Path: news1.icaen!news.uiowa.edu!news2.chicago.iagnet.net!qual.net!iagnet.net!nyd.news.ans.net!newsfeeds.ans.net!news.idt.net!ix.netcom.com!news From: Tomasz Beben Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Memory Card??? Date: Wed, 29 Apr 1998 23:03:28 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 48 Message-ID: <6i8bps$c78@dfw-ixnews7.ix.netcom.com> References: <3545F067.8B34A0C6@WEHATESPAMcnf.com> <1d89u2q.rq0ag41kopdmlN@dempson.actrix.gen.nz> <35473A40.FEDCA8BD@WEHATESPAMcnf.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: irv-ca55-30.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Wed Apr 29 6:06:36 PM CDT 1998 X-Newsreader: NETCOMplete/4.0 Xref: news1.icaen comp.sys.apple2:133143 In article <35473A40.FEDCA8BD@WEHATESPAMcnf.com>, Matt Willman wrote: >Thanks for all the info everybody...I'm happy to find out that it most likely >wasn't some flaky hardware. I have one more question about the ROM 0 to ROM 1 >upgrade though. I only replaced the ROM chip itself, and I have heard that in >some ROM 0 machines you have to replace the VGC also. Can you test the VGC to >see if it needs to be upgraded, or??? You can tell which ones need to be replaced by the serial numbers. Here is an excerpt from an apple document which describes this: To determine if you need either the VGC or ROM upgrade, check the first three digits of the serial number on the bottom of your IIgs and use the chart below to determine what upgrade, if any is required: Units with numbers 704 or lower require both the new VGC and ROM Units with numbers 705 - 724 (inclusive) require only the new ROM Units with numbers 725 or higher do NOT require any upgrade However, since some systems may have had logic board swaps since date of purchase, it is useful to to check the individual VGC and ROM numbers on the main logic board to insure that an upgrade is indeed required. Please refer to the chart below: _________________________________________________________________________ _____ Old ROM: ends in "A" New Replacement ROM: ends in "B" _________________________________________________________________________ _____ Defective VGC's: AMI 344SOO46-1 Good VGC's: AMI 344SOO46-2 AMI 344SOO46-A AMI 344SOO46-B Replacement VGC numbers are: AMI 344SOO46-3 IMP 344SOO46 IMP 344S0056 Hope this helps, usually this stuff can be found in apple's technical reference library on the net.