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ah yes, i seen that, what's it for again ?

Not far off now. Just need memory riser bits ;) as falcon memory module current hits psu.


exxos parts arrive :)...yay...Was expecting both mc68b50 chips to be the same :( exxos is killing my work of art ;) ha. A bit gutting. May try polishing one. But they are slightly different part nos.

Beauty :)

Midi ports added, 2 points on rear of board bridged.


Connected both centre buts beneath expansion port


Back in its home


New case top painted with less issues


Extra 12v lead connector ran from PSU for led strip


Still need a solution for standing ram up higher as still hitting psu, ordered a strip of these https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/283290032728 ... 4155495048

What RAM card are you actually trying to fit ?

See up, the pcb is too close to psu pcb so needs lifting a bit

cheers

dave

Ah,. Mine (blue) misseses the PSU by a couple of mm. The black cat one is larger so it doesn't physically fit.


I would suggest you just get a simm socket as it looks like you're going down a world of pain otherwise..

owch......

exxos wrote: 23 Aug 2021 19:58 Ah,. Mine (blue) misseses the PSU by a couple of mm. The black cat one is larger so it doesn't physically fit.


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I would suggest you just get a simm socket as it looks like you're going down a world of pain otherwise..

I'm assuming you need to have the board all the way onto the pins at the back, i managed to get it on, with about 5 mm of the pins left showing.

bit annoying really, can't even shave anything off the pcb :( as circuit is real near the edge

i've another falcon board but the sim is actually underneath, so that also wouldn't fit.

anyways, i get no video output yet, so i'm guessing its this.

regards

dave

alienkidmj12 wrote: 24 Aug 2021 19:29 Im assuming you need to have the board all the way onto the pins at the back, i managed to get it on, with about 5 mm of the pins left showing.

Probably isn't contacting properly.

@alienkidmj12 one option if you need to raise the Falcon RAM board height is to use longer header pins.

I used them on my ALPHA board to clear the PSU. You can just see the board on the taller headers in the pic below.