I thught the samsung chip the flash chip, inent it?
it is easy to remove.
Arstechnica said:The first thing we noticed was that this 2GB version's internals were somewhat different from the 4GB disassembles we saw online a few days ago. Apparently in the 4GB version, instead of soldering the memory directly to the board, they soldered it to a daughter board which attaches via some sort of connector. In fact, on the 2GB version, the base circuitry for the daughter board is in place, with only the connector missing.
http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/nano.ars/4
Can some one who actualy seen an nano opened give an better answer?
The reason I said it is easy is that I am sittng here with my nano opened and have removed the samsung chip. it is verry easy. it is as easy as removing a peace of lego + glue.
The samsung chip is itself is soldered on to a small circuit board witch in turn i snapped on to the main curcit board.
With some google-ing i found out that the samsung chip indeed is the flash chip.
there is physically no problem to move the chip from one nano 1st gen to another.
My question is will the other nano accept it? or have they protected it some how (encryption? example you cant move one harddriv from an Xbox v1 to another because of encryption)
And does the 2nd gen has the same curcit board? has anything ells changed other the the casing?