pelaca Thank you for clarifying your "piece of cake" statement. I know it would not be easy for me to swap the RAM module, which is why I pay others to provide the service for me. I admire that you are able to do-it-yourself. OldBlue Notebook 11-12-2002, 08:04 AM contacted them - got the response:- this is a chip number as opposed to a module number Could you please let us know what module you require ? any helpers cheers Notebook Pelaca 11-12-2002, 08:27 AM Originally posted by Notebook contacted them - got the response:- this is a chip number as opposed to a module number Could you please let us know what module you require ? any helpers cheers Notebook Ok... another emploee in dumb mode... Try with this... Arrow Electronics UK Ltd. Phone: 44-1234-270027 (Bedford) Phone: 44-1279-626777 (Harlow) I hope this helps... kjman10 01-02-2003, 11:47 AM I've read all of the replys. But how do you make it 8MB? Do you have to like open up the palm and put it inside? Oh and if you give me a site give me one that is in english. Pelaca 01-02-2003, 12:11 PM Originally posted by kjman10 I've read all of the replys. But how do you make it 8MB? Do you have to like open up the palm and put it inside? Oh and if you give me a site give me one that is in english. You forgot the magic word PLEASE!!! Your reply sound like a sentence of dead... :D You have to take out the 2Mb chip, solder one of 8Mb in this place and move some resistors... I haven't any English site about that but I think the pictures are enough clear... May be AltaVista translation helps... M100 upgrade (http://tokiolapalm.cool.ne.jp//giken/021108zire/8mb.html) Or you can see my upgraded Zire picture... http://tokiolapalm.cool.ne.jp//giken/021108zire/argentina/image001.jpg canellemx 01-09-2003, 09:20 PM Pelaca, como has hecho para aumentar la memoria de la Zire, conoces de alguien que pueda hacerlo en Mexico? Espero tu respuesta, gracias! Pelaca 01-09-2003, 10:45 PM Originally posted by canellemx Pelaca, como has hecho para aumentar la memoria de la Zire, conoces de alguien que pueda hacerlo en Mexico? Espero tu respuesta, gracias! No conozco a nadie en Mexico... El upgrade es simple pero se necesita tener conocimiento de soldadura sobre SMT (Componentes de montaje superficial)... Hay que cambiar el chip de 2Mb por uno 8Mb y mover 3 resistencias... ebisix 01-24-2003, 04:43 PM It might of been better to simply buy an m105. You get 8MB of memory, a backlit screen, the option to change faceplates, Flash memory and a cradle. The only thing better that the Zire has is a rechargable battery. Pelaca 01-25-2003, 05:43 AM Originally posted by ebisix It might of been better to simply buy an m105. You get 8MB of memory, a backlit screen, the option to change faceplates, Flash memory and a cradle. The only thing better that the Zire has is the rechargable battery. The M105 has flash memory but can't be used from the PalmOS like the Zire... but I agree the M105 is a better machine... PDA Street
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