Wednesday, September 3, 2003
Want 128 MB of RAM in your iPAQ 2215?
Posted by Jason Dunn in "HARDWARE" @ 02:36 PM
Sure you do! The geniuses over at Pocket PC Techs have released a swanky new upgrade that adds on an additional 64 MB of RAM into the iPAQ 2215, giving you a massive 128 of system RAM! The extra 64 MB of RAM shows up as a storage card, and requires a special driver, but when I received my iPAQ 2215 back from PPC Techs a few weeks ago, everything was already set up for me. The drivers are impressive - in addition to allowing you to access the extra 64 MB of RAM, you can move AvantGo and/or Internet Temp files to the extra RAM storage. You can also set the device up to clear the Internet temporary files after each soft reset. Cool!
Having an extra 64 MB of RAM in my iPAQ 2215 was cool enough, but here's what really surprised me: when I did a before and after test using Spb Benchmark, I saw a huge increase in ActiveSync performance speeds, specifically in the area of uploading files to the device (the rest of the test differences are statistical anomalies). I thought this was strange, but Leonard Wesson at PPC Techs confirmed that he saw the same thing in testing. Whatever the reason, who wouldn't want a faster iPAQ with more memory?
The upgrade costs $159 - it's not cheap, but this is hotrod modding stuff after all, both from a hardware and software standpoint. :mrgreen: Better yet, if you want to save 10% off the price, use the coupon code THOUGHTS when checking out. [Affiliate]
Having an extra 64 MB of RAM in my iPAQ 2215 was cool enough, but here's what really surprised me: when I did a before and after test using Spb Benchmark, I saw a huge increase in ActiveSync performance speeds, specifically in the area of uploading files to the device (the rest of the test differences are statistical anomalies). I thought this was strange, but Leonard Wesson at PPC Techs confirmed that he saw the same thing in testing. Whatever the reason, who wouldn't want a faster iPAQ with more memory?
The upgrade costs $159 - it's not cheap, but this is hotrod modding stuff after all, both from a hardware and software standpoint. :mrgreen: Better yet, if you want to save 10% off the price, use the coupon code THOUGHTS when checking out. [Affiliate]
