710T reconstructive surgery

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710T reconstructive surgery

#1 Post by Timoti » Thu Aug 30, 2007 3:37 am

The 710T i bought last week just arrived today, and it's in a really bad shape.

After taking it apart and cleaning it out a few things i noticed:
- the LCD signal cable is torn
- the cable labeled 'Digitizer Conn 1' is missing
- the 60MB hard drive looks dead as well, tried it with an USB adapter

But much to my surprise, it turns out this machine uses a 72pin socket for the FPM RAM. I even have 4MB and 16MB modules somewhere. The official site says it only works with 4 or 8MB modules. Anybody tried with a 16MB before?
Also, any ideas if the missing 'digitizer conn 1' cable is a problem? The HMM shows 2 digitizer cables and the video signal cable on the exploded view.

After assembling it again, i'll try to boot it up.
Timoti
T20 - 1GHz (SL5TF), 512MB, 80GB, Intel Pro100/Agere combo miniPCI
365X - 100MHz, 72MB, 12GB
710T - 25MHz, 4MB, 60MB

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#2 Post by Timoti » Thu Aug 30, 2007 6:14 am

Turns out the hard disk works fine. Guess the 2 USB ports couldn't supply enough current.

The machine boots like a charm and loads a Win95. It even recognizes the Compaq Netelligent PCMCIA ethernet card.
On the other hand, it does not work with the 4MB FPM memory modules i have. I tried it with 2 different 4MB modules, a 16MB one, and even a 8MB EDO, but none of them work, i get the error code 225. So if not FPM or EDO, what kind of memory does this one use?
Timoti
T20 - 1GHz (SL5TF), 512MB, 80GB, Intel Pro100/Agere combo miniPCI
365X - 100MHz, 72MB, 12GB
710T - 25MHz, 4MB, 60MB

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#3 Post by whizkid » Thu Aug 30, 2007 6:58 am

twbook.pdf says the machine requires parity memory. Kahlon.com doesn't say much about the memory, but they do have an 8MB part for you for $75. :)

Edgetechcorp says you need 70ns memory, with no mention of parity, for what that's worth.

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