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What type of Ram does a blizzard use?
« on: September 05, 2011, 09:37:57 PM »
I have a Blizzard 1230 with Ram Slots. What type of RAM does this accelerator use? I have some old Corsair PC RAM which might fit in (wishful thinking)
 
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Re: What type of Ram does a blizzard use?
« Reply #1 on: September 05, 2011, 09:41:02 PM »
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I have a Blizzard 1230 with Ram Slots. What type of RAM does this accelerator use? I have some old Corsair PC RAM which might fit in (wishful thinking)
 
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I think it takes 72 pin SIMM. EDO or fast page mode.
 

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Re: What type of Ram does a blizzard use?
« Reply #2 on: September 05, 2011, 10:26:41 PM »
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I have a Blizzard 1230 with Ram Slots. What type of RAM does this accelerator use? I have some old Corsair PC RAM which might fit in (wishful thinking)
 
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Re: What type of Ram does a blizzard use?
« Reply #3 on: September 06, 2011, 12:10:24 AM »
I doubt your Corsair RAM will work as its most likely to be a DIMM form factor. That accelerator needs 72 pin SIMM which are completely different.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIMM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_in-line_memory_module

SIMM memory was used in late 486 and Pentium 1 PCs. You can usually find these SIMMs on ebay, although larger modules can be scarce. 4-16MB are fairly common.
Beware that the other common type of SIMMs are 30 pin which will not work with your accelerator either.
 

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Re: What type of Ram does a blizzard use?
« Reply #4 on: September 06, 2011, 01:28:48 AM »
What about Phase5 Blizzard1260 without SCSI? Regular 72 pin SIMM too thick?
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Re: What type of Ram does a blizzard use?
« Reply #5 on: September 06, 2011, 06:48:58 AM »
I'm not familiar with that particular accelerator but have you tried a SIMM with chips on only one side?
 

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Re: What type of Ram does a blizzard use?
« Reply #6 on: September 06, 2011, 08:40:21 AM »
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What about Phase5 Blizzard1260 without SCSI? Regular 72 pin SIMM too thick?


Most "modern" 72-pin SIMMs are made with similar-sized chips to those used in modern DIMMs, and therefore the SIMM itself is very thin and will fit the Blizzard 1260 without problems. The only issue I've found is with 128MB SIMMs - I've yet to find one of these with the thin chips on it. But you'd know by looking at a SIMM if it's likely to fit. I've a couple of 64MB ones with chips on both sides and they work fine in my 1260.
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