Building Recycled 4MB 30 pin RAM SIMMs

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Are you a vintage Macintosh collector? Do you need more RAM for your vintage Macs? Check out this great 4MB RAM SIMM Kit from Kero's Mac Mods and the Satanic Mac Club. You can build your own 4MB RAM SIMMs with a few super cheap components and by recycling some RAM chips that you may already have floating around.
Build instructions for the 4MB RAM SIMM Kit:
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@infinity5750
@infinity5750 Рік тому
Wow, It's a great video, and I watched it with sweat in my hands. It was my own design so I felt like I was being cooked...Lmao UKposts viewers should note that he uses plenty of flux, but very little solder. The tip of the soldering iron slides smoothly and heats evenly because good flux spreads well. it's a professional job! I honestly didn't expect you to make such a neat and amazing video. This card would have been enough to just feature in your video stream, but it's a real honor. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
@Biaanca5036
@Biaanca5036 3 місяці тому
awwww adorable new SIMM-babies 🤗 Congrats mamaDIMM!
@SeanChYT
@SeanChYT Рік тому
6:37 I usually lightly sand the exposed edges after snapping these apart. There are often some sharp semi-loose fiberglass pieces that you don't want cutting your fingers when handling the finished PCBs afterwards. EDIT. Looking at the shot of the finished PCBs being tested, perhaps you did it already. (?)
@68krescue71
@68krescue71 Рік тому
Awesome job of repurposing those 64MB DIMMS. Glad to see the chips worked. 16 4MB SIMMS from one 5 volt donor DIMM, awesome deal. Great Video!!
@kenengel620
@kenengel620 Рік тому
Anyone else notice the epic Firefly t-shirt he's wearing? Nice touch, sir.
@tahwnikcufos
@tahwnikcufos Рік тому
I was thinking, "nice, they'll be easy to handle as a single unit", then you snapped them apart... lol
@StormBurnX
@StormBurnX Рік тому
Subbed immediately after seeing the ultrasonic cleaner sink because it was such an interesting project. Wild to see the next one is this! I have no use whatsoever for obsolete ram module specifications yet it's still absurdly fascinating to watch and learn a few things along the way!
@natedawww
@natedawww Рік тому
I really would like to perform this sort of an upgrade with the 16MB card in my PowerBook 540c. Those 32MB cards are atrociously expensive now! And apparently the connector used is completely unobtainable, so fabbing new cards isn't possible (unlike with the PB100s).
@jack68k
@jack68k Рік тому
Awesome! I'll definitely be ordering some of these. Also, do you have a link for the vice that you used when cleaning the pins on the chips? It looks super handy!
@aa-au
@aa-au Рік тому
Great video Bruce. Just a note that no Macintosh uses the parity SIMM - it simply gets ignored if it is on the SIMM. The parity SIMM is only used in (most) PCs. I may need some of these SIMMs for my old Macs, and at the speed you were assembling those last lot of SIMMs, I will get you to do it for me!
@ryanjofre
@ryanjofre Рік тому
Your WAY over due for a Marathon live stream bro! God Speed Edit - “My Precious”😂😂
@XKSteve
@XKSteve Рік тому
Just ordered some of these thanks to some help from Kay Koba. Can’t wait to get building and thanks for the great video that put me on to these.
@enzofitzhume7320
@enzofitzhume7320 Рік тому
Another awesome video Bruce! 👍
@milk-it
@milk-it Рік тому
Awesome work. Great tips!
@JeremyBolanos
@JeremyBolanos Рік тому
Witchcraft! 🧙🏼‍♀
@TheHouseOfMoth
@TheHouseOfMoth Рік тому
Nifty!
@renaissancefemme
@renaissancefemme Рік тому
Hey @BranchusCreations, will you be restocking your recapamac AU store soon? I acquired a Vintage LC475 (first time working on a computer) and wanted to get my hands on a pre-built BlueSCSI. The only ones in stock seem to be Kero's Mac Mods Online Store in JP. Thanks, Bruce!
@romancharak3675
@romancharak3675 Рік тому
How cool is that? Making new from old.
@ukmk3supra
@ukmk3supra Рік тому
If you have any of those DIMMs for sale, i'm buying - they're gold dust!
@BranchusCreations
@BranchusCreations Рік тому
I'll put a few aside for you Kai!
@ukmk3supra
@ukmk3supra Рік тому
@@BranchusCreations Woohoo!
@commonsense5105
@commonsense5105 Рік тому
Hi Bruce, I've watched several of your videos, mostly the rework stuff, and was interested in the Flux you use. It seems the links are broken in your listing of materials. Any chance you can point me in the right direction? Thanks!
@danielrhodes7594
@danielrhodes7594 Рік тому
Hi, loved the video. By chance is the vise that you used to hold the 2mb memory available for purchase somewhere?
