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RGB_Gamer · Joined: 01 Oct 2007 Posts: 879

I have a SNES Gamestation, and I was wondering if there was any way to upgrade the RAM?

MottZilla · Joined: 08 Sep 2004 Posts: 765

Probably. It's just a GDSFVII stuck to a SNES or SNES clone. You'd just need to locate the DRAM and figure out where the signals need to be wired in. The BIOS probably would suppotr the extra DRAM just fine. Is there is a tutorial/walkthru/schematics available? Doubtful.

RGB_Gamer · Joined: 01 Oct 2007 Posts: 879

Yea i have a couple of spare 32mb gdsf7 RAM modules. Now if only i could find my lost set of gdsf CD's...

DoctorBackup · Joined: 14 Aug 2005 Posts: 265

To my knowlege they cant be upgraded like a GDSF7 the RAM is onboard soldered in and unless you really know what your doing it would be very easy to fry. I do believe they dont have upgrade slots or even use standard SF7 ram boards. IIRC 32M is max. Does it show the BIOS version anywhere? I thought the gamestations BIOS were hacked but I could be wrong.

MottZilla · Joined: 08 Sep 2004 Posts: 765

I would imagine it wouldn't have any upgrade socket. As you said and what I meant in my earlier post, if you knew exactly what was going on with the PCB you probably could add more RAM. I wouldn't see any reason why the BIOS would not support more RAM if it was present, but you never know till you try. Either way I don't think these machines are very common, and they are expensive. So good luck ever getting one upgraded to more than 32M.

DoctorBackup · Joined: 14 Aug 2005 Posts: 265

amptor · Joined: 14 Nov 2003 Posts: 207

I have his game station and breifly looked at it a while ago. It appears that it is going to have the RAM soldered to the board that is on top of the SNES system.

I still need to find time to get in there and see if I can get the thing to work. Quite an odd device inside but at least it looks like it is a good quality device. It seems like ever since Bung released MGD3, their quality went up quite a bit.

MottZilla · Joined: 08 Sep 2004 Posts: 765

The Game Station is kind of neat, but the lack of any built in way to deal with save games long term is kind of a drag. Just having a bare floppy sitting on top or next to it is pretty silly. And the SNES has so many great games that save.

RGB_Gamer · Joined: 01 Oct 2007 Posts: 879

MottZilla · Joined: 08 Sep 2004 Posts: 765

It isn't the floppy disks I mind. It's that the Game Station has a ghetto way of hooking it up, and you NEED it if you want to save your game.

As for copiers and floppy disks, I really like my Double Pro Fighter with my Sega Genesis. It's pretty awesome. But I'm just hanging onto it until I feel like using it for whatever reason, as the EverDrive MD is so awesome and convenient. Same with the SNES PowerPAK. I do kind of wish I had a CD7 for my GDSF7. Before the PowerPAK I was quite interested in one.

RGB_Gamer · Joined: 01 Oct 2007 Posts: 879

Over the years, I have wanted something like a flashcart for the convenience of having an entire library of games in one place. But sometimes having too many choices isn't a good thing. I often used an emulator years ago to test, and a copier ay long term. So though floppies are limimted, I find myself being more selective, and I do not need hundreds of games at once.

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I have CD7 that I do not use if u have other copier stuff that you could trade. Just send me a PM...

amptor · Joined: 14 Nov 2003 Posts: 207

The RAM is soldered to the gdsf7 daughterboard (basically it uses a pin header to attach to the snes clone rather than a cardbus).

The gdsf7 more than likely is upgradable to more RAM but that would take some tracing and a certain amount of electronics technical knowledge to do. Basically the GDSF7 inside the gamestation is a gdsf7 clone, or more accurately a miniturized fabrication of the original hardware sans the floppy and ram expansion slot provision.