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- From: Pauley@vnet.ibm.com (Paul Benson)
- Message-ID: <19930106.085007.894@almaden.ibm.com>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 93 11:48:48 EST
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Subject: Re: Emergency help request!
- Organization: IBM Personal Computer Co. - PS/1 Development
- Disclaimer: This posting represents my views, not necessarily IBM's.
- News-Software: UReply 3.0
- References: <uerics.726270033@mcl>
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- In <uerics.726270033@mcl> Eric D. Shepherd writes:
- >I have a GS-RAM Plus card with 4 Mb on it. When I run the GS-RAM test
- >program, I'm told that two chips are bad
- >I swapped all kinds of chips all over the place, and no matter what chips
- >are in these particular locations, they are reported as bad.
-
- Look at the board carefully and make sure there is nothing shorting the
- pins or broken (maybe a scratch on the board). An easy way to clean the
- board is to get tape and just cover the board then peel the tape off.
- Check every line on the problem socket with a 'line-tester'. If you have
- a multimeter, use that, else you can make one with a flashlight and some
- wire (should be easy to figure out). These are 1Mx1 chips, right? Here
- is the memory chip pinout:
- 1 - D Vss - 18
- 2 - !WE Q - 17
- 3 - !RAS !CAS - 16
- 4 - TF A9 - 15
- 5 - A0 A8 - 14
- 6 - A1 A7 - 13
- 7 - A2 A6 - 12
- 8 - A3 A5 - 11
- 9 - Vcc A4 - 10
- Check the !WE, !RAS, !CAS, Vcc, Vss, and the address lines with another
- socket in the same row. Check D & Q with a socket in the same column.
- TF is 'test function' which I think is not connected. If you find one
- with a bad connection, just short it with a piece of wire and solder to
- where it should be connected. Also, look at the bad socket & make sure
- the the chip's pin is making good contact (D & Q).
-
- Pauley
- GEnie: P.Benson1
-