[comp.sys.3b1] help with my EIA combo board

elliston@av8tr.UUCP (Keith Elliston) (03/19/91)

Hello

I recently posted about problems with my 7300 (av8tr), and have decided
to take some of the advice.  So, I took out my 512K expansion boards (2),
populated the EIA combo with 1.5, and thoroughly cleaned out the machine
(the infamous Dust Bunny treatment).  I also made sure all my connections to
the powersupply and disk were good.

One problem so far...  I don't know how to configure the jumpers on the
combo board for 1.5 Mb.  I only get 0.5 out of it.  So, could some kind
soul tell me how to configure the board for 1.5?  I installed 36 addtn'l
256k/80ns chips on the board.

Thanks

Keith


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k2ph@cbnewsj.att.com (The QRPer) (03/19/91)

From article <638@av8tr.UUCP>, by elliston@av8tr.UUCP (Keith Elliston):
> Hello
> 
> I recently posted about problems with my 7300 (av8tr), and have decided
> to take some of the advice.  So, I took out my 512K expansion boards (2),
> populated the EIA combo with 1.5, and thoroughly cleaned out the machine
> (the infamous Dust Bunny treatment).  I also made sure all my connections to
> the powersupply and disk were good.
> 
> One problem so far...  I don't know how to configure the jumpers on the
> combo board for 1.5 Mb.  I only get 0.5 out of it.  So, could some kind
> soul tell me how to configure the board for 1.5?  I installed 36 addtn'l
> 256k/80ns chips on the board.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Keith
> 
> 
> -- 
> Keith O. Elliston          elliston@av8tr.UUCP           elliston@msdrl.com
> AA5A N9734U                elliston@mbcl.rutgers.edu     elliston@biovax.bitnet
> "Beware of pseudo-experts with a mission and a grudge, especially if they are
>  lawyers pretending to be scientists." -- H.W. Lewis in 'Technological Risk'

Here's the table from the EIA/RAM Combo Board Installation Guide:

RAM        W1     W2     W3     Rows Populated with ICs
-------------------------------------------------------
0.0       OFF    OFF    OFF     NONE
0.5       OFF     ON     ON     5 and 6
1.0        ON    OFF     ON     7 through 10
1.5        ON     ON    OFF     5 through 10

It really works.  I upgraded mine in steps, so I know that these
jumper settings work.

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ebd@fang.ATT.COM (Elliot B Dierksen) (03/20/91)

From article <638@av8tr.UUCP>, by elliston@av8tr.UUCP (Keith Elliston):
> I recently posted about problems with my 7300 (av8tr), and have decided
> to take some of the advice.  So, I took out my 512K expansion boards (2),
> populated the EIA combo with 1.5, and thoroughly cleaned out the machine
> (the infamous Dust Bunny treatment).  I also made sure all my connections to
> the powersupply and disk were good.
> 
> One problem so far...  I don't know how to configure the jumpers on the
> combo board for 1.5 Mb.  I only get 0.5 out of it.  So, could some kind
> soul tell me how to configure the board for 1.5?  I installed 36 addtn'l
> 256k/80ns chips on the board.

There are jumper shunts on the board. They should be numbered 1 to 3 (don't
have one in front of me). No jumper = 0 MEM, 1 = .5Mb, 2 = 1 Mb, 3 = 1.5Mb.

that should do it for you. You may have other problems though if you have a
.5Mb RAM card, but that can be addressed with on of John Milton's HwNotes (I
have done this myself).

Hope that helps,

EBD
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jamesj@cbnewse.att.com (james.h.jennings) (03/20/91)

In article <638@av8tr.UUCP> elliston@av8tr.UUCP (Keith Elliston) writes:
>Hello
>
>I recently posted about problems with my 7300 (av8tr), and have decided
>to take some of the advice.  So, I took out my 512K expansion boards (2),
>populated the EIA combo with 1.5, and thoroughly cleaned out the machine
>(the infamous Dust Bunny treatment).  I also made sure all my connections to
>the powersupply and disk were good.
>
>One problem so far...  I don't know how to configure the jumpers on the
>combo board for 1.5 Mb.  I only get 0.5 out of it.  So, could some kind
>soul tell me how to configure the board for 1.5?  I installed 36 addtn'l
>256k/80ns chips on the board.
>
>Thanks
>
>Keith

I just recently added memory to my combo card.  Leave jumper W2 where it
is and move jumber W3 to W1 (i.e., jumbers should be at locations W1 and
W2).  Hope this helps.

	James Jennings
	...att!ihlpf!jhj
		or
	...att!abacab!shrlok!jhj
>
>
>-- 
>Keith O. Elliston          elliston@av8tr.UUCP           elliston@msdrl.com
>AA5A N9734U                elliston@mbcl.rutgers.edu     elliston@biovax.bitnet
>"Beware of pseudo-experts with a mission and a grudge, especially if they are
> lawyers pretending to be scientists." -- H.W. Lewis in 'Technological Risk'