Bolle
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 8:11 am
does anyone have the pinouts for the 168pin RAM DIMMs used in the Powermacs 7200-9600?
thx. bolle.
multifinder17
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 2:17 pm
Didja check Google?
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Bolle
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 7:19 am
right after posting I found one...
does anybody know if it is possible to tweak a powermac motherboard to take (much cheaper and easier to get) 3.3V instead of the 5V DIMMs?
pinouts are all the same. I know that they don“t fit physically because the small holes are in different positions but that is not the problem. you can easiely wide them so that they would fit.
my intention is that I can do same trace routing on the motherboard to find out where the power for the RAM slots come from and then feed a 3.3V supply instead of the 5V in there.
Is it that easy?
Thoughts please...
BeigeG3
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 12:24 pm
Sounds like a good way to release the magic smoke. There is a reason the small holes are in different positions.
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equill
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 1:00 pm
Bolle
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 1:45 pm
hmmm...
magic smoke and funny smell is always good...
so the dimms have to go to ebay...
tomlee59
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 11:08 pm
And don't forget, even if you were to change the power supply on the ram, you'd still be up the creek. The memory talks to other chips, of course, and they're going to continue driving with their larger voltages (and expecting same). Again, that's a recipe for emitting much magic smoke.
multifinder17
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 1:32 pm
The magic smoke came out of one of my computers once... It stopped showing the pretty pictures and information... I wish I hadn't let the magic out...

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john8520
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 1:36 pm
I've never let the magic smoke out of a computer, but I have for quite a few unfortunate transistors.

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tomlee59
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 10:05 pm
And it is *really* hard to put the smoke back in...