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? > > > > Visit our website regularly for FAQs, > > articles, how-to's, tech tips and much more > > http://freepctech.com > > > > Do you want to signoff PCBUILD or just change to > Digest mode - visit our web site: > http://freepctech.com/pcbuild.shtml The NOSPIN Group is now offering Free PC Tech support at our newest website: http://freepctech.com