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- From: squirrel@cup.portal.com (Sean - Curtin)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Broke 8MB 72 pin SIMM
- Date: 18 Feb 1996 00:20:03 -0800
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- Sender: pccop@unix.portal.com
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- >chucky@spray.ct.se (Chucky)
- >I got this 8MB Simm module, when I fill the memory with $00000000 I get
- >$f0000000. Anyone knows what can be wrong? a CAS/RAS signal? It is a 16
- >chip module based on 714400 chips. I got spare chips of the same model. is
- >chip dead or what?
- >
- >the $f0000000 only apperes on the first 4MB. the last 4MB works just fine.
- >(but it is annoying that I have to "addmem" that memory and only 4MB when it
- >a 8 megger!)
-
- Sounds like one of the chips is bad. If it has chips on both sides,
- then they are 1megX4 chips. It's one of the two that are hooked up to bits
- 28-31. According to my docs, 28-31 are on pins 58,60,62, and 64,
- respectively. Keep in mind that an 8 meg simm is really 2 4 meg simms
- back to back. The lower 4 megs is on one side, the upper on the other.
- Which is which depends on how your ram board is wired. It stands to
- reason that 4 MB of the space is unaffected.
-
- That's about all I can tell you. Good luck soldering the surface-mounted
- chips. 8^)
-
- ...Sean.
-