Strange SIMM slot, can't figure out how to open them...

[bfollowell]

I'm trying to help out my new friend in the U.K. that I adopted my new STE from. We bought 4MB of RAM from the same seller, an my buddy had never installed RAM into an STE before. I told him it was really easy and that I'd step him through it and we'd do it together. Well, he messaged me today, and his SIMM slots are absolutely nothing like the one on my new STE. I looked through all of the different board revisions on Exxos' motherboard revisions forum, and every single STE board looks to have SIMM slots just like mine, the normal ones we typically see. The one's on my friend's machine are black and have plastic nub that goes through the holes on the left and right sides of the SIMMs. He can't seem to determine how they open and, naturally, he doesn't want to try too hard in fear of breaking something.

Is anyone familiar with this type of SIMM slot/framework?

I'm attaching the picture he sent me.

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[exxos]

Hard to tell much from the image. can you take some better images ?

EDIT:

I'd assume you have to push these tabs down a bit as they seem to be "hooked" though the holes on the simms.

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[TimNaber]

It might be that little wire/steel clip I circled

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[bfollowell]

I don't think that's any sort of clip. I'm fairly certain that's the lead of a ceramic capacitor that is mostly hidden from view by the SIMMs. On my board, and most that I've seen, there are several caps just to the right of the SIMM slots.

[beel1]

Hello,

I have the same on my STE (in white)
You have to push the tab circled in yellow towards the outside (orange arraw). Do the same on the other side, the the SIMM will rotate towards the rear of the STE (red arrow)
You have to start with the SIMM from the rear (U603 I guess) to the front (U601, U602, U600 in last), otherwise the SIMM cannot flip

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[beel1]

Here is a view of the retention mechanism on my STE. I have to start with the SIMM on the front which is worse since there is less room that way

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[bfollowell]

beel1, yes, that is what my STE has, and from what I've seen, probably 99% of STEs have. That's why this one seemed so strange.

Thanks for pointing out that tab. I'll pass this along to my friend.