BigRamPlus?

[Acill]

So I picked up one of the 256MB versions of this. I cant get it to work in my A4000T. I have a mediator and have read it works fine with one, but when the card is installed my mediator doesnt show up and I get no RAM from the bigramplus. If I pull it out I get my mediator and cards back.

I have tried it with the winsize jumper open and closed as well as the swap config open and closed. Any help would be appreciated.

[Acill]

So after moving some cards around and making sure the swap jumper is open on my A4000T mediator I decided to try this BigRamPlus once more. Amikit asked me to see what it shows in early startup, and in every ZIII slot it shows as defective. Here is an example picture. Is this a bad card or a bad config? In anycase I am stuck with a board I am not sure works.

[Acill]

Well, that Expansion Board Diagnostic screenshot you posted seems pretty straight-forward.

Probably a dumb question, but do you have any other systems you can test it in?

The 4000t with mediator is super picky on the card order,it could be you are running out of zorro3 space with the particular order. i will check with a friend who runs a 4000t,i think he uses a zoram but i am not sure.

Can you try it in a A3000 or A4000 and see if it shows ok?

I'm trying to get ahold of someone in the area I know with an A4000 but havent got a reply back. I suspect he is gone for holiday. I have tried every free slot with the memory window jumper (SWAP) in both positions. It returns the same defect error on all attempts in early startup.

[Acill]

I've got it working now yes. It was card order and I ended up using a ZIII riser to put it in a different slot. The riser on a 4000D isnt needed since you get a new board with ZIII slots unlike on the 4000T that uses the original slots and are lower than the PCI sitting on top of the board.

[Acill]

Has anyone measured the throughput of these BigRamPlus and compared it with the speeds of other Zorro III memory boards like the ZorRam and the Fastlane Z3?

I had a couple fastlane cards and got rid of them after getting the BigRAM. I had experiences of the bigRAM being faster just because of the newer RAM on it. Its also WAY cheaper. I got quite a bit of cash for the fastlane cards too.