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Originally Posted by malfunctioning View Post
Is there any chance whatsoever to have a user replaceable eMMC module, similar to regular RAM sockets? I guess the eMMC modules are designed to be attached via a ball grid array. But would there be any chance of having a socket to allow for user replacement?

The eMMC eventually goes bad, and since it's non replaceable, it's the achiles heel of these systems IMO.
Yes, BGA. Will check, thanks for the idea! However sockets afaik tend to be huge and expensive
[edit] there's a completely weird idea striking me, around a special type of conductive double-sided sticky tape... Alas the BGA pitch is too fine for that tape[/edit]

Last edited by joerg_rw; 2014-10-23 at 21:45.
 

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