Hi,
OK. I will remove the motherboard and install ram modules. I will follow
the advices and examples from Mac SE/30 manual.
The manual says that I have to discharge the crt. Do I *really*
need to do that?
Thanks very much,
Nuno Teixeira
On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 01:30:10PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> It is very easy to upgrade the memory in a SE/30. The motherboard comes out
> easily, just be careful of the speaker wire and connector pins. Remember
> that there are two memory banks and that all SIMMs in each bank need to be
> matched. Also if you want 32bit memory addressing, you will need a clean
> romm or mode32. I have one of mine hooked up to a 17inch color monitor and
> it looks great.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 2:23 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: SE/30 upgrade ram tips
>
>
>
> Actually with the SE/30 there is no need to discharge the tube. Most models
> have a
> self-discharging CRT. Discharging the tube only applies to the earlier
> macs, Plus,
> 512k and 128k.
>
> As far as adding more RAM, make sure you ground yourself every time before
> touching
> anything on the motherboard. It's easy to disconnect the motherboard from
> the
> machine (which you will need to do to add more RAM). I have 8mb now but may
> upgrade
> that to 32mb. Though, why would I need to? I don't run FreeBSD, I run
> 7.1.1.
>
> Dave
>
> --- Nuno Teixeira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Hello to all,
> >
> > Now that I've got my SE/30 working perfectly with NetBSD and a Asante
> > ethernet card conected to my FreeBSD home network, I'm about to upgrade
> > SE/30 ram.
> >
> > Well, installing Asante card and opening SE/30 was very easy, but know
> > I'm very afraid of video tube high voltage.
> >
> > I have SE/30 manual (pdf) and I've read a lot about discharge video tube
> > and installing ram, but I have some doubts that I apreciate that you
> > help me about:
> >
> > Topic: Add ram modules
> >
> > 1. Discharge the tube: do I need to discharge the tube to add more ram?
> >
> > 2. Steps that I need: I don't know what is the easy way to add ram:
> > remove the power suply and disk to access ram banks or remove the logic
> board.
> >
> > Can anyone help me about this?
> >
> > PS: Related to discharge the crt:
> >
> > I know that I need to use a resistor or a normal electric insulated
> > cable (I'm I right?) to connect from chassis and then contact HT
> > lead boot on the crt. I'm don't know what is the best part of the
> > chassis that I can connect this cable.
> >
> > I'm asking this newbie questions because I don't understand anything
> > about electronics.
> >
> > Thanks very much,
> >
> > Nuno Teixeira
> >
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