Re: HELP: Himem.sys error

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From: Leigh Brewster
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 00:00

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Badlishah Jamil wrote:
> 
> Greetings,
> 
>         I have just installed additional 4x1MB SIMMs to fill all the memory
> banks on my PC. However, when I boot the system, reconfigured the cmos
> setup, the himem memory manager was not able to load indicating an error
> when the memory was tested. I removed the new 4x1MB SIMMS and booted the
> system again and it worked fine. Then I swapped it with the new SIMMs
> and it also worked fine. When I put all the SIMMs back on the
> motherboard and boot the system, the same error occurs.
> 
>         Can I assume that there are no error or defects in the SIMMs? If there
> are no physical defects on the SIMMs, what can cause that error that I
> am facing? Any of you good people out there can give me some hint?
> 
> Shah
> bjamil@lawson.appcomp.utas.edu.auIt could be two things.
1. Faulty simm sockets
2. Check your motherboard's spec's you may have to put either single or 
double sided simms in the bank depending what your original simms are.

Leewah

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From: Leigh Brewster <leewah@starwon.com.au>
Subject: Re: HELP: Himem.sys error
Date: 1996/07/19
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