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Date: | Thu, 15 Jul 1999 10:24:21 -0500 |
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Syd Wyncoop wrote:
> I just installed 2 168 pin 64 MB SDRAM boards into a 233 mhz Pentium MX
> motherboard and the board only recognizes a total of 32 mb RAM. I know
> each board is registering as 16 MB because that's what I get when only
> one board is installed. I am told these boards are supposed to be 64 MB
> each, so I expected 128 MB total. Can anyone explain this to me?
>
> I bought a single-sided 64 MB SIMMS module and it also acted weird on
> three older machines (all Pentiums). A 120 Mhz Intel Shuttle board refused
> to see it at all. The other two (a 166 Mhz Acer and a 200 Mhz clone) saw
> it as 16 Mb. All three mobos had dual Simms and Dimms banks. I thought the
> chip was bad, but when placed in a brandnew machine with just DIMMS banks
> it worked fine. I think generic RAM (like this chip) is much more picky
> about working in older machines. So if you want something to work buy the
> namebrand chips and ask the sales technicians for assistance on your
> purchase.
Later,
Russell Smith
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