Thanks for all the advice.  As far as I have been able to track down, this
Gateway motherboard supports 2 clock memory, while the NEC memory is 4 clock
ram. That's why it only recognizes 1/4 of the actual ram.  The problem now
is to figure out how to find 2 clock memory sticks.  It's been an adventure!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Orf Bartrop" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 8:32 PM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] memory recognized?


> I have to go back many years to remember what the solution may be.
> Older motherboards required two identical memory sticks or they do not
> operate properly. See if you can borrow a second 64M NEC stick and
> replace your 16 mb stick. Also, if you have 4 sockets make sure you are
> pairing the two sticks in side by side sockets.
>
> Orf Bartrop
>
> John Sproule wrote:
>
> > You might try the Crucial site and see if they still have the system in
> > their database and can recommend some memory.
> >
> > I think that the problem is that a lot of newer memory chips are high
> > density, which the older motherboards can't cope with.  So, you are
> > looking
> > for a memory module with less capacity per chip and more of them
> > installed
> > on the module.  Look for modules with eight chips on at least one
> > side.  If
> > it has eight chips on both sides, this is probably even better.
> >
> > You might even contact by email some of the other memory specialty
> > venders,
> > like Mushkin and Memory Man, and see if they can tell you whether they
> > have
> > something in stock that they think will work with your system.
> >
> > John Sproule
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Russ Cox" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 10:25 PM
> > Subject: [PCBUILD] memory recognized?
> >
> >
> > I'm trying to upgrade an old Gateway P5 133 with more memory. It just
has
> > the original 16M, not enough to really run Win 98.  Gateway web site
> > doesn't
> > recognize the S/n nor list that model. Their techs only spec SDRAM PC
100
> > (up to 64M) with no other specs. I tried several SDRAM sticks that won't
> > work. But a 64M NEC stick works, but only 16M is recognized. So I get a
> > total of 32M with the original RAM in place. Why doesn't the computer
> > recognize the whole 64M? What other specs do I need to get the correct
> > memory sticks?
> >
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