Michele, if your mobo has onboard graphics, the ram will be shared and
consequently less ram may be reported on bootup.

However, a cut of 60-odd mb's is substantial - perhaps there's another
reason, like the mobo not liking double-sided ram chips?

Ian Porter
Computer Guys Inc.
Arrowtown
New Zealand
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Michele" Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Bios Flash Update D1170A m/b


> 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,

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