Upgrade Nuvi model yourself?

I'm wondering if anyone has opened up their Nuvi to see if it has empty chip
sockets. Manufacturers frequently design a series of electronic products
to use the same circuit board and just install the parts needed for the
different options that different models offer.

If this is true here, one might be able to upgrade their receiver by simply
buying and installing the additional components, then flash it to the new
model firmware.

Curious.....

Strongbox wrote:

I'd say it is unlikely that you would find empty sockets. DRAM memory
is normally not socketed on the high density/throw it away when it fails
stuff like that.

If you were a real hacker and had the right soldering equipment there
may be a way to straddle an existing DRAM chip with another of the same
make, type, and size (or larger?) and see if the software will find and
use it. Sometimes that will also require cutting, joining, or jumpering
other traces too.

Jack

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