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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: tormedhammaren on May 09, 2003, 12:29:31 PM

Title: A4000 simm question, MPEGA question
Post by: tormedhammaren on May 09, 2003, 12:29:31 PM

Hi

I've got an Cyberstorm MKI 040/40 and I want to
add some more memory - since 32 mb isn't enough. The simm i have installed is an 32 mb EDO. Do anyone know if my board is ok with an 72 pins 60 ns, 5V EDO. Can there be any problems mixing types/brands?

Wath is the latest version of MPEGA. I've only found version 3.3 (on aminet), but many places it is said that there is a version 3.5. Does it exist? Where can I get it?

Thanks

Regards
Tor

Title: Re: A4000 simm question, MPEGA question
Post by: on May 09, 2003, 10:44:24 PM

Unfortunately is may very well be picky on brands. Safest to pair complety equal SIMMs. Beyond that, nothing can be garuenteed.

Title: Re: A4000 simm question, MPEGA question
Post by: Tesral on May 10, 2003, 06:31:15 AM

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Caius wrote:
Unfortunately is may very well be picky on brands. Safest to pair complety equal SIMMs. Beyond that, nothing can be garuenteed.

Do you know if this is true for the Warp Engine as well?  See I have these two empty simm slots....

Title: Re: A4000 simm question, MPEGA question
Post by: on May 10, 2003, 02:32:55 PM

Don't know much about the Warp Engine, except that (like most accelerators) you need faster SIMMs for the faster versions of the card. The 40Mhz for example requires 60 ns.

Title: Re: A4000 simm question, MPEGA question
Post by: Dr_Righteous on May 10, 2003, 02:49:19 PM

When mixing EDO SIMMs, the general rule is the system memory will run at the speed of the slowest SIMM. Brands typically don't matter, except in terms of quality.

Title: Re: A4000 simm question, MPEGA question
Post by: amigamad on May 10, 2003, 03:53:35 PM

I found mpega 3.5 here link works mpega 3.5 (http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Vista/5413/Mpega3.5.zip) :-D

Title: Re: A4000 simm question, MPEGA question
Post by: tormedhammaren on May 10, 2003, 09:12:31 PM

Hi

This zip file is not a zip file but a html-document. Some kind off 404 I guess. But thanks anyway. I've actually found MPEGA 3.5, but it's  a bit slower than 3.3 so I'm not going to use it.
Concerning my SIMM-question. I've managed to get hold of a pile of different SIMMs. Does anyone know how I can see if a SIMM is 2, 4, 8, 16 or 32 mb? There are no sayings on them.


Thanks


Regards
Tor

Title: Re: A4000 simm question, MPEGA question
Post by: Dr_Righteous on May 11, 2003, 01:32:11 PM

Search the web on the individual chip numbers... It'll tell you what size the chips are... Simple addition after that.

Title: Re: A4000 simm question, MPEGA question
Post by: tormedhammaren on May 11, 2003, 07:54:13 PM

I can find the chips but not much info about them. Do anyone know of a good web-resource?