Sorry to inform you of this:
.....it is double sided. Any more suggestions would be welcome though.
Thanks for that anyway, I'll remember it for future reference.
Michele Sayer


----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Lore" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 3:44 PM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Bios Flash Update D1170A m/b


> Hi,
>
> No half the ram did not fail.  We have had previous discussions in this
> list about this.
>
> Manufacturers of RAM have changed the density of the modules used. They
> are building them cheaper.  You probably put in a new 128 module that is
> single sided with memory.  If you can exchange it with a 128 double
> sided,(read as: older, more expensive design) module it would probably
> read correctly.
>
> Thanks and have a Great Day!
>
> Joe Lore
> ---------------------
>
> I can't believe this, I did it!...........and I can't understand why all
> the websites were making such a fuss about a Phoenix bios! I found it
> really straight forward, and it only took a couple of seconds. I was
> quite nervous to start with though, because on the Fujitsu-siemens site,
> I found two flash update bios's for the D1170, and so I assumed they
> were both intended to go on the one floppy.(Both were different sizes
> when I checked properties) Everytime I tried to load one on, it
> over-wrote the initial one, and vice versa, and when I tried to drag and
> drop the second one to the A drive, there wasn't enough room. In the
> end, after a lot of swearing, I took the chance, just loaded the biggest
> file to the floppy, and went for it. (printing out the instructions I
> found, not realising they wouldn't even coincide with what actually
> happened on screen) If I remember rightly, the only thing I had to do
> was press 'y' twice, then enter. I think that was about it. Then the
> system restarted, and the error message is gone. I'm using it now, and
> it seems fine, although I still only have 63mb ram according to
> windows.(makes sense about the 1mb being used) I do have a 128mb stick
> of ram installed, could half of the ram have failed or something? I
> don't know if that's possible, or would it all fail at once? Thank you
> all so much for all the advice about flashing the bios, I feel so stupid
> now, it was so easy. I've made sure I kept the floppy for the future, as
> I have 2 of these boards. (Haven't attempted to use the second one yet,
> it's still in the packaging, but I've got the flash update ready) I've
> seen the difference in the performance already though. Thanx again,
> Michele Sayer
>
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