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1. minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 26-Jun-2023 19:58:45 JST minute

   today i will attempt to upgrade this 8GB LS1028A module to 16GB by hand. wish me luck

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 26-Jun-2023 20:06:50 JST minute

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     chips are off

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 26-Jun-2023 20:22:24 JST minute

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     pads cleaned up

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 26-Jun-2023 20:28:31 JST minute

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     each of these is 4GB DDR4

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 26-Jun-2023 20:31:57 JST minute

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     now just need to align 'em

   • snow (snowsplitter@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 26-Jun-2023 20:36:07 JST snow

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     @mntmn Did it work? This what i see myself doing in my sleep. I just cant convert my sleep to reality. Damn!

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 26-Jun-2023 21:05:53 JST minute

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     was too fiddly to get these back on with hotplate, trying IR reflow

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 26-Jun-2023 21:07:55 JST minute

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     • jacqueline 🌟

     @jacqueline totally

   • jacqueline 🌟 (jacqueline@chaos.social)'s status on Monday, 26-Jun-2023 21:07:56 JST jacqueline 🌟

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     @mntmn ordering one spare just in case of disaster... they just like me fr

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 26-Jun-2023 22:39:23 JST minute

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     after fixing one short (caused by a bodge wire that melted in the oven) it's alive!! the 16GB chips even pass the DDR4 test for the 8GB chips with the previous config :0

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 26-Jun-2023 22:41:29 JST minute

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     linux works!

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Jun-2023 03:06:01 JST minute

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     • Martijn Braam

     @martijnbraam afaik yes

   • Martijn Braam (martijnbraam@fosstodon.org)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Jun-2023 03:06:02 JST Martijn Braam

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     @mntmn So is this the max amount of memory you can solder on there? :D

   • Drunk Eskimo (drunkeskimo@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Jun-2023 03:31:41 JST Drunk Eskimo

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     @mntmn yooooo that’s freaking sick dude

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Jun-2023 07:10:04 JST minute

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     • jacqueline 🌟

     @jacqueline i haven't! how will i remember this tomorrow

   • jacqueline 🌟 (jacqueline@chaos.social)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Jun-2023 07:10:05 JST jacqueline 🌟

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     @mntmn have you seen the various holders for the mhp30? they really help with the fiddlyness.

     timon has a nice one: https://github.com/timonsku/MHP30-Hotplate-PCB-Holder

     and i made a stickvise one: https://www.printables.com/model/280488-stickvise-jaws-for-mhp30

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Jun-2023 03:26:22 JST minute

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     ok, 16GB DDR4 finally working (had to spend another day on figuring out the right ddr config in ATF and solve a hang in u-boot)

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Jun-2023 03:27:16 JST minute

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     (core 2 says offline because i disabled multiprocessing for testing)