Archos 28 Internal Picture - HERE IT IS :)

[maskedviperus]

I opened up my Archos 28. Popped the metal shield off and made a high res image for everyone. Here ya go. Please don't ask me to disassemble further or create a disassembly guide. Disassembly is very simple on the Archos 28. Just slide the metal back cover upwards and it will pull off.



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[d00b]

Thanks for the pic. The 28's CPU is an OMAP3611-800 in CYN package, which has no POP structure. Packaging differences aside, the 3611 differs from the OMAP3630-1000 (presumably in the rest of the Gen8) in that it has no IVA2.2 hardware accelerators, as per the OMAP36xx Tech Ref here,

http://focus.ti.com/pdfs/wtbu/OMAP36xx_ ... TRM_vO.zip (16MB PDF) (cf. pg 199)

The IVA2.2 thingamajig, as far as I can tell, is a media processor which has video acceleration as part of its functions. It's likely the reason that the A28 can't handle 720p like the rest of the Gen8.



SanDisk SDIN4C2-4G = 4GB NAND module. A direct Google lookup shows that it's $16.9 in qty-1K from one vendor. The same vendor lists the SDIN4C2-8G for $23.94 for same qty, or $7 difference. ODM's contract price is probably lower than the spot price, but the price compare is still illustrative.

http://avnetexpress.avnet.com/store/em/ ... gId=500201 (4GB)
http://avnetexpress.avnet.com/store/em/ ... gId=500201 (8GB)



Interesting to compare the 28's .6Ah battery cap against the 70's (8GB) 3.85Ah. The 28 is claimed to have 16hrs music playback, or 26.7hr / Ah. The 70 is claimed to have 36hrs music playback, or 9.35hr / Ah. IIRC, both of the 32's batt capacity (from the redacted FCC submission) and claimed playback time are 150% of the 28, or .9Ah and 24hr respectively.

[maskedviperus]

Thanks for the response. Good info!