exm 128 mb not working

bought it off ebay but it only loads the RAM for 50% than it just stops...

anyone else has had this problem with 3rd party ram?

so basically what? you loaded more then 64 megs of samples into the mpc and it wont load up more then 64megs?

how many samples did you load?

im talking about the expansion board..my mpc just doesnt load it...now i have to work with only 16 mb...the akai board is way overpriced

just make sure the RAM is sitting correctly. Sometimes if the RAM isnt seated properly you will get errors. Or it may not be compatible.

poundaproblem wrote:just make sure the RAM is sitting correctly. Sometimes if the RAM isnt seated properly you will get errors. Or it may not be compatible.

i just insert it and then push it down till it is fitted between the platic holders...when booting up the 500 needs to load 4 simm parts according to the menu...but every time the first part reaches 50% it suddenly stops and the only thing i can do is remove the board.

the exm board seller agreed to give me a refund but i hope it´s not the 500 wich is messed up,if so will contact the 500 seller cause i paid over $300 for it.

freezeforce wrote:

poundaproblem wrote:just make sure the RAM is sitting correctly. Sometimes if the RAM isnt seated properly you will get errors. Or it may not be compatible.

i just insert it and then push it down till it is fitted between the platic holders...when booting up the 500 needs to load 4 simm parts according to the menu...but every time the first part reaches 50% it suddenly stops and the only thing i can do is remove the board.

the exm board seller agreed to give me a refund but i hope it´s not the 500 wich is messed up,if so will contact the 500 seller cause i paid over $300 for it.

you payed over 300 bucks for a 128 stick of ram? return it for a refund and buy the exact same thing (not made by akai) for 10 bucks.

mr_debauch wrote:

freezeforce wrote:

poundaproblem wrote:just make sure the RAM is sitting correctly. Sometimes if the RAM isnt seated properly you will get errors. Or it may not be compatible.

i just insert it and then push it down till it is fitted between the platic holders...when booting up the 500 needs to load 4 simm parts according to the menu...but every time the first part reaches 50% it suddenly stops and the only thing i can do is remove the board.

the exm board seller agreed to give me a refund but i hope it´s not the 500 wich is messed up,if so will contact the 500 seller cause i paid over $300 for it.

you payed over 300 bucks for a 128 stick of ram? return it for a refund and buy the exact same thing (not made by akai) for 10 bucks.

I think he paid over 300 for the MPC 500 that he hopes isn't broken.

the expansion was $20

the 500 $350

i already returned the expansion,now im looking on ebay uk to get another one.

oh, okay... yeah man if you look around the forums in the 500, and even the 1000 and 2500 sections you will see some ram related threads... some of them have the specs for the ram and if you see those you will be able to find random older computer ram that works in the machine... that is if you didn't sort the issue out yet.

good luck man.

thanks for the replies guys,i just ordered:

256MB PC100/PC133 CL3 144PIN SODIMM SDRAM LAPTOP MEMORY

for only $10 off ebay

Let´s hope it works this time

We'll all keep our fingers crossed for ya

Remember to hold down the Shift key while turning the power on after installing the RAM.

Its working

it didnt work while holding down the shift button while powering up so i just powered up.

cost me only $10,glad i didnt buy the expensive akai exm