bill@procase.UUCP (Bill Arnett) (06/15/88)
I would like some advice on how to get into the wonderful world of SCSI. I
have a very old Mac (started life as a 128K) that has been upgraded to a
512KE with a Dove 2M board. I had some trouble installing the
Dove 2M board and had to push very hard to get it to seat properly. I doubt
that it can safely be removed. The question is: can I install a Dove SCSI
board? Or any other SCSI upgrade? Second question is: does anyone have any
experience with Dove (or other) SCSI upgrades?
Thanx in advance
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Bill Arnett {ucbvax!tolerant,hplabs!hpda}!procase!bill
proCASE Corp., Santa Clara CA
408/727-0714Tim_M_Dierks@cup.portal.com (06/16/88)
bill@procase.UUCP (Bill Arnett) writes: > I had some trouble installing the >Dove 2M board and had to push very hard to get it to seat properly. I doubt >that it can safely be removed. The question is: can I install a Dove SCSI >board? Or any other SCSI upgrade? Second question is: does anyone have any >experience with Dove (or other) SCSI upgrades? I've got a 512e with the Dove 2Mb upgrade and the Dove SCSI port. I love them both. I think you can remove the Dove memory upgrade- just take a very small bladed screwdriver [or such an instrument] and insert it between the sockets that go over your chips and pry by twisting carefully. I don't know how well this will work, but I personally don't think you are going to have any trouble with say, overstraining your chip connections or cracking your motherboard. And yes, I do believe the memory upgrade has to be removed to install the SCSI port. Both items seem to be of quality construction - I've never had any trouble with them at all. Have fun trying to determine which SCSI ports are compatible with which memory ugrades- I spent about a month calling everyone I could think of to find out if my former SCSI port (from Warp 9) was compatible with the Dove memory. Never got an answer, so I ordered the upgrade. It didn't fit, so I ordered the SCSI port too. [MacConnection was really great about this, giving me the price as if I'd bought them both at once.] I'd recommend that if you've got the Dove memory, buy the Dove SCSI. Tim Dierks Tim_Dierks@cup.portal.com - dierks@ndmath.uucp - c4tkg3@irishmvs.bitnet
twakeman@hpcea.CE.HP.COM (Teriann Wakeman) (06/18/88)
from this talk of how difficult it is to remove an installed memory upgrade from its socket, I geather that Dove fixed an early problem. When the Dove upgrades first came out, there was considerable net traffic about its unreliability. Seems that the upgrade kept slipping out of the socket :^) TeriAnn
dorourke@polyslo.UUCP (David O'Rourke) (06/19/88)
bill@procase.UUCP (Bill Arnett) writes: > I had some trouble installing the >Dove 2M board and had to push very hard to get it to seat properly. I doubt Make sure you allow the Mother Board to cool down for a good period of time. I got my upgrade, turned off my computer, and threw that sucker in there. I also had problems getting it to seat, I had to push REAL hard to get it to clamp on. Well I installed another one the next week on a cool mother board and it snapped on with just about the right amount of pressure. I think the chips on the MB expand just enough to make it difficult if you don't allow them to cool down first. -- David M. O'Rourke Disclaimer: I don't represent the school. All opinions are mine!