Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!nikhefh!t68 From: t68@nikhefh.nikhef.nl (Jos Vermaseren) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Installing RAM Message-ID: <1172@nikhefh.nikhef.nl> Date: 14 Mar 91 09:53:29 GMT References: <1991Mar5.170150.214@hulaw1.harvard.edu> Sender: t68@nikhef.nl (Jos Vermaseren) Organization: Nikhef-H, Amsterdam (the Netherlands). Lines: 34 In article , hardy@golem.ps.uci.edu (Meinhard E. Mayer (Hardy)) writes: > In article <1991Mar5.170150.214@hulaw1.harvard.edu> roth2@hulaw1.harvard.edu writes: > > > > > When installing 4MB simms in the NeXT station, if I'm only installing > > four does it matter where thay go and if so should I put them in the > > bank next to the hard drive or the one next to the power supply. Aloso, > > do I need anykind of special tool to do it? I think all I need to open the > > slab is a phillips head screwdriver. > > > I just did it (the hard way): the 4 rows go next to the power supply; > install four of the 1 MB simms in the other 4 slots (or don't pull > them) for a total of 20 MB, which works fine. Actually I have them the other way around and it works fine too. I took out the first 4 SIMMs (the ones closed to the hard drive) and replaced them. Everything went fine. Taking out the old SIMMs without a special tool was a matter of thinking. With two flat screwdrivers (one small one and one medium sized) you come a long way. The main point is that it needs some force to get the SIMMs out of the slot (they are clipped in) but you do NOT want to apply force to the main board. Hence I stuck the little screwdriver in a hole and put the medium screwdriver on the size of the slot, below the small screwdriver. By rotating the medium screwdriver you exert a large enough force on the small screwdriver to have the SIMM come out on that side. Etc. I offer no guarantee that this will work with your computer. It just worked with mine (and my two screwdrivers). Jos Vermaseren PS. The above trick was invented by Archimedes trying to lift his CRAY with his NeXT workstation.