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From: phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Converting SIPPs to SIMMs
Message-ID: <1991Jun3.170314.16573@amd.com>
Date: 3 Jun 91 17:03:14 GMT
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rich@aoa.UUCP (Rich Snow) writes:
>In article <13006@sybase.sybase.com> forrest@sybase.com writes:
>>Is it possible to convert a SIPP to a SIMM by cutting or unsoldering
>>those little wire legs? If not, why not?

Yes, I have done it.

>Get the data sheets on the parts and compare them. If the voltages

If you think of the vendors as lazy, which they are, you would
guess the pinouts etc would be exactly the same and the differences
purely mechanical. That is, unless they're made by Intel :-)

>The hardest part is going to be mounting the chips securely
>and modifying the wiring - without putting too long a wire on them, or
>frying the thing with your soldering iron.

It's easy to go SIPP to SIMM. Just mount the SIPP in a vise, heat the
pin with a soldering iron and use a needle nose to pull it off.  (this
assumes basic soldering iron capabilities on your part)

Are you thinking of SIMM to SIPP?

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