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    External RAM Slot?! guess what this little guy does

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by heibk201, Aug 17, 2014.

  1. heibk201

    heibk201 Notebook Deity

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    Can you all guess what this thing does? never heard external slot before? trololololololol


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    heibk201, Aug 17, 2014
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  2. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    So you can make an external RAM disk and be bottlenecked by the USB interface? Awesome!
     
    Commander Wolf, Aug 17, 2014
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    no kidding, I remember super early versions of this that were ISA cards and used 4 30 pin 1MB cards. still sucked back then too.
     
    KCETech1, Aug 17, 2014
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    octiceps Nimrod

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    This is what USB flash drives are for?! Looks like a troll or April Fool's joke.
     
    octiceps, Aug 17, 2014
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  5. heibk201

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    no this is actually real, but it's not what you think it is for
     
    heibk201, Aug 17, 2014
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    it's for something that you can't really expect it's for, but I'll tell this it's not a external RAM disk :p
     
    heibk201, Aug 17, 2014
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    Would've been less bottlenecking if Thunderbolt connection was used.
     
    Loney111111, Aug 17, 2014
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  8. n=1

    n=1 YEAH SCIENCE!

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    Ram (or more precisely SO-DIMM) SPD programmer aka hardware Thaiphoon Burner
     
    n=1, Aug 17, 2014
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    Jarhead 恋の♡アカサタナ

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    Even with Thunderbolt, the RAM could never be used to its full potential. Even Thunderbolt is too slow for today's RAM.
     
    Jarhead, Aug 17, 2014
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  10. Starlight5

    Starlight5 Yes, I'm a cat. What else is there to say, really?

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    It is for SO-DIMM DDR3, I assume? How much does it cost and why the hell did you hide its model number? =\
     
    Starlight5, Aug 18, 2014
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    seems like someone knows the answer :thumbsup:
    this is used to modify RAM SPD which is mainly adopted by bootleg merchants for faking RAMs. but you can use this to unlock RAM for overclocking

    this one is for DDR2 but there are ones for DDR3. all these are customly made by DIY users so no point of model number
     
    heibk201, Aug 18, 2014
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  12. thelargechic

    thelargechic Notebook Enthusiast

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    well there is no way this could be used as a usb drive considering ram loses all of its data when power is disconnected
     
    thelargechic, Aug 19, 2014
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