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First post, by Darkchild

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Hi,

I have bought an old notebook with a 486 cpu and 4 mb ram. I would like to increase the memory to play some old games on this notebook. The motherboard requires 30 pin sipp memory ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIPP_memory ). According to the wiki article, 30-pin SIPP modules are pin compatible with 30-pin SIMM modules. Does this mean that I can buy 30-pin SIMM modules and solder little legs to them? How to find out if my motherboard support more ram? Thank you in advance for any info/help.

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Reply 1 of 1, by weedeewee

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Darkchild wrote on 2024-03-29, 08:04:

Does this mean that I can buy 30-pin SIMM modules and solder little legs to them? How to find out if my motherboard support more ram? Thank you in advance for any info/help.

Further details can be found on my blog.
This is my project: https://fachher.blogspot.com/2020/03/second-retro-pc.html

Yes. If you have space and a simm connector you can also go with sticking a simm module in a simm connector and sticking the simm connector pins in the sipp connector. 😀 adding a little solder to the simm connector pins will help with making contact, cause they tend to be rather thin.

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