From: John M. Powell (quixjuan_at_QuixNet.net)
Date: Sun Jun 24 2001 - 05:38:21 PDT
What's the link to those Hitachi mem boards? Might be
usefull info once the Dr. is out of memory himself...
John
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> [mailto:newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net]On Behalf Of Simon Muller
> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 5:55 AM
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> Subject: Re: [NTLK] MP2k upgrade-chips
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>
> Hi fellow green minded folks!
> I can report success.
> Found a Hitachi laptop 16Mb memory board with the right chips on
> it yesterday.
> Today I took a plunge and soldered the old drams out of my MP2k.
> That went easier than expected, the pcb of the Newt is of a good quality.
> After cleaning the old location and pre-tinning the 88 new golden
> footrests
> for the new drams, I soldered two of the chips off the
> Hitachi-board and in
> my Newt. That wasn't easy. Since the chips came off of another board, the
> feet weren't exactly lined-up horizontally anymore.
> But after some fiddling, it looked ok. Ready for testing. I put the
> flashrom-board in its place and slid the battery in its compartment. Beep,
> beep, it sounded and the screen blinked on and of :-((
> Oops! Something wrong. Did I fry the chips? Did I cause static discharche
> and blew a chip up? No, luckily it was only one leg still being loose!
> Another test: this time chimes sounded and the Newton startup
> screen appeared.
> It worked! "System RAM installed 3984K" memory info reports.
>
> Thanks to all, who gave me comments and suggestions!
>
> Simon Muller
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