By Penfold
Fri Mar 18, 2005 4:44 pm
Note: Can all owners of the MPC1000 who have upgraded with non akai branded RAM and CF CARDS please post the Brands you own so that we can compile a list of whats good and whats not.
Also as a disclaimer, "WE as users RECOMMEND but do not ENDORSE you to purchase these brands for we will not be responsible for any damages you or the product causes"
This is mainly for newbies who need serious advice!
I my self have installed:
HYNIX PC 133 144PIN CL3 SODIMM 256MB - RAM
What you need to concentrate on is PC 133 144PIN CL3 SODIMM 256MB.
I REPEAT FOR THOSE WHO ARE ILLITERATE
U NEED PC 133 144PIN CL3 SODIMM 256MB (ANY BRAND!)
You ask why 256MB?
The Ram is 64x4. meaning it has 4 banks of memory that are 64MB's Each
The MPC1000's hardware structure only can read one side of the ram chip or two banks if I'm not mistaken, (someone hear can confirm the right reason) anyway.. it will only read half of the Ram so there fore if you use 128 only 64MB will show up on your MPC1000. This is why we use 256MB so that 128MB shows up. Now dont complain about 128MB cause thats the max the MPC1000 deals with. So dont buy 512MB!
Now why do we buy it? cause its cheaper to buy 3rd party Ram than Akai's ram. Akai charges 3 Times the amount for their ram which is still 3rd party ram made by 'Hynix' which is ironic to say the least in my situation, though I got mine out of a second hand laptop in a compuuter fair. So do the math. Pay $99 or £99 for 128MB of Akai ram when in some PC stores $99 or £99 can buy you 1gig or more of ram!! erm...I think not akai!! so why not buy a well known and trusted Brand Like Kingston and install that instead for $45 or about £30-£40 of 256MB.
See the sense now?
CF Card I use is Dan Elec 2GIG CF TYPE I Card. Purchased from http://www.expansys.com/
[MPC 1000 READS TYPE I & TYPE II]
To View Card Click Here Though it does look alot different when you get it.
More like this
Dan Elec 1 gig click here
Well thats it for me hope this helps!
EDIT 12th APRIL 2005
HERE IS A LIST OF WORKING CF CARDS
Also as a disclaimer, "WE as users RECOMMEND but do not ENDORSE you to purchase these brands for we will not be responsible for any damages you or the product causes"
This is mainly for newbies who need serious advice!
I my self have installed:
HYNIX PC 133 144PIN CL3 SODIMM 256MB - RAM
What you need to concentrate on is PC 133 144PIN CL3 SODIMM 256MB.
I REPEAT FOR THOSE WHO ARE ILLITERATE
U NEED PC 133 144PIN CL3 SODIMM 256MB (ANY BRAND!)
You ask why 256MB?
The Ram is 64x4. meaning it has 4 banks of memory that are 64MB's Each
The MPC1000's hardware structure only can read one side of the ram chip or two banks if I'm not mistaken, (someone hear can confirm the right reason) anyway.. it will only read half of the Ram so there fore if you use 128 only 64MB will show up on your MPC1000. This is why we use 256MB so that 128MB shows up. Now dont complain about 128MB cause thats the max the MPC1000 deals with. So dont buy 512MB!
Now why do we buy it? cause its cheaper to buy 3rd party Ram than Akai's ram. Akai charges 3 Times the amount for their ram which is still 3rd party ram made by 'Hynix' which is ironic to say the least in my situation, though I got mine out of a second hand laptop in a compuuter fair. So do the math. Pay $99 or £99 for 128MB of Akai ram when in some PC stores $99 or £99 can buy you 1gig or more of ram!! erm...I think not akai!! so why not buy a well known and trusted Brand Like Kingston and install that instead for $45 or about £30-£40 of 256MB.
See the sense now?
CF Card I use is Dan Elec 2GIG CF TYPE I Card. Purchased from http://www.expansys.com/
[MPC 1000 READS TYPE I & TYPE II]
To View Card Click Here Though it does look alot different when you get it.
More like this
Dan Elec 1 gig click here
Well thats it for me hope this helps!
EDIT 12th APRIL 2005
HERE IS A LIST OF WORKING CF CARDS
- CF : Kingston 512 Mb
SanDisk 2GB CF
Kingston 1gig CF card
Dan Elec 1GB CF CARD TYPE II
Last edited by Penfold on Tue Nov 29, 2005 3:57 am, edited 14 times in total.