9 megawords installed means there are 18meg of RAM = 2 8meg cards plus 1 2meg card.
So, your S-1000 is able to work w/ 8meg cards already,- just has the jumpers resoldered.
Probably you see, the 2 meg card is in the 1st slot and the 2 8meg cards are in the 2 following slots.
If the display reads 9 meg words at power up, all is fine and you can add another 8meg board to the last slot.
If you plan to add another 2 meg board instead of a 8meg one, so take care to put the 2nd 2meg board into the 2nd slot und jump w/ the 2 8meg boards to the 3dr and 4th slot.
This will work.
I myself, I recognized, if 2meg boards are inserted into the 1st slot, this card is connected to the chassis w/ a resistor or condenser ( don´t know exactly) ...
Definitely, my S-1000 and my S-1100 are running fine w/ 4 8meg boards ( 32MB) without this connection.
So, maybe, anyone possibly can comment on this connection and the part ( resistor/condensor) in more detail here,- I´m intersted in this secret too.
PeWe
Neil weiher schrieb:
--- In akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com, "hifistereo2001" ...>
wrote:
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> I just bought one with 9megawords installed, but im not sure if the
> unit is able to read 8mb boards that I just bought. What are ways that
> I would know that it could address them, and also how would I make the
> modification to make them able to read?
>
I hope this will help you to upgrade your memory... I have a Akai S1000
with 10 Megawords,,, memory And SCSI Card http://www.firstpr.com.au/rwi/smem/8Meg.html
good luck Neil Weiher