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    Motherboard Upgrade

    Hellooah

    I wanna upgrade my A500 with these components:

    Fatter Agnus - found in ol' miggy A600
    and Kickstart 2.04 / 2.05 (i have all versions) - cuz I need more compatible WB apps

    Just wanna ask if I can JUST put the chips in the sockets or if I must do somethin' more difficult.

    Has some guy experience?
    Motherboard revision = 6A && 1 Meg RAM and new Chinon FD (ol' ROM = 1.3)
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    Most of the chips in the A600 are surface mounted, rather than socketed, although if you do have a socketed Fatter Agnus from an A600 then it should work.

    Failing that, A2000/A1500 chips should all be compatible with the A500.

    Or look for an A500 Plus, as that will give you a proper ECS A500.

    For the most out of WB consider Kickstart 3.1 also, as you could then use Workbench 3.1 and if you have a sidebus HDD you could create a good HDD setup.

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    And....

    And.... Socketted Kickstart ?? (only)
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    Yep, only the Kickstart is socketed on the A600 so it can be upgraded to 3.1, or downgraded to 1.3 if you wished. Most after-market third party upgraded for the A600 used a piggyback system with the expansions fitting over the existing chips, rather than being able to replace them via socketed chips, as you could with the A500.

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