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tshoshua
30th June 2004, 04:57 PM
Hi!
Iīm new in this forum and would like to know if it is possible to use the unlocked ExtRom as normal memory-space in a way, that this space (about 16 MB) will be added as normal main-memory for installed programs.
Thankīs for your help in advance.

wfberg
30th June 2004, 08:08 PM
The Extended ROM is in flash memory (just like \Storage). Storage can't be used as RAM for running programs, simply because flash memory is a lot slower than RAM and can't be (re)written as often.

You can store files in your unhidden and unlocked Extended ROM as you would in \Storage or on a storage card. These won't be lost when the device hard resets. You might consider moving large documents/spreadsheets that don't change often from \My Documents to \Storage or \Extended ROM. This will also free up RAM. Also, some applications won't mind being stored there (but they will need free RAM to execute).

tshoshua
30th June 2004, 09:12 PM
Hi wfberg!
Thanks a lot for your quick answer. When there is no posibilty to use it as normal memory so at least for data, BUT how do i instruct my programs to use this part of memory as their normal/standard place to store?
As far as i know, almost all programs donīt give an option about
"where to store data"
*during installation* or
*after installation in a setup/configuration-menu*

ramram
1st July 2004, 11:44 AM
Hi wfberg!
Thanks a lot for your quick answer. When there is no posibilty to use it as normal memory so at least for data, BUT how do i instruct my programs to use this part of memory as their normal/standard place to store?
As far as i know, almost all programs donīt give an option about
"where to store data"
*during installation* or
*after installation in a setup/configuration-menu*

Open activesync then goto Tools>add/remove programs remove the mark on "Install program into the default installation folder" while you're installing a program a windows popup will ask you "Select Destination Media" just select in this case the "Storage" or the "Storage Card" :)