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"Peter V. Astakhov" <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 4 Oct 1999 20:23:19 +0400
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-----Original Message-----
From: Carlos E. Camacho <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 3 октября 1999 г. 19:54
Subject: Memory upgrade



>Willing to get more speed, I bought one 64MB 8x64 3.3V SDRAM DIMM 66MHZ to
>a friend. After adding this memory, I got only 80MB total RAM. That means
>from the 64MB available, only 16MB were recognized. Even with the added
>memory, the speed was not as good as before with only the first 64MB.
>
>I experienced this situation before, when I added one 32MB SDRAM DIMM
>100MHz and only 8MB were recognized by the computer. I wonder why if you
>install a 100MHz DIMM on a computer that runs at a lower data transfer of
>66MHz it will not work.
>

As I know, usially You can insert 2 SIMM OR 1 DIMM. This modules use 1
system bus region.
If you want 128 Mb you must insert 2SIMM*32 + 1DIMM*64


>Is there a way to make the motherboard recognize the 64MB to finally get
>the ever dreamed 128MB?


                            Peter V. Astakhov

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