AMD did the same. I fear this is the end of the road for socketed RAM in laptops.
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TheHobbyist@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
This was already quite a significant challenge compared to socketed RAM, but now with Lunar Lake I guess this is simply impossible? The RAM chips are colocated with the CPU…
helenslunch@feddit.nl 2 months ago
bruhduh@lemmy.world 2 months ago
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If apple m1 got upgraded then intel can too
pastermil@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
That’s hardcore
bruhduh@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Nah, reverse engineering board and restoring soldering points when you burn them out is hardcore, restoring board traces is hardcore, restoring flex pcb is hardcore, reball is really easy when you get your practice, speaking from experience, now I’m learning to do hardcore part on those boards that was dead
wjrii@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Meanwhile I’m over here playing in the through-hole kiddie pool or dead-bug handwiring keyboards.