@BranchusCreations
@BranchusCreations Рік тому
A friend of mine asked the same question, but I've never been able to find exactly the same one. But if you search on eBay or AliExpress for "bga reballing jig" you should be able to find something pretty close.
@danielrhodes7594
@danielrhodes7594 Рік тому
@@BranchusCreations thank you for the reply and information.
@chrisv-l3835
@chrisv-l3835 Рік тому
I have quite a few 30 pin ram sims loaded with the hy514400j-70 ram chips. Are they any use to you?
@stephenperez3134
@stephenperez3134 Рік тому
This is great! Would they work with a Mac II and Mac IIx?
@JDW-
@JDW- Рік тому
No, because in those machines you need PAL SIMMs.
@RetroTinkerer
@RetroTinkerer Рік тому
Hello, I still haven't looked it yet, but I imagine that there shouldn't be any reason these 30pin 4MB SIMMs wouldn't work on a 386/486 or sound card (Like a SB/AWE-32) Have you or the author of these PCBs know if is possible?
@Stryder_The_Nite_Owl
@Stryder_The_Nite_Owl Рік тому
Kay Koba (Kero) / Satanic Mac Club didn't come up with this novel idea... I saw this done over two years ago on Adrian's Digital Basement. There's a public github from the Adrian Black video where you can order your own PCBs and do it yourself. Not sure how Kero is claiming to be the first or innovating with the project here...
@BranchusCreations
@BranchusCreations Рік тому
Kay has never claimed to be the first person to make these RAM recreations. If you visit his blog, you will see that he fully acknowledges those earlier products and outlines the revisions he has made to improve the PCB design. Also, the Toshiba DRAM chips used by Adrian in his video are almost impossible to source these days, so Kay has a (growing) list of all the different DRAM chips that can be used as well. I'd recommend having a quick read of Kay's blog here for all the details: ameblo.jp/keroxiee1016/entry-12778729322.html
@michaelsworkshop9031
@michaelsworkshop9031 Рік тому
Does the LED flash when the RAM module is being accessed, or is it just lit continuously when voltage is present (eg always, without interruption, when powered on) ?
@JDW-
@JDW- Рік тому
Stays solid ON. No flashing. The purpose is to show the SIMMs are being properly powered, but the secondary reason is to give you a light show of sorts, which is rather neat on a machine like the SE/30 if you have a transparent MacEffects case.
@michaelsworkshop9031
@michaelsworkshop9031 Рік тому
@@JDW- ok - thank you; this is early days - maybe something that can be figured out down the road.
@mc680x0
@mc680x0 Рік тому
I realise it's perhaps not the initial design idea, but - this also means that these SIMMs, built with newer RAM ICs, may be able to have lower access times. Once upon a time, 50ns RAM SIMMs were only for the uber-nerds; with this, they could be commonplace - an overclocker's delight when dealing with 386 and 486 boards.
@mc680x0
@mc680x0 Рік тому
also, have you considered getting a PCB preheater plate to make your hot-air work easier?
@JDW-
@JDW- Рік тому
The faster speeds of the newer RAM ICs is not taken advantage of when used in older Macs that require 30-pin SIMMs. So long as you meet the minimum speed requirements for the Mac that needs 30-pin SIMMs, then all will work as expected.
@BranchusCreations
@BranchusCreations Рік тому
@@mc680x0 I do have a heater, but I only pull it out for specific tasks. By the time I set it up and get it to temp, I would already have the chips off with a hot air station. I mainly use the heater for removing through-hole stuff, like DIP chips.
@brucea5664
@brucea5664 Рік тому
From the level of sound heard while you are drag soldering, you are applying way too much pressure. Since everything has been pre-soldered, a slower and more gentle drag will avoid moving pins, lifting pads or having to go back and forth across the pins. Even though the result you achieved is excellent it looked way too careless. Also to make it easier to assemble don’t break the pcbs apart.
@BranchusCreations
@BranchusCreations Рік тому
If it looked careless, it's because I've been doing it for decades. I assure you, there was no risk of damage to the pins or the pads at my hands, and the level of pressure I used was exactly what I was aiming for. This was never meant to be a soldering tutorial video, but I do go over lots of soldering tips and tricks in my other repair videos if it's something that interests you.
@brucea5664
@brucea5664 Рік тому
@@BranchusCreations as a factory trained electronics engineer for Panasonic with over 40 years of design/repair and rework experience, soldering is not something I need to learn. I find repair video’s interesting and make the occasional comment where needed. I can see you are passionate about your work and are producing great content.
@BranchusCreations
@BranchusCreations Рік тому
I went back and watched that section of the video, and I honestly don't know what sound you heard. The only sound I could hear when I was drag soldering was either my breathing, or me moving the PCB on the cable. I couldn't hear a single sound coming from the iron.
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