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Has anyone ever successfully de-soldered Apple RAM and replaced it?
Isn't the RAM inside the actual SoC with the Apple Silicon line? I haven't really opened any of 'em up.
As for older Macs - sure, I know someone who replaced 8 gigs with 16 on either an Air or Pro model that had 16 available as an option but was shipped with 8. It's just something you do when you have way too many Mac boards lying around at work and your bosses say you can't get a new work laptop.
Yeah, I think so.
Can probably upgrade the SSD with a soldering iron, but not the RAM.
dosdude on YouTube I think has done this
I thought that too, but just looking at his channel it seems that he's only done the storage on an M1 mini, not RAM.
Pretty sure it is baked in as part of the SOC, not soldered on after the fact?
I think it's proprietary ram as well so you can't just get something off the market and solder it on. It has to be their ram or it won't work.
That…does not sound right