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I like fixing computers and my mum got a new computer because her old one had only 32GB and it is soldered on to the motherboard. There is a way of getting more storage and that is by removing the wifi card and i dont want to do that. But i am wondering how do youm remove the old memory and which one should i buy. I would wish for a 128 GB memory one.
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You can’t. The eMMC and RAM is soldered to the board on the Stream and the vast majority of these “$35 Windows license” laptops. Some of them use modular parts, but they’re not easy to come by since these are configured to make beancounters happy. Part of the reason they have horrible onboard storage because it’s their way to sell OneDrive storage — they aren’t even hiding it this time. This article goes into the problem.
Save your time, skip the cloud storage. Get a 128GB MicroSD card and take this as a lesson on why you need to do some basic research first. If the eMMC ever dies, you’re replacing the computer since the motherboard IS the SSD.
The issue with value on these is you can do better with an older business laptop, but they do not give you a free year of Office 365 — the specs do not qualify it for the subsidized subscription. If you wanted to match the size, a 12” business laptop with 8-16GB of RAM and a ULV processor will run circles around these for similar money if you can get a good deal on one. Some of them like the E6220/30 even have full fat embedded processors, but they will not run Win11, so I do not recommend them unless the machine is super cheap. The other thing is you want one with an SSD out of the box even if it’s the 128GB LiteOn SSD Dell used for a few years or a SK Hynix AHCI M.2 SSD you can change later.
This is your “SSD” and RAM in these laptops:
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@thelittledude The RAM is soldered too. You cannot upgrade these things. Can you remove the RAM on this PC?
They're legitimately just eWaste when they get to be too old.
If the eMMC chip is damaged would it be possible to remove the eMMC chip from the motherboard with a hot air station and boot from a 2.5" Hdd? Or would the computer sense a short and not start up?
@Jon K No, BUT if you can find a similar or compatible eMMC chip, yes. You could even upgrade it to 64-128GB if the controller allows.
However, it is not cost effective.
Is there anywhere to find replacement chips? Are they very specific or universal, could I pull one off an old phone or other device?
@Jon K The pinout needs to match.
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