128 RAM

Talk about anything related to Gentoox or Gentoo.

Are you planning to upgrade your RAM?

yes, as soon as I can find someone to do it
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14%
yes I might, it seems pretty good
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27%
maybe, depends how much it costs
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22%
no, I don't really need it
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9%
no way, its to expensive and not worth it
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13%
Aready upgraded
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16%
 
Total votes: 64

CANE
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Post by CANE »

thank u i read the tutorial in xbox-linux.org

:lol:
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jaroc
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Post by jaroc »

just curious, is it possible to upgrade to 256? 512?
Craxx
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Post by Craxx »

no only 128 mb.
With 128mb the xbox works with linux faster as with 64mb.
For games and the most things it makes no difference.

best regards
Craxx;)
Taily
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Post by Taily »

jaroc wrote:just curious, is it possible to upgrade to 256? 512?
No! the ram chips are 16mb each, you can't get bigger ones for the xbox

PS. If your not experienced and very good at soldering i DO NOT recomend you try this upgrade, i was able to make sparkled come out of my chips, and now the mobo just frags XD
sord_fish
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Post by sord_fish »

i've just finished upgrading one of my spair boards to 128mb not tested with linux yet but it does help my modded vicecity :lol:

I can install the chips if any one wants but the chips are pricy unfortunatly

i remove mine with a paint stripper from a dead board, not a good idea :roll: but i dont have the cash for a rework station just yet :twisted:
jaroc wrote:just curious, is it possible to upgrade to 256? 512?
i read on x-s about piggy backing the ram, because the 1.6 doesnt have the extra spaces. You would solder the extra ram ontop of an exsisting chip.

very complicated and probably not possible but who noes :shock:
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Post by eL_ReMoRa »

but it's true that the original xbox bios crashes after done the ram-mod???
sord_fish
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Post by sord_fish »

nope the xbox works fine with the retail bios. the only way is if it was a bad install of the ram.
128MB Upgrades in the North west UK
bleugh
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Post by bleugh »

128 meg ram makes no difference to retail boxes.

if you upgrade correctly, a retail bios will boot as if it wasnt there, the POST in the xbox seems to check ALL memory present, not just the first 64 meg

if you mess the install up, it won't boot!
128 megabyte motherboards sold - £89
memory chips sold - £24 (BRAND NEW)
motherboards upgraded for £49 incl chips
UK based seller
stevenz
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Post by stevenz »

What I don't understand is why anyone would try using GentooX with the GUI (XFree) with only 64Mb. It's virtually unusable. After X loads there's virtually no physical memory left, loading Office took the best part of 2 minutes.

For using as a server of course, it's good as gold if left in terminal mode.
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Post by ShALLaX »

Thats not really fair to say... XFCE runs at an acceptable rate, openoffice of course kills it, but stuff like xmms, gaim, xchat... etc run fine.
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Taily
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Post by Taily »

ShALLaX wrote:Thats not really fair to say... XFCE runs at an acceptable rate, openoffice of course kills it, but stuff like xmms, gaim, xchat... etc run fine.
Maybe no openoffice but i suppose Abiword coul be added to that list ;)
LifeEscalade
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Post by LifeEscalade »

i was thinking about upgrading my ram after i read this article but the thing is, i searched for ram chips but couldnt find any... where could i possibly find em? or can i take some off of old ram?
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Post by ShALLaX »

Buy a broken/ old Xbox from eBay... bingo.
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Post by clpalmer »

There's a couple places to get em mentioned earlier in this thread or another. Appleguru from X-S sells em for $30 USD (shipping included) and he's great to deal with. Someone else mentioned another company that sells for $30 but shipping is extra. Or like ShALLaX said, get an old one and remove em, but that's a bunch of extra work and you have to find an old xbox for under $30 to be worth it. Keep in mind also, you have to be a fairly decent solder-er (if that's the term). It's not that easy a task if you haven't soldered much. I ended up having to use the microscope from work (a good magnifying glass probably would have worked, but the microscope is easier =) to find a tiny strand of soldering wick I got stuck behind some pins causing it to not boot.
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