ℒӱḏɩę 💾☮∞🎶♲☀🔋Feb 27

Soldered on NAND means you have a garbage system. There is no exception.

NAND burns out (literally) every time you write to it. These PCs are destined for the landfill in time, as not even "installing Linux to make an old PC useful again" works to save a laptop with a fried soldered SSD.

Unless you're ready to bust out the hot air gun...

#ssd #memory #nand #enshittification #capitalism #plannedobsolescence #nvme

Show threadSnozzedandlostFeb 27
@Lydie I have a Dell laptop with soldered on 32g drive. Even with Linux that doesn’t leave me with much room. I have been wondering if I could swap it out for a larger chip 🤔
Show threadℒӱḏɩę 💾☮∞🎶♲☀🔋
@Snozzedandlost I've seen same size SSD chips swapped on soldered boards. Not sure if it would recognize a larger one, depends on the BIOS I suspect. This only stands a chance is it's a single chip SSD with controller inside.
Feb 27 at 4:10pmWeb
Show threadSnozzedandlostFeb 27
@Lydie some day I’ll have to research this. Today is likely not that day.
Show threadℒӱḏɩę 💾☮∞🎶♲☀🔋Feb 27
@Snozzedandlost Pop it open - if you're lucky there's an expansion slot. My old ass Netbook had one. Cheers!
Show threadSnozzedandlostFeb 27
@Lydie I have, there is not. There are unpopulated pads for components for an m2 slot (IIRC) but that is it.