Help! Memory problem!

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From: Nathan Charles Crowell
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 17:58

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Hi,
     I just installed 4 brand new 4MBx9 SIMM's into my Gateway
2000 PC, for a total of 20MB on the motherboard.  My computer is
a 486DX/33 with a 64k cache. This may not sound like a problem so
far, but here's the rest of the story:

     I installed the chips (properly grounding myself and the PC),
set the DIP switches (I checked the manual and switch settings twice
to be sure it was done right), and when I started up the machine,
after the video card test and Phoenix BIOS message, the memory test
line said "640K Base Memory 15104K Extended".

     Shouldn't it say "640K Base Memory 19000K Extended"? Or some-
thing in that range? What I want to know is, am I missing something,
or do I have some sort of hardware problem? I did make sure the my
CMOS setup was right, and it reports the same memory configuration.

     Some insight on this would be very helpful....please reply by
e-mail.

Thanx in advance,
Nate
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Nathan C. Crowell, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering/ACRL

Worcester Polytechnic Institute     E-mail: bigal@wpi.wpi.edu
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Subject: Help! Memory problem!
Date: 29 Dec 1992 17:58:52 GMT
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