Robomekk@lemmy.catoTechnology@lemmy.zip•Compression-mounted laptop RAM is fast, efficient, and upgradeableEnglish
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2 months agoThat was one of the things that excited me most from the iFixit video; the (LGA?) pins are a separate part that can be replaced as well. Simplifies the motherboard because then there are just flat pads on there, which means they don’t need to include the whole array of fancy pins for a second module if it doesn’t ship with one.
Timestamped video link: https://youtu.be/K3zB9EFntmA?t=178
I mean there will still need to be spring-loaded pins somewhere in order to make good connection. And tiny pins means someone will bend them by accident at some point. And the pins are still a little involved to make, so taking them off means the RAM can be made cheaper. So this means: