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Hi, if the old memory was DIPS then that is what you'll need to replace
them with, not Simms. That may be your problem.

John

Matt Bowden <mattt@ats.com.au> wrote in article
<332262a4.65581605@news.ats.com.au>...
> 
> hhhmmmm... - particularly if it's got an ami bios, the three beeps
> probably denote a base 64k error, meaning an error was detected in the
> first 64k of ram. not that knowing this helps...
> 
> if you got the same error when setting the machine back to it's
> original config, there's probably something you missed. did you adjust
> the bios accordingly ?? 
> 
> what sort of mainboard is it [manuf./model] ??
> 
> mattt
> 
> On 9 Mar 1997 04:29:04 GMT, "Susan Cleeves" <susan.cleeves @gbd.com>
> saided:
> 
> >I'm trying to upgrade the memory of an old 386SX. The original chips are
> >256k DIPs and I have replaced them with 4 1meg 30 pin SIMMs. I've
changed
> >all the appropriate switches etc., according to the manual but the
machine
> >won't go. I get the 3 short beeps. I even tried changing the memory back
to
> >the original setup but I'm still getting the 3 beeps. What do the beeps
> >mean and how can I fix it?
> >Any help would be appreciated.
> >Susan
> 
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