Newly acquired 520 STe questions

[rubber_jonnie]

That's very odd. The simms I ordered in the picture in the store don't have blobs of solder.

The description even warns against replacing old simms that were thicker because they can have damaged the slots.

I'll have to find a friend who can help remove the solder and cross my finders that my attempts haven't already damaged the slots and that removing the solder doesn't do any hard.

Definitely isn't as simple as I'd hoped!

Let us know how you get on with the SIMMs.

[krs]

I'd like to know more about what sort of incompatibility problems I might run into with 4meg rather than 1meg and also if it's quite common now for new demos and games to need more than 1meg?

I know you've already went with the 4MB upgrade now but I didn't see this question answered. Basically don't worry about it. When I installed 4MB in my STFM I went and drilled a hole in the case to install a switch to be able to switch between 1MB/4MB in case of incompatibility issues. Not once did I run into an application/demo/game that would not work with 4MB in the years since I installed it. The switch was completely unnecessary.

I'm sure there are some very old software that doesn't work but it's essentially a non-issue in my opinion. But for demos especially there's been more and more that need >1MB the last few years so definitely worth the upgrade.

Hope you get the RAM modules working!