Shift dissasembly and SSD installation.

[CAVADIAS]

I am having thoughts of installing a ssd drive inside htc shift. Is this possible? Has anybody tried it or dissasembly htc shift?

Thanks,

Lefteris

[rpawly]

i dont know that im brave enuf to kill my warranty. If the drives are the same size and same power consumption and have the same mounting points then it should be easy.

[Pfeffa-rah]

That's a lot of ifs...

[michael85]

And if you look in Vista at the Experience index, you can see that the HD is fast enough :)
Okay, SSD is always a lot faster. ;)

[rpawly]

I forgot the big if,

IF you can afford one the proper size :)

[rpawly]

If someone has very large juevos they could crack their shift open and take some pictures!!!

doh, daniel u should of done that before replacing it!!!!!

[Pantaloonie]

There are internal pics of the Shift on the FCC site.

https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&RequestTimeout=500&calledFromFrame=N&application_id=542917&fcc_id='NM8CL'

[rpawly]

good to know we can upgrade the harddrive very easily then
and the ram oh goody :) 2 gig chip :)

Those are very easy upgrades, does anyone know the part #s for the existing items?

We need a ghost of a prestine box, make sure one of the senior guys when they get their box to ghost is right away.

[CAVADIAS]

Well one thing for sure an extra gigabyte of ram would help.

[Tr1gg3R]

But is does seems we need a very specific module to replace the RAM.

Any ideas where to buy such a module?

[rpawly]

According to the FCC pictures the ram module is:

Qimonda
qty 8 of HYB18T1G160BFL-5 / 3VV08956 (also has 0724 and B on the chips)
on a double sided chip


http://www.qimonda.com/mobile-ram/ddr-18/index.html

[Tr1gg3R]

According to the FCC pictures the ram module is:

Qimonda
qty 8 of HYB18T1G160BFL-5 / 3VV08956 (also has 0724 and B on the chips)
on a double sided chip


http://www.qimonda.com/mobile-ram/ddr-18/index.html

I had some trouble opening the link but now it seems to work.

The problems I see is that Qimonda is a producer of RAM chips, not a retailer/seller of modules.
And second they only list 1GB sets.
Third, where can we get our paws on a 2GB module?

[rpawly]

Ouch,

I just located some 2GB DDR2 microDIMM RAM at 500 USD, the 1GB chips are 180 USD.

also we have to find out if the vista bios supports 2 GB DDR microDIMM, the bios they are running is very weak, i suppose we would have to get a new one of those too :/

[Tr1gg3R]

Ouch,

I just located some 2GB DDR2 microDIMM RAM at 500 USD, the 1GB chips are 180 USD.

also we have to find out if the vista bios supports 2 GB DDR microDIMM, the bios they are running is very weak, i suppose we would have to get a new one of those too :/

Can you tell me where you found that 2GB DDR2 MicroDimm?

[Pfeffa-rah]

Ok that is a lot about RAM but how about a SSD?

[pdagal]

I believe the BIOS should support 2 gigs. I asked the folks at HTC about this and they didn't indicate any issues beyond the challenge of opening the device and the fact that it does void the warranty.