From: Geza Herman Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Trying to install more simms.... . Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 16:45:05 +0100 Organization: Technical University of Budapest Lines: 16 Message-ID: References: <68qr0v$ed0$1 AT mohawk DOT hwcn DOT org> <34B0FBB6 DOT 35F5 AT trash DOT lip6 DOT fr> NNTP-Posting-Host: kempelen.inf.bme.hu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <34B0FBB6.35F5@trash.lip6.fr> To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk > Hope I have chosen the right place for this question...... > I have a 486 66mhz with 8 meg of ram. I bought 4 simms of 4 meg each to > 'boost' my ram, and can't seem to get them right. The system still sees > only 8 megs of memory, no matter what order I install the simms. I have > tried 4 new with 4 of the old, 4 new alone, and have installed them in > different positions too. A couple of times I was taken to Setup on bootup > with a "memory mismatched" message but don't think that should be > required. I thought the post just sees the ram for itself. Any tips or > sharing of facts here would be greatly appreciated by this novice. It's not enough that just putting the ram into the comupter. You have to set the jumpers.( if you do, forget my message ) Regards, Geza