Some motherboards don't allow both 30 pin and 72 pin RAM together. Did you
try removing the original 4x1 as well?
Keith
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James (Jim) Hatridge
> Sent: 14 October 1999 15:50
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> Subject: [SLE] Parity vs non-Parity
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>
> HI All,
>
> WELLLLL, I've got a 486/100mhz box with a AMD chip running
> (ChillyWilly).
> When I first fired it up I found that it had only 4mb (4x 1mb 30pin)
> memory on board, not enough for Linux. So I pulled 2x 4mb
> 72pins out of
> another computer and put in this one. It has slots for 4x 30pin and 2x
> 72pin. NO other changes... now it will not run. No screen, no
> beeps..nada.
> It does do the keyboard check, ie the lights flash, then nothing.
>
> Could it be a parity problem with the new memory? If so, how
> do I tell two
> things #1 the parity of the chips and #2 the parity of the board?
>
> BTW, I don't know who made the motherboard. It is a socket 3
> type, if that
> means anything.
>
>
> TIA!
>
>
> (Junker) Jim Hatridge
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