STE mods

HigashiJun · Post by **HigashiJun** » Sat Aug 29, 2020 10:48 am

As promised in another thread, here are some pics of the internal mods I made in my 1040 STE during my short summer vacation:

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Everything works like a charm.

Next step will be to install the STE booster, but it's another story...

Cheers.

joelolzen · Post by **joelolzen** » Sat Aug 29, 2020 3:05 pm

Looks great ! Could you give more detail on the internal satan Install please?

HigashiJun · Post by **HigashiJun** » Sun Aug 30, 2020 3:27 am

joelolzen wrote: Sat Aug 29, 2020 3:05 pm Looks great ! Could you give more detail on the internal satan Install please?

Thanks !

Here's a picture from another forum which will help you connect the Ultra Satan internally:

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If you plan to install Exxos' HD fdd kit, you'll have to move the flat cable on the left side, as seen in my previous pics.

Have fun !

HigashiJun · Post by **HigashiJun** » Sat Sep 12, 2020 1:49 am

Next steps done...

CPU is now socketed

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and tested... Everything works fine.

Exxos booster is stripped off and ready for a fit:

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But I'll have to replace the SIL resistors on the STE board first.

Need to find more free time to get the job done.

Post by **exxos** » Sat Sep 12, 2020 8:38 am

The booster won't fit on motherboards where the cpu is/was soldered to the motherboard..

HigashiJun · Post by **HigashiJun** » Sat Sep 12, 2020 8:51 am

Yes, I know that soldered CPUs were not compatible with your booster.

I just plan to mod my STE as IngoQ did and that's why I had to strip your booster off.

Post by **exxos** » Sat Sep 12, 2020 9:00 am

It is not recommend or approved a reliable method of installing the booster. Just because ingo got it working doesn't mean its reliable or will work on any other machines.

HigashiJun · Post by **HigashiJun** » Sat Sep 12, 2020 10:13 am

No problem if it doesn't work, I won't blame you...

Post by **IngoQ** » Mon Sep 14, 2020 1:21 pm

exxos wrote: Sat Sep 12, 2020 9:00 am It is not recommend or approved a reliable method of installing the booster. Just because ingo got it working doesn't mean its reliable or will work on any other machines.

I ended up keeping the 1.5 STF-Booster in my STE, since it had such a nice small footprint. But the STE booster worked very well too.

HigashiJun · Post by **HigashiJun** » Mon Sep 14, 2020 2:08 pm

IngoQ wrote: Mon Sep 14, 2020 1:21 pm
exxos wrote: Sat Sep 12, 2020 9:00 am It is not recommend or approved a reliable method of installing the booster. Just because ingo got it working doesn't mean its reliable or will work on any other machines.
I ended up keeping the 1.5 STF-Booster in my STE, since it had such a nice small footprint. But the STE booster worked very well too.

Sure it has, but as Exxos doesn't sell it anymore, the only way for me was the STE booster.

Anyway, I'd like to thank you for your great post. It saves me from doing all the research you did (connections, traces, etc.).

Cheers.

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