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Memory Upgrade in Micro A1
Posted on 25-Jun-2019 16:57:54
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| I successfully upgraded my MicroA1 with a 1 GB of system memory. I heard that this was a problem, but it went without any issues.,
I got it off of Ebay for $12 including shipping.
I tried updating Intuitionbase with the hardware details, but that seems to not really be available for updates anymore. _________________
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Re: Memory Upgrade in Micro A1
Posted on 25-Jun-2019 17:13:02
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The maintainer logs into AW fairly regularly.
Hopefully he'll respond.
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Re: Memory Upgrade in Micro A1
Posted on 25-Jun-2019 17:15:47
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What is the spec you bought? So I can have a look.
Had problems with a 512MB RAM one, stability problems
In OS 4.1, but worked fine in OS 4.0, the early releases. |
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Re: Memory Upgrade in Micro A1
Posted on 25-Jun-2019 17:35:14
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You folks might want to read Kurt Grach from long ago:
Source re:512 meg and 1 gig
In addition his comment regarding linux in particular:
Source
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Re: Memory Upgrade in Micro A1
Posted on 26-Jun-2019 2:48:13
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Congrats on pulling off the upgrade! |
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Re: Memory Upgrade in Micro A1
Posted on 26-Jun-2019 4:51:30
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I got this.
Memory on Ebay. _________________
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Re: Memory Upgrade in Micro A1
Posted on 26-Jun-2019 13:26:26
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So is the computer running stable with the 1GB RAM. Do you have 1GB RAM in Workbench?
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Re: Memory Upgrade in Micro A1
Posted on 26-Jun-2019 14:10:45
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That's good to know! Thanks for the link!
Did you run memtester under OS4 to see, if the RAM makes any problems in the microA1?
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In addition his comment regarding linux in particular:
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| The only problem is Linux barfs with more than 768 megs of total memory so if you run linux you have to use the limit memory arg in uboot. |
This one? True, this was the maximum usable memory in Linux on the A1 for the 2.4.x and early 2.6.x kernels. However kernel 2.6.18 (and probably some earlier versions too) already supported HIGHMEM, which allows more than 768MB RAM.Last edited by Geri on 26-Jun-2019 at 08:08 PM.
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Re: Memory Upgrade in Micro A1
Posted on 28-Jun-2019 3:35:39
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Yes, so far so good. Once the Workbench loads I got about 850 MB free. _________________
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Re: Memory Upgrade in Micro A1
Posted on 28-Jun-2019 3:38:57
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My Linux installation died many years ago d I have never tried to get it working again as I really care about the Amiga booting much more than I ever did about Linux.
What memory tester should I use? _________________
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Re: Memory Upgrade in Micro A1
Posted on 28-Jun-2019 4:00:44
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memtester
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Re: Memory Upgrade in Micro A1
Posted on 2-Jul-2019 5:50:31
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I got this. Memory on Ebay.
Memory on Ebay. |
Caution! I purchased this memory and it won't even physically fit in a uA1.
As you can see in the picture on Ebay it is much wider than the original uA1 memory. It's so wide that it overlaps the CPU card and will not lock into the memory socket clip. Even if it did, the memory module is laying (meaning touching) the CPU card. It does not fit!
Maybe if you have some kind of right angle adapter it might have a chance at working but there was no mention of having to modify the mounting to get it to work in the original post.
Not a big deal as it was only $12 but don't expect it to even fit in a uA1 without some kind of modification.
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Re: Memory Upgrade in Micro A1
Posted on 2-Jul-2019 6:11:59
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Yes, noticed the same after having bought the RAM.
What modifications did Kraftwerk2 do?
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Re: Memory Upgrade in Micro A1
Posted on 4-Jul-2019 2:26:31
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Wierd it fits in my machine just fine.
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Re: Memory Upgrade in Micro A1
Posted on 4-Jul-2019 2:27:39
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No modifications, I just put it in and it worked without any issue.
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Re: Memory Upgrade in Micro A1
Posted on 4-Jul-2019 2:32:47
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| I did not even notice that it touched the cpu card. So, I can not really say that it does. Yes, it is a bit taller than other ram sticks, but it fit without issue.
I suggest you try again.
Last edited by Kraftwerk2 on 04-Jul-2019 at 02:45 AM.
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Re: Memory Upgrade in Micro A1
Posted on 4-Jul-2019 2:34:28
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Memtester ran and reported no problems.
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Re: Memory Upgrade in Micro A1
Posted on 4-Jul-2019 2:41:04
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Memtester ran and reported no problems.
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Re: Memory Upgrade in Micro A1
Posted on 5-Jul-2019 9:31:59
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Re: Memory Upgrade in Micro A1
Posted on 7-Jul-2019 3:09:15
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Good luck and please report back.
Now if we can find a gfx card that works.
I tried a Radeon 9250, but I could not get I too display anything.
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For 27€ its certainly worth a try.