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In article <5fteag$4j3@nr1.ottawa.istar.net> "Susan Cleeves" <susan.cleeves @gbd.com> writes:
>From: "Susan Cleeves" <susan.cleeves @gbd.com>
>Subject: Help needed with memory upgrade
>Date: 9 Mar 1997 04:29:04 GMT

I hate to be a wet blanket but why are you spending any money on a machine 
that old?  Instead of buying simms why don't you spend a few bucks more and 
buy a 486 dx 80 or 100?  They are only about 50 dollars (US) and are a whole 
lot faster.

Regards and good luck,

Stan

>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