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Re: Frequent system crashes after adding new RAM -- causes, solutions???

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From: Peter Felgate
Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 00:00
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J.S. wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 30 Apr 1998 18:00:39 +0100, Simon Barfield
> <qed@siii.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> >In article <354f4c9c.5315861@nntp.a001.sprintmail.com>, Joseph Smith
> ><dreamlogic-nixspam-@sprintmail.com> writes
> >>The older simms have 8 chips on one side while the newer ones have
> >>only 2,
> >
> >i think that this may be something to do with your problem ..ISTR that
> >there are some chip combinations that don't work..this is only a
> >suggestion btw..anyone else ??
> >hth
> >SIII :)
> 
> I tried "playing with the banks," that is, I alternately placed an
> older 8-chip simm in bank 1, a newer 2-chip one in bank 2, an older in
> bank 3, and so on...  Now the system runs stable.  Go figure.
> 
> Best,
> Joseph Smith
> 
> Remove -nixspam- to reply
Hi there

Haven't followed this post, but if it's about older motherboards, they
implemented the sockets for memory in pairs that were not numerically
consecutive i.e. you started with SIMMS in sockets 1 and 3, and the next
pair went in 2 and 4....
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Subject: Re: Frequent system crashes after adding new RAM -- causes, solutions???
Date: 1998/05/01
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