<![CDATA[ChipMusic.org - Anyone else's 1040STe RAM soldered in?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/18457/anyone-elses-1040ste-ram-soldered-in/ Wed, 15 Jun 2016 11:13:20 +0000 PunBB <![CDATA[Re: Anyone else's 1040STe RAM soldered in?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/245061/#p245061 Panda Chan says:

Ah okay! I'll keep an eye out for some them! Thanks for the advice!

]]> Wed, 15 Jun 2016 11:13:20 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/245061/#p245061 <![CDATA[Re: Anyone else's 1040STe RAM soldered in?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/245047/#p245047 gwEm says:

Yes, early STes did have SIPPs as has already been confirmed.

The thing is though that SIPPs are alot easier to solder and replace than the actual RAM chips of earlier ST models. If you can find some larger SIPPs its definitely doable to upgrade

]]> Wed, 15 Jun 2016 08:58:14 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/245047/#p245047 <![CDATA[Re: Anyone else's 1040STe RAM soldered in?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/244122/#p244122 Panda Chan says:

Huh, interesting stuff! Makes sense but never really thought about it

]]> Tue, 17 May 2016 05:33:12 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/244122/#p244122 <![CDATA[Re: Anyone else's 1040STe RAM soldered in?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/244120/#p244120 vblank says:

I can confirm that. I've seen a couple that passed across my bench as soldered ICs. I don't think they are more common, but knowing Atari, they are very late in production (trying to save money) as apposed to an early version. Most Atari products went through a period where they were trying to lay less metal (traces and connector) over less space. This was the next largest cost issue after custom components and board size.

]]> Tue, 17 May 2016 04:17:22 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/244120/#p244120 <![CDATA[Re: Anyone else's 1040STe RAM soldered in?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/244119/#p244119 Panda Chan says:

Thanks man! I might have to chuck him an email then!

EDIT: found this thread which mentions that some of the earlier STe's were equipped with SIPPs ram, that was either soldered in or socketed. The socketed ones were easily exchanged with SIMMs ram, however the soldered ones are apparently quite difficult to remove as it's soldered in on both sides. Looks like I'll just have to stay at 1040 then...

]]> Tue, 17 May 2016 02:10:14 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/244119/#p244119 <![CDATA[Re: Anyone else's 1040STe RAM soldered in?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/244113/#p244113 fedepede04 says:

you could try ask this guy, he know a lot about the Atari's hardware, maybe he know what you can do.

http://www.exxoshost.co.uk/atari/last/store.htm

]]> Mon, 16 May 2016 20:56:40 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/244113/#p244113 <![CDATA[Re: Anyone else's 1040STe RAM soldered in?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/244063/#p244063 Panda Chan says:

I've heard rumours of that as well... I guess I might just have to leave it as is then

]]> Sun, 15 May 2016 08:28:18 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/244063/#p244063 <![CDATA[Re: Anyone else's 1040STe RAM soldered in?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/244055/#p244055 fedepede04 says:

I've heard of it before that some of the first STE, did not have 30pin SIMMS modules.

]]> Sat, 14 May 2016 23:32:20 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/244055/#p244055 <![CDATA[Re: Anyone else's 1040STe RAM soldered in?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/244043/#p244043 Panda Chan says:

I don't have a photo of the whole motherboard but I took a photo of the ram, I'll have to upload it later when I'm back at my computer however. I ran sysinfo and it confirmed its an Ste with 1024kb of ram.

]]> Sat, 14 May 2016 13:22:04 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/244043/#p244043 <![CDATA[Re: Anyone else's 1040STe RAM soldered in?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/244038/#p244038 garvalf says:

I'm not an expert, but do you have a picture of the motherboard?

]]> Sat, 14 May 2016 09:26:03 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/244038/#p244038 <![CDATA[Re: Anyone else's 1040STe RAM soldered in?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/244037/#p244037 Panda Chan says:

Yeah, I'm 99% certain. It has the STe badge, has the STe channel in maxymiser and runs protracker STe... It definitely has the holes that would allow for the mounting of the sockets but the ram cards are just soldered straight in to the main board.

]]> Sat, 14 May 2016 07:12:11 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/244037/#p244037 <![CDATA[Re: Anyone else's 1040STe RAM soldered in?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/244036/#p244036 garvalf says:

Are you sure it's not actually an STF instead of an STE ? According to this website, in french, STE should all have SIMM slots.
http://info-coach.fr/atari/hardware/memory-fr.htm

]]> Sat, 14 May 2016 06:29:20 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/244036/#p244036 <![CDATA[Anyone else's 1040STe RAM soldered in?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/244033/#p244033 Panda Chan says:

So, I bought some new RAM cards to upgrade my 1040STe to 4Mb, and after looking into a bunch of tutorials it looked like it was a plain and simple switch out, but when I opened mine up, the RAM was actually soldered in?! There was no SIMMS socket like I'd seen on other STe's.

Anyone else had this problem? If so, how did you get around it?

]]> Sat, 14 May 2016 00:51:56 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/244033/#p244033