|
25 November 2010, 11:59
|
#1 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Copenhagen / Denmark
Age: 44
Posts: 259
 |
Hurricane 500 ram upgrade
Is it possible to swap the 1 mb ram for 4 mb without any firmware updates?
Does anyone know? |
|
|
25 November 2010, 12:26
|
#2 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Italy
Posts: 1,136
|
if your Hurricane mount 4 sim 256, remove and install 4 sim 1 mb
|
|
|
|
25 November 2010, 14:00
|
#3 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Copenhagen / Denmark
Age: 44
Posts: 259
|
i think it is dim sockets.
|
|
|
|
25 November 2010, 15:13
|
#4 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: finland
Posts: 1,839
|
accepts 1M×4 DIPs
|
|
|
|
25 November 2010, 22:57
|
#5 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Italy
Posts: 1,136
|
your Hurricane 500 have 8 ram dip soldered?
|
|
|
|
26 November 2010, 09:07
|
#6 | |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Copenhagen / Denmark
Age: 44
Posts: 259
|
Quote:
It should be expandable up to 4 Mb for what i can see on amiga.resource.cx |
|
|
|
|
26 November 2010, 15:09
|
#7 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Italy
Posts: 1,136
|
for new ram you need remove old ram and solder new ram, find a friend for this match and search new ram, if not have a friend, send me the hurricane in italy for modify
|
|
|
|
26 November 2010, 15:20
|
#8 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Italy
Posts: 1,136
|
sorry, i have look high res photo and have look the sockets, you need only remove old dram and insert new, not iron.
|
|
|
|
26 November 2010, 17:39
|
#9 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Copenhagen / Denmark
Age: 44
Posts: 259
|
the problem is not soldering, even if they were soldered to the board, it would be quite a simple procedure.
My concern is if you need a firmware update to accept the 4 mb vs. the one and then where to get the dram. I guess for the latest a post on amibay should yield some answers 
|
|
|
|
27 November 2010, 10:53
|
#10 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Italy
Posts: 1,136
|
the ram is autoconfig or use driver present on floppy?
|
|
|
|
27 November 2010, 14:49
|
#11 | |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Copenhagen / Denmark
Age: 44
Posts: 259
|
Quote:
At least it didn't map the ram before i ran the config tool |
|
|
|
|
28 November 2010, 20:34
|
#12 |
|
I hate potatos and shirts
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Sao Leopoldo / Brazil
Age: 58
Posts: 3,482
 |
Then you don't need a "driver", you need a program to add the memory to the Amiga memory pool.
All addmem programs do this. All you need to know is where the memory address starts and where it ends. For example: on my RAM made by Tomthul I need to issue "addmem 200000 to 3fffff" (the 1fffff difference equals to 2Mb minus one byte) to make the 2Mb of FAST RAM to show up. |
|
|
| Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
| Thread Tools | |
Similar Threads
|
||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| How does the hurricane 500 board work with an A500? | Thraka | support.Hardware | 5 | 05 May 2013 18:23 |
| Upgrade the Amiga 500 or save for A1200? | Neil79 | Retrogaming General Discussion | 34 | 26 April 2013 01:36 |
| Hurricane 500 and whdload | Nikolaj_sofus | support.Hardware | 5 | 15 December 2010 02:15 |
| FS : amiga 500 with ram upgrade | jimbob005 | MarketPlace | 0 | 15 September 2007 14:31 |
| Amiga 500 upgrade help | Tolismlf | support.Hardware | 9 | 03 August 2004 17:18 |
|
|
