Butchering a DIMM?

DampCat

DampCat

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Hey

Is it possible to butcher a SODIMM to run at a certain capacity?

Par Example:
By de-soldering, or very carefully cutting, is it possible to take a 2gb SODIMM and remove 512k worth of ram chip to leave a 1.5gb sodimm?

I've thought about the software implications of this, but surely the BIOS/OS will recognise whatever is on the stick, and is not set to only recognise 512k/1gb/2gb modules?

I know it's going to be difficult and intricate, but i'm not going to waste time learning about the work involved unless someone knows it's even possible in the first place, hence asking :)
 
I think the way it's initially fabricated that they all work in conjuction and it will just fail to start up. Just a theory on my part though. :)

You'll have to read right into it. But why do you want to do this?
 
That's what i thought. I thought maybe i could throw some resistors on there and re-solder the "circuit" but no worries really.

Cheers :)
 
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