[Arm-netbook] ARM port(s) BoF at DebConf

[Gordan Bobic]

On 07/24/2012 12:24 PM, Mehmet Mersin wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 8:06 PM, lkcl luke<luke.leighton at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 12:00 PM, Gordan Bobic<gordan at bobich.net>  wrote:
>>
>>>>> ReadyNAS is DDR1, not DDR3. That's why it's limited to 1GB of RAM - DDR1
>>>>> SO-DIMMs don't come in sizes>   1GB.
>>>>
>>>>    the specs on the readynas.com web site say that "ReadyNas Duo v2"
>>>> takes DDR3 RAM.
>>>
>>> Curious. I wonder if the postings I saw with the RAM part numbers used
>>> was for the older ReadyNAS, then. I clearly recall 333MHz DDR RAM being
>>> mentioned.
>>
>>   wouldn't surprise me if it was a mistake on the readynas web site...
>>
>
> It takes DDR3 RAM, but it's soldered on board. A google image search
> gave me this link:
> http://www.legionhardware.com/articles_pages/netgear_readynas_duo_v2,3.html
>
> Here is internals of ReadyNAS Duo (not v2):
> http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/networking/display/netgear-readynas-duo_4.html
>
> A forum post says that only ReadyNAS Duo has SO-DIMM socket, v2 doesn't have it.
>
> Such a pity, with USB3, SATA and Gigabit Ethernet, it's a very good
> product for this price. But memory is not upgradeable.

The only thing the v1 doesn't have is USB3, IIRC. Gigabit ethernet and 
SATA are still there. Bit v1 might be harder to find now days.

Gordan