> Did I send you the 1/2 meg VRAM simm or was that another guy ?
Tee hee... That was me. ;-) I haven't mentioned it yet because ... I haven't gotten it to work yet. Thanks so much for the VRAM though! I soldered it in just fine and my initial testing w/ a circuit tester showed everything green (note that the leads on the tester are quite blunt). I booted the modded 5300 w/ the 800x600 ce display and got the same behaviour I was getting with only 512K of VRAM. So, either the VRAM isn't installed correctly, I'm missing something else (like adding a cap somewhere), or the 5300cs just can't use the 5300ce display. I'm leaning toward the first possibility. And it's only a matter of time until I take the machine back apart and re-solder all the pads to make sure that it's making all the right connections. >From what I can tell, though, the 5300cs motherboard ought to handle the ce display w/ the VRAM upgrade. It's probably just that a couple of the legs on the 512K vram aren't touching their traces on the mobo... Like I said, the circuit tester's probes are very blunt and it's entirely possible that I wasn't actually seeing a good circuit - the probe itself actually bridging the gap between the RAM chip's leg and its mobo solder pad. Right now i'm putting together a walkthrough of the 5300 innards on my website. When I'm done, there'll be a pick of the VRAM I soldered onto the board, so you can feel free to take a look. It's not up yet, though... Peace, Drew -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://homepage.mac.com/alk/> "Anyone can fly, all you have to do is throw yourself at the ground and miss." -Douglas Adams, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:powerbooks@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:powerbooks-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:powerbooks-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
