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From: rich@aoa.UUCP (Rich Snow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Converting SIPPs to SIMMs
Summary: why not?
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Date: 31 May 91 19:41:44 GMT
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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?

Get the data sheets on the parts and compare them. If the voltages
are the same and the pins have the same function, you could probably
do it fine. I've seen a couple motherboards with BOTH SIP and SIM
sockets. It's likely that the voltages and functions of the
chips are very close.

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.

Have fun (but experiment on a cheap chip first!)

-Rich
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