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[SOLVED] Mac SE/30 Ram sockets where to buy them?
Posted by: naruse on 2024-10-01 14:13:17 Hey everyone! So I am in the process of de-soldering the ram sockets from a battery bombed SE/30 logic board and I broke one of the ram sockets (and that basically means I will most likely break the other ones); does anyone know where I can buy these sockets :/ ? Also bonus question; does anyone know where can I buy just 1 socket for the ROM?, mine is quite corroded so I would prefer to change it. The site I saw it asks for a minimum order of 100...
Posted by: naruse on 2024-10-01 14:17:21 Actually I just found this: https://www.peconnectors.com/sockets-pga-cpu-and-memory/hws9229/ Could this perhaps work? (the issue I see is that they are slanted)
Posted by: naruse on 2024-10-01 14:20:19 Acutally I think I found it 🙂. https://www.ebay.ca/itm/122004729920
Posted by: robin-fo on 2024-10-01 14:24:41 Acutally I think I found it 🙂. https://www.ebay.ca/itm/122004729920 These appear to have a wrong spacing for the SE/30
Posted by: naruse on 2024-10-01 14:47:28 These appear to have a wrong spacing for the SE/30 really?; how come? -- how do you know? I see they are 2.54mm spacing, no? Update: Ahh I think you are talking about the spacing between slots, good catch!
Posted by: naruse on 2024-10-01 15:04:07 Bonus points; the ROM socket is here https://www.ebay.ca/itm/204778884804
Posted by: finkmac on 2024-10-01 15:13:02 Actually I just found this: https://www.peconnectors.com/sockets-pga-cpu-and-memory/hws9229/ Could this perhaps work? (the issue I see is that they are slanted) you will get destroyed on shipping and duties. pe is not friendly at all. check https://www.componentonline.com/ or reuse the old SIMM slots. as for ROM socket I'd advise not going for the silly SIMM slot and just using the PLCC sockets
Posted by: robin-fo on 2024-10-01 15:15:19 This is also a good source for 30 pin sockets: https://www.exxosforum.co.uk/atari/store2/#0099
Posted by: naruse on 2024-10-01 15:16:16 check https://www.componentonline.com/ Thanks!, Iwill be taking a look into that as for ROM socket I'd advise not going for the silly SIMM slot and just using the PLCC sockets Duh, actually great idea! I dint think about this This is also a good source for 30 pin sockets: https://www.exxosforum.co.uk/atari/store2/#0099 Thanks! I will take a look into that one as well -- I'm in canada so kind of sucks is in UK but will check on shipping! 🙂
Posted by: croissantking on 2024-10-01 15:38:17 Thanks!, Iwill be taking a look into that Duh, actually great idea! I dint think about this Thanks! I will take a look into that one as well -- I'm in canada so kind of sucks is in UK but will check on shipping! 🙂 A warning, those ones from Exxos store are super brittle, they have metal clips but the plastic is very easily cracked.
Posted by: finkmac on 2024-10-01 15:42:39 the 30pins really suck. a silly idea... solder in some machine pin sockets, convert the SIMMs to SIPPs
Posted by: naruse on 2024-10-01 15:44:40 hahah -- :O actually I had never thought about that!; I think worst comes worst I would do that -- but then I will have to "prepare" any new ram I put in everytime -- but I dont think this is as bad as is a once in a lifetime thing
Posted by: croissantking on 2024-10-01 15:51:48 If money is no object there is a 256MB RAM expansion card for the PDS slot made by one of our members here. You would not need to bother installing SIMM sockets with this card fitted.
Posted by: naruse on 2024-10-01 17:20:56 woah TIL about that 256mb ram
Posted by: croissantking on 2024-10-01 18:52:43 woah TIL about that 256mb ram I know, it’s pretty wild!
Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2024-10-03 09:25:54 a silly idea... solder in some machine pin sockets, convert the SIMMs to SIPPs Not so silly, I like the SIPP Socket suggestion. That readies the board for a 72pin SIMM daughtercard conversion "upgrade." No increase in memory, but a cheap way to max it out.
Posted by: croissantking on 2024-10-03 09:58:34 Not so silly, I like the SIPP Socket suggestion. That readies the board for a 72pin SIMM daughtercard conversion "upgrade." No increase in memory, but a cheap way to max it out. Could someone produce a daughtercard that drops into the 30-pin footprint and has two 72 pin sockets on top? If they were angled, it could fit.
Posted by: naruse on 2024-10-03 12:01:29 Not so silly, I like the SIPP Socket suggestion. That readies the board for a 72pin SIMM daughtercard conversion "upgrade." No increase in memory, but a cheap way to max it out. actually, where can I read about this upgrade? -- I have never seen this on a mac se/30 😮
Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2024-10-03 15:35:36 It's just a notion I'd been kicking around with @Bolle for a while. It made a lot of sense when 128MB was very expensive, but such became available at fairly reasonable pricing, so that project is back-burnered to curiosity level for now. I have a new logic board to play with at some point, so SIPP Sockets will be the order of the day.
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