Reply 380 of 550, by KCompRoom2000
wrote:Problems others did seem to have here with Universal SImmConn was like they did not recognise any SIMMS so it might be possible that it is cotact issue.
But I don't happen to be too much an expert with electronics.
You make a good point there since someone bought a DIY SIMMConn kit and used a spare SIMM connector instead of the one that's included in the kit...
wrote:I have assembled my simmconn kit this evening, it's a universal one. Tested with CT4500 and 8 MB FPM double sided, 16 MB EDO double sided and 32 MB EDO. Each one of theses modules worked and was fully detected and tested fine with Creative DIAGNOSE up to 28 MB with the 32 MB module. The only thing I did not use from the kit it's the SIMM slot since I got a 90° angled AMP one I recovered from an old Mylex SCSI controller. Very satisfied with the results, thanks again.
So, here are the four possibilities on why the bad batch of Universal SIMMConns don't work (sorted from most likely to least likely):
- A. Bad SIMM connector
- B. Badly soldered/cut CMMA connector
- C. Incorrectly oriented chips
- D. Incompatible RAM (not likely for me since I tested a SIMM that was pulled from a working machine, still didn't work as you might know)
I'm just wondering, has any progress been made since the last post? I'm sure some of us would like to know what the solution is on fixing the defective batch. I'm in no rush BTW, this was just something I was curious about.