I have tried to find anything on physically changing the RAM to increase the speed of the HU but I haven't been able to come up with anything; I might not even be doing the right searches. If anyone knows if it is possible to physically change the RAM and not just change the options in the menus, I would really appreciate some feedback. I just want to make the HU faster, I don't care about storage space, I'll use my ipod for storage. I don't mind tweaking the settings to help the process, but I'm hell bent on changing something physically to give it the speed boost, much like buying new RAM for your laptop to help speed it up. I have visited a few car audio shops in my area and a couple of the techs have said that they know of someone who has done this, but have no idea how to do it themselves. I hope its not just fiction... Any input would rock, thanks in advance!

I have tried to find anything on physically changing the RAM to increase the speed of the HU but I haven't been able to come up with anything; I might not even be doing the right searches. If anyone knows if it is possible to physically change the RAM and not just change the options in the menus, I would really appreciate some feedback. I just want to make the HU faster, I don't care about storage space, I'll use my ipod for storage. I don't mind tweaking the settings to help the process, but I'm hell bent on changing something physically to give it the speed boost, much like buying new RAM for your laptop to help speed it up. I have visited a few car audio shops in my area and a couple of the techs have said that they know of someone who has done this, but have no idea how to do it themselves. I hope its not just fiction... Any input would rock, thanks in advance!

here you gohttp://avic411.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=122614

 

here you gohttp://avic411.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=122614

I have already read that particular thread, and as far as I understood, it mostly deals with changing the settings and not changing out any hardware, which is what I'm mostly interested in. I already plan to change the settings as outlined in that thread. However, thank you so much for the input!

Anyone know about changing the hardware to augment the RAM?

 

here you gohttp://avic411.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=122614

 

I have already read that particular thread, and as far as I understood, it mostly deals with changing the settings and not changing out any hardware, which is what I'm mostly interested in. I already plan to change the settings as outlined in that thread. However, thank you so much for the input!

 

 

Anyone know about changing the hardware to augment the RAM?

One would think that this should be possible. All the system is, is Windows CE. As long as the version of CE and the motherboard can support whatever upgrade you'd like it should work. However, there are a few things to consider:

1.) is the RAM removable (I.E. Is it soldered into the board?)

2.) Would opening the system enclosure Void the warranty (most likely it will)

2 things. It's a proprietary CPU, so no gains possible there until Centrality/SiRf makes a faster one. It doesn't use all the RAM it already has, plus any changes to the RAM slider are lost on reboot.