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In article <1993Jan21.112136.2125@dmu.ac.uk> cph@dmu.ac.uk (Chris Hand) writes:
>I took the top 4 Megs of (3-chip) SIMMs out of my machine leaving only
>9-chip ones in there and the crashes have stopped, from which I conclude
>that either (a) My chipset doesn't like 3-chip SIMMs, or (b) there is
>a fault in the m/board which shows up when both banks are populated.

As far as I know, it is *not* correct to say that a MB that can take
four Meg SIMMs can use 3-chip 1Meg SIMMs. Originally, I thought that this
was true, but after working for a PC manufacturer that has encountered these
problems, I have been assured that this is not the case. 

The symptoms you are describing when using 3-chip SIMMs are exactly the
same as problems that I have experienced, e.g. random lock-ups and crashes.
Unfortunately, even using programs such as CheckIt (which we use extensively
for system testing) will not necessarily show up these problems. All that I
know, is that the chipset has to be capable of supporting a certain refresh
cycle to use the 3-chip SIMMs

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