+aka Monkey Posted August 17, 2003 Share Posted August 17, 2003 Has anyone ever taken apart their Rino? I'd be curious to know what the feasability is of upgrading the RAM in the unit. I'm assuming that due to size constraints the unit uses hard mounted RAM, but if one was to unsolder it and replace it, I wonder whether the Rino would access the higher memory or not? Likewise with a Legend or Vista. I want to take a GPS with my on my trip to Europe, and I just can't find one that fits the bill. The eMap comes closest, but it annoys me that Garmin uses proprietary memory sticks and charges an arm and a leg for them. Why would I pay $169 for Garmin's 128 MB data card when I could buy twice as much SD memory for less than half of that (256 MB for $70). It's a scam! Quote Link to comment
+-=(GEO)=- Posted August 17, 2003 Share Posted August 17, 2003 My 2 cents... May I suggest getting a Magellan Meridian or are you allergic to Magellan? You can use regular SD cards with these w/o hacking anything. I agree with you that the price of the "branded" memory cards is outrageous and that's precisely for this reason that I went with the less proprietary solution and got a Meridian. Quote Link to comment
STREETSEAL & G.I. Jane Posted August 17, 2003 Share Posted August 17, 2003 I own a Gpsmap176c, I love it except for the cost of the data cards, the most I could justify was the 32 mb card. It gets me 75 % of northern CA. How much memory do you need? Ever consider a Vista? Quote Link to comment
+xargs Posted August 17, 2003 Share Posted August 17, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Indiana Cojones:I wonder whether the Rino would access the higher memory or not? Likewise with a Legend or Vista. It's not very likely devices like these would have the software to "detect" the amount of memory attached; it's much more likely to be hard-coded into the software. Quote Link to comment
+aka Monkey Posted August 18, 2003 Author Share Posted August 18, 2003 I'm not thinking of it being something coded into the software so much as simply an inability of the hardware to address memory outside of a certain space. For example, most newer desktop computers are incapable of using more than 1GB of RAM, even if you put it in. Apple's new G5, which is 64-bit, can address 8 GB of memory. I've looked into the Vista, but 24 MB of RAM ain't much when you're looking at backpacking around Europe. I'm guessing that would get me London and maybe a few suburbs. Quote Link to comment
+aka Monkey Posted August 18, 2003 Author Share Posted August 18, 2003 Correction. 4 GB, not 1 GB. Quote Link to comment
+SpongeRob Posted August 19, 2003 Share Posted August 19, 2003 Two articles that may be of intrest... Upgrading the Garmin V memory Known Etrex issues which has a blurb on there about how to take apart an etrex. -- SpongeRob rwmech@keenpeople.com www.keenpeople.com WPWU826 Cache'n Retrievers Quote Link to comment
+aka Monkey Posted August 19, 2003 Author Share Posted August 19, 2003 Thanks, that was very helpful. Quote Link to comment
+aka Monkey Posted August 20, 2003 Author Share Posted August 20, 2003 Humph. I'm now reminded why I don't hang out on usenet anymore. MAN those people can be rude. Quote Link to comment
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