SE/30 Simms

[SE30_Neal]

Hi 68k-era,

Ive been looking at simm upgrades, not that i can find any in the uk only states. Anyway ive seen lots with different ns rating, i would like 32mb as that seems nice enough for getting my se/30 online, so 8 x 4mb 30 pin, I believe none palarity, what ns value should i be looking for?

Neal

 

[macclassic]

I bought some 16MB 30pin 60ns SIMMS for my SE/30 which work fine.

 

[SE30_Neal]

Thanks macclassic, are they 5v?

 

[uniserver]

a customer sent these in with their board and they worked out really good... the clearance was perfect.

http://www.amazon.com/MEMORY-Performa-nonparity-Quadra-Workgroup/dp/B00FAYV3NO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1456788527&sr=8-1&keywords=apple+quadra+30pin+ram

 

[SE30_Neal]

Rhanks uniserver

 

[macclassic]

I just can;t remember the voltage but the more you put in the longer the boot time.

 

[unity]

Another source. I love OWC, so I support them. But those Amazon ones are a little cheaper.

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/30PS16MB/

 

[SE30_Neal]

I looked at owc but stopped before ordering as there site didnt seem lagitimate especially the payment section so i wasn't comfortable putting my card details in there.

 

[unity]

OWC has been around forever. I trust em. I think you can order over the phone too though.

 

[SE30_Neal]

Strange card input area and for me in the uk with time difference and call costs not worth a call. Uniserver found a uk amazon seller that seems good. The uk lacking the vintage mac stuff though i looked for hours unsuccessfully

 

[Bunsen]

OWC are probably the most reliable and trusted Mac parts & accessories dealer on the internet.  I get my stuff from them as often as possible, because half the time it works out cheaper than eBay, and if I go through the right selection process I know for certain that it will work with my Mac.

 

[SE30_Neal]

Fair enough, i dont know them so i didnt know, i've brought from amazon now using uniservers recommendation so got the 4x16mb simms for $50/£38 so will have 64mb of ram which is more than i had planned to buy

 

[Bunsen]

64MB in an SE/30 should keep you happy for quite some time, I'd say.

 

[olePigeon]

Oh, why not go for the full 128MB and get it over with?  You know you want to.

 

[SE30_Neal]

Cost mate, im married with kids. For now 64mb is good

 

[Gary_W]

I seem to recall that you can install the Quadcontrol control panel for the Daystar Turbo 040 card even if you don't have the card installed, and it has a setting to skip the memory test on bootup.  That ring a bell with anyone else?  I'm afraid my SE/30 is not set up at the moment so I am unable to test this.

I found the feature mentioned here in the "Expert Options" section: http://lowendmac.com/2005/the-legendary-daystar-turbo-040-hot-rods-68030-macs/

Here's what the setting looks like in the manual (page 110): http://www.artmix.com/pdffiles/QuadCon_MN.pdf

HA!  Found my own post on the Vintage Macs Google group from 2007 asking about this very subject  lol: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/vintage-macs/l9JmjppQ5q0

Anyway can't seem to find any more info.  If you try it please post results in a new thread.

 

[SE30_Neal]

Interesting stuff, i would love an accelorator card but they're really expensive :-/ at least with 64mb i should be able to get online

 

[uniserver]

i can send you a bootable  (Mac os 7.1) or (608) Rom Simm with the IIsi rom init... and the ram test is already disabled.  thanks to the work of Dougg3 and bbraun!

 

[SE30_Neal]

thank you Uniserver thats very kind although its fine with the memory check and i'll look in to what gary_w mentioned at some Point.

Ill be glad just to get my Se/30 back together again, charles thanks my board arrived yesterday!!! Max is kindly sending my hdd back full of software today and my memory is in the post, does anyone know how i install mode 32 to access all the ram, Max has kindly added it to the hdd but i wasnt sure if it will just work or if i need to install it and change setting?