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Article #1848Re: 3-chip SIMMs
From: cctr132
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 22:07
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 22:07
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In article <lentz.716563414@charm.gandalf.ca>, lentz@gandalf.ca (Jim Lentz (Wheeling Tech Support)) writes: > Anyone successfully use the (new) 3 chip SIMMs in their PC? I > tried them in mine and they weren't even close to working. I > bought them at Frys with the understanding that I could return > them if they didn't work. They are significantly cheaper than > the standard 9 chip 1 meg SIMMs but aren't much good if they > don't work. I tried every CMOS parameter I could think of but > the PC would not boot at all with the 3 chip SIMMs. I've seen them in a few new machines here, where they worked fine, but we found they wouldn't work in an old-ish AT clone with an Award BIOS (I don't know whether that is relevant or not!) - 9-chip SIMMs with same speed rating worked fine in that machine. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Nick FitzGerald, PC Applications Consultant, CSC, Uni of Canterbury, N.Z. n.fitzgerald@csc.canterbury.ac.nz (64)(3) 364-2337 Voice, 364-2332 FAX
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wupost!waikato.ac.nz!cantua.canterbury.ac.nz!cantva!cctr132 Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: 3-chip SIMMs Message-ID: <1992Sep16.100745.1@csc.canterbury.ac.nz> From: cctr132@csc.canterbury.ac.nz Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 22:07:45 GMT References: <lentz.716563414@charm.gandalf.ca> Organization: University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand Nntp-Posting-Host: cantva.canterbury.ac.nz Lines: 18