Re: Help needed with memory upgrade

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From: Richard RUDEK
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 00:00

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"Susan Cleeves" <susan.cleeves @gbd.com> wrote:

>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

(rewind, play)...

Many of the "Old" systems especially 386sx required 9 chip SIMM, not
two or three chip SIMM. Something to do with timing and/or page size,
but I've not delved into it.


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Subject: Re: Help needed with memory upgrade
Date: 1997/03/10
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