Home Made P2 Card

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sarah staar

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A p2 card has 4 SD cards in it. A 2gb SD card costs about 50 pounds UK.

So would it be possible to buy a 2 gig p2 card and replace the sd cards. Are they solder to the mother board. ???

Is the motherboard hard coded for the size of the card ???

It shouldn't be to hard to solder new sd card chips in.
 
Why don't you try that and report back?

I suspect you will destroy the P2 card in the process. The firmware for the 4GB and 8GB P2 cards is different, and I don't know (but doubt) whether the firmware will recognize larger capacity SD cards. It may also not tolerate any defects in the SD chips.
 
Will those cards be up the specs necessary for P2 use? Not likely. Panasonic puts only their top-of-the-line cards into P2, with rigorous standards for durability, reliability and passthrough speeds, which almost no card you buy cheaply at retail will meet.
 
Ditto on David J's comments. The P2 card doesn't contain electronic-store variety SD chips. These are zero-defect chips, which constitute a very low percentage of the production yields. It is highly unlikely that an individual buyer could even source these SD cards owing to the low yields and contract purchases by Panasonic and others who demand the most critical tolerances.

Ned Soltz
 
sarah staar said:
A p2 card has 4 SD cards in it. A 2gb SD card costs about 50 pounds UK.

So would it be possible to buy a 2 gig p2 card and replace the sd cards. Are they solder to the mother board. ???

Is the motherboard hard coded for the size of the card ???

It shouldn't be to hard to solder new sd card chips in.
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At 'em boy!

I heard that Blue Peter had instructions for doing this! Need to stock up on your sticky backed plastic though!

Indy.... in India
 
Panasonic puts only their top-of-the-line cards into P2
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That's right
but pesonnally I never broke a sd chip. And, if you're like me in contact with professionnal electronicians, I' m sure it's possible.

Problem is when you make this kind of elements. You need some good tools
'cause if you're doing with "by hand" I m afraid it takes twice the size of the
slot. And I don't think there is only 4 chips inside the p2. (i mean there is other things than chips)

Long time ago, a friend of mine tried to copy a 486 dx100 motherboard. When i saw it I had a very good laugh... it was twice the size and the heat spread by the thing was awful.

But if you have the tool maybe it worths trying... ?
 
What really counts.

What really counts.

Baddack said:
Long time ago, a friend of mine tried to copy a 486 dx100 motherboard. When i saw it I had a very good laugh... it was twice the size and the heat spread by the thing was awful.
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But did it work?


- Mikko
 
Hi Guys,

I just want to save you some energy. I obviously can't reveal the technical details of why it can't be done, but I can tell you that it can't. Not by you anyway. You can't even replace the SD cards in there with others. If you really want to see a picture of the inside, I'll be glad to post it, but it is completely useless.

I hope this helps ,

David
 
Lets see the pic!
How about the guts of the HVX...
You might remember a while ago someone took apart a FX1/Z1 and posted it on the net, cool stuff.
 
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whohaaa..thats how my baby looks like under her skirt!

Awsome, thanks...hope panna will update on larger p2s soon..want it quick and fast!
 
One other consideration for anyone who wants to perform surgery on their P2 cards: the original SD card specification topped out at 2GB, because it used byte-addressing and a signed 32-bit address.

Thus, the rest of the P2 card (the RAID controller and firmware) may need to be upgraded as well, something that may simply not be possible.

The next generation of P2 cards likely uses the newer SDHC (SD High Capacity) memory modules to break the 8GB barrier, using Class 6 (6MB/sec. sustained write speeds) chips. This is speculation on my part, but seems logical.
 
"I obviously can't reveal the technical details of why it can't be done, but I can tell you that it can't. Not by you anyway."

LOL! It was a good idea though. :)
 
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