Disable motherboard RAAM on Mega 2

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macsonny
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Disable motherboard RAAM on Mega 2

Post by macsonny »

Hi All,

Been struggling getting my Mega 4 fixed so managed to pick-up a reasonably priced Mega 2 motherboard that works great. I have the Exxos 4 meg upgrade arriving early next week and reading through some documentation it looks like I need to disable the motherboard RAM during installation.

I really don't want to desolder the existing RAM just in case I want to go back to stock.

What's the easiest way to disable the RAM?

EDIT: iIt looks like I need to tie R65, R66, R68 and R70 to +5 VDC to disable the on-board RAM. Correct?

Thanks
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Re: Disable motherboard RAAM on Mega 2

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See my post on the other thread.
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