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Matrox G2 RAM Slot

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First post, by rootifera

Posted on 2020-04-27, 16:31

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Hello,

I have a Matrox G2 card and seems like it has a RAM slot on it (I might be wrong, it could be something totally irrelevant). Please see images:

I have counted the pins, total 72 pins. 25 on the short and 47 on the long side. Can you please advice what is it for and how can I populate it? I did some research, 72 pin sodimm's exist however I couldn't find any with 25/47 split.

Thank you!
Rooti

Reply 1 of 3, by darry

Posted on 2020-04-27, 16:48

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It is for RAM expansion indeed .

Apparently it came in SDRAM and SGRAM variants (depending on what the card already had).

https://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=1012226

EDIT :
Archive of official Matrox page :
https://web.archive.org/web/20051016143535/ht … 8mb_mem_upg.cfm

Reply 2 of 3, by wirerogue

Posted on 2020-04-27, 17:01

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here's a pic of mine with memory expansion.

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Reply 3 of 3, by rootifera

Posted on 2020-04-27, 18:02

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Ah great, thank you guys! This is very helpful.

I think that would be a pain to find though. I had a quick look at ebay UK and can't see any.

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