We’d personally recommend preheating for such an upgrade – that said, this sure went without a hitch, and such a RAM swap method doesn’t require any stencils, solder paste or solder ball ...

We’re all used to swapping RAM in our desktops and laptops. What about a GPU, though? [dosdude1] teaches us that soldered-on RAM is merely a frontier to be conquered. Of course, there’s gotta ...

Be aware that most Macs, and a number of PCs laptops today have RAM soldered down. While this doesn’t necessarily prevent an upgrade, it does take it out of the DIY category and get costly.

Others have soldered RAM, but also a SODIMM slot ... there’s no guarantee that a new memory upgrade will run well with your existing memory. For this reason, we recommend buying a whole new ...