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Offline fillosauruTopic starter

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A500 faulty memory
« on: July 06, 2005, 12:03:30 PM »
Hello. I also have a A500, rev6a . It was fine until 2yrs ago, when it died. I have managed to get some repair kit, an I fixed it (even CIA and Fat Agnus were busted).
I have noticed that the mem expansion (A501 compatible) doesn't work anymore, and the Workbench 1.3 reports 360k free RAM, instead of the usual ~420k. This means that half of one memory chip (44256) has gone to silicon heaven. Any ideeas how can I determine the one that is semi-fried?
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Btw, my ma has managed to wreck both my remote control and partially my TV (the memory block; the TV can't keep the settings, so whenever I start it I have to set the colours, contrast and luminosity), for the moment I can use the TV only B&W, so I can't tell if the miggy warns me about faulty chip RAM.
A500, KS 1.3, 1 Mb RAM
A1200, KS 3.0, 2 Mb Chip+8 Mb Fast RAM, 1 Gb CF
Lots of 8-bit computers (:-D me thinks I\'m the only Romanian that owns 3 Acorn BBC\'s - 2 Model B\'s and a Master)
Athlon X2 4200+, 2x1 Gb DDR II, 250+750Gb Seagate Barracuda SATA ...
 

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Re: A500 faulty memory
« Reply #1 on: July 06, 2005, 12:41:04 PM »
I question the power supply. Seriously. If there are that many fried chips, something caused it.
A500 (salvo): 1Mb RAM (512k chip, 512k SlowFast)
1x880k Floppy Disk, 1xIBM 540Mb 3.5\\"HDD KS1.3, WB1.3
1084S monitor. AT Keyboard!
A500 (Whitey): 512k RAM, 1x880k Floppy Disk, KS1.2, WB1.3
 

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Re: A500 faulty memory
« Reply #2 on: July 06, 2005, 12:58:23 PM »
Well, it might be... If you read my other post about my A1200, then I have to tell you that I use them both with the same PS; so the PS might be the guilty one.
I mean, a plain vanilla 500 usually lists ~420k free mem;
mine, 360k...
A500, KS 1.3, 1 Mb RAM
A1200, KS 3.0, 2 Mb Chip+8 Mb Fast RAM, 1 Gb CF
Lots of 8-bit computers (:-D me thinks I\'m the only Romanian that owns 3 Acorn BBC\'s - 2 Model B\'s and a Master)
Athlon X2 4200+, 2x1 Gb DDR II, 250+750Gb Seagate Barracuda SATA ...
 

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Re: A500 faulty memory
« Reply #3 on: July 06, 2005, 03:54:50 PM »
so just replace chips or get a new mobo
too lazy to use shift key properly...