WANTED - RAM for A3000 (ZIII, ZIPs or X-calibur for A3640)

[icbrkr]

I, ermm.. found a place that is selling ZIP chip pulls for 50c each.  I just placed an order for 30 of them - if it all works out (ie, they're worth anything, work, etc), I'll post a little heads up where I picked em up from.  Of course *after* I raid them of what I need  Why 30?  24 to fill my RAM banks, and 6 extras incase I hose something up.

[icbrkr]

I shot JiffyDos the address so he can be a guinea pig too.  I guess we'll both get back to you

[icbrkr]

I asked specifically for 1x4's and was asked if I wanted FPM's or EDOs.  I ordered a bunch of FPMs running at 80ns since that appears to be the correct specs.  Fingers crossed that they work

[icbrkr]

Well... hate to be the bearer of bad news and such.

I got the ZIP chips in the mail today.  They are as described, ZIP chips that look like they should fit in my A3000.  And they do.  But that's about as far as it goes.

First off, let me just say the person who thought adding ZIP chips to a motherboard should be shot.  I broke a few off the bat.

Once I got the hang of it, I filled Bank 1 up.  The 3000 said "Can't get RAM" or something odd.  So I double checked chips, replaced some, etc.  It booted yellow.  Tried again.  This time it booted to a Guru screen (8003 ?).  After a few hours of this, I threw in the towel and figured I'd try something else.  $15 down the drain, but really it's not a big deal.

[icbrkr]

There's a couple different manufacturers here, I tried to keep the bank as all 1 maker:

KM44C1000Z-8
HM511000AZP-8
MCM54000AZ80

Looks like I'll need to slap in some sort of different memory card or get an accelerator with standard slots

[icbrkr]

Well.. that would explain alot, eh?  I specifically asked for 1x4s.  Oh well, live and learn.