Timeline for Is it possible to add RAM to Raspberry Pi?
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| Apr 30, 2016 at 4:47 | comment | added | Peter Green | While removing the memory chip would certainly be "no fun" it should doable with the right equipment and skills (and easier on the pi2 than the pi1) . The real issue is that the SoC can't support anything bigger. | |
| Apr 29, 2016 at 17:23 | comment | added | Darth Egregious | You could add an SSD and use it as swap. Next best thing. | |
| Apr 29, 2016 at 16:08 | comment | added | goobering | I'm looking into that - it certainly appears deeply implausible. The RAM chip is a 168 ball SMD, and is a little smaller than my thumbnail. I could say with reasonable certainty that it's going to be no fun whatsoever trying to get the old one off and the new one on. joan's answer perhaps covers this use case more accurately - even if you could physically deal with the chip, it wouldn't make any difference. Each SoC is already maxed out. | |
| Apr 29, 2016 at 15:55 | comment | added | Adam Davis | The Pi 2 has a separate RAM chip, and the tag on this question is for the Pi 2. Your answer is fine for earlier Pi versions, but does it apply to the 2? | |
| Apr 29, 2016 at 13:03 | comment | added | goldilocks♦ | See here for a quick illustration of just how "inextricably connected" they are. | |
| Apr 29, 2016 at 11:50 | vote | accept | Dortík | ||
| Apr 29, 2016 at 10:38 | history | answered | goobering | CC BY-SA 3.0 |