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Installing 8x OWC 16MB SIMMs in SE/30

PacificState

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I have 8 x 16MB OWC 30-pin SIMMS I'd like to use with my SE/30. Unfortunately, even though they're lower in height than the ROM SIMM it came with, I find that the last SIMM snags consistently on the metal lip of the cage above it as I insert the motherboard and comes loose.

Questions:

- Is there anything I can do to avoid this?

- If not, are there lower profile 16MB SIMMs available new that *do* fit?

- It says elsewhere that 4x16MB in Bank A is not a supported configuration, which I can confirm - however, this *does* work with a Rominator SIMM installed. I'm intending to use this machine with a Carrera 040 card, though - will that clash with the Romainator?

Thanks!
 

Aeroform

Well-known member
What are the physical dimensions of the sims? When you insert the mb, do you place it in the cutouts and swivel it in?

I have both a set of Keystrons and Purpleram, both fit without issue.
 

smrieck511

Well-known member
I have 8 x 16MB OWC 30-pin SIMMS I'd like to use with my SE/30. Unfortunately, even though they're lower in height than the ROM SIMM it came with, I find that the last SIMM snags consistently on the metal lip of the cage above it as I insert the motherboard and comes loose.

Questions:

- Is there anything I can do to avoid this?

- If not, are there lower profile 16MB SIMMs available new that *do* fit?

- It says elsewhere that 4x16MB in Bank A is not a supported configuration, which I can confirm - however, this *does* work with a Rominator SIMM installed. I'm intending to use this machine with a Carrera 040 card, though - will that clash with the Romainator?

Thanks!
Curious if you got this to fit with all 8 OWC Simms as this is what I'm planning to do with my SE/30. Thanks.
 
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