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OS 1.30 RAM

17 Jul 2009, 20:47
So while I'm waiting for my new G7 to arrive, I'd like to go out and buy a new DIMM to install in the board when it gets here, then upgrade to OS 1.30, then transfer all Live Sets from my G8 to my new G7.

I'm drawing a blank. How big of a DIMM will the G take with OS 1.3? I want to say 1GB, but if it'll take larger, I'm all for it.

Can someone give me a link to a DIMM that I can just throw in and it'll work gauranteed? I have a 512mb DIMM in my G8 that I got off of Ebay for around $15, and it's a dream. The poster put all the info on here and it was an effortless transaction. If anyone knows of such an animal now, I'm all ears.

And no, I did not see any DIMMs listed on Roland's site.

Thanks.
I got a gig from fourniersean on
ebay works great
but i paid 125 dollars for it a little expensive i tried the best offer to get it cheaper but no cookie
http://cgi.ebay.com/1-GB-1GB-MEMORY-ROLAND-FANTOM-X6-X7-X8-XR-Xa-G6-G7-G8_W0QQitemZ270337968604QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3ef16609dc&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1262&_trkparms=%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A30
i hope this helps

Re: OS 1.30 RAM

21 Jul 2009, 03:55
Oops did I miss something???

I had bought a 512MB DIMM the day I ordered my G7 under the impression that 512MB is all it would take.
Did it say somewhere that the latest 1.30 OS update allows more RAM than 512MB max???

If so what is the maximum it will take? 1Gb,2GB,4GB,8GB?

Is there any benefit in having 1GB over the 512MB I have apart from say extra sample time?

Please advise.

Re: OS 1.30 RAM

21 Jul 2009, 05:06
>Is there any benefit in having 1GB over the 512MB I have apart from say extra sample time?

Yes. "Giga" sounds better than "mega" when you are boosting about your equipment for a client or for friends..

Adding a 512Mb DIMM gives you 544Mb RAM. That's 32Mb SDRAM (Internal) + 512Mb DIMM.

1024Mb is the maximum of RAM that the Fantom G OS can allocate.

There is atleast one huge thread that has all this information already. This thread is completely unnecessary.
Jesse J / The Fantom G Facebook group - Please join!

Re: OS 1.30 RAM

21 Jul 2009, 05:11
From version 1.20 (and up) the OS now supports 1 GB RAM. Before that 512 MB was max.

-Tiger

Re: OS 1.30 RAM

21 Jul 2009, 06:25
Jessej, I looked at that thread and failed to find the info I sought. Most of it appeared to deal with USB drives. I will peruse it again, but in the meantime, kindly refrain from responding to my posts in the future...I don't need your "help."

To the rest, your help and suggestions are most appreciated, and I'm investigating every lead. Thanks!

Re: OS 1.30 RAM

22 Jul 2009, 03:06
AK-Jake, no need to get butthurt and somehow offended personally. All I said was that it is (globally) unnecessary to start new threads about allready existing topics as the forum is quite cluttered as is, despite all the work the moderators do.

You could have very well posted your question under the existing topic.

If you don't need my 'help' you can feel free to skip all posts from me. I will answer every question that is posted so I can to help other people as usual and keep on learning more myself.
Jesse J / The Fantom G Facebook group - Please join!

Re: OS 1.30 RAM

22 Jul 2009, 09:10
lmao....

Handbags at 50 paces ;)
Whine whine everywhere and not a drop to drink ;)

Re: OS 1.30 RAM

22 Jul 2009, 11:08
Oh, I'm not offended...I just have no patience for people who have to throw in crotchety comments. And the existing thread was at one point locked.

Back on topic, I used the above suggestions to land me a good deal for Roland-certified RAM for less than expected. I am quite thrilled about this and thank all for the suggestions!

Re: OS 1.30 RAM

27 Jul 2009, 19:50
Gongman, with more RAM you can load more audio at once. The G will load all audio files on boot up, but if you have more audio in storage than it can load into the amount of RAM you have, you have to manually load/unload the samples you want/don't want. With 1GB, you'll obviously be able to load twice the length of audio than 512mb, eliminating the task of having to load/unload samples manually. If you're dealing with lots of audio it can be a NIGHTMARE if you don't have enough RAM to load it all from storage.

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