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- From: pieterh@sci.kun.nl (Peter Herweijer)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
- Subject: Re: What good are Bios RAM tests ?
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- Date: 21 Jan 93 14:46:55 GMT
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- In <1993Jan21.112136.2125@dmu.ac.uk> cph@dmu.ac.uk (Chris Hand) writes:
-
- >In article <1jagkpINNarn@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us> mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us (Marc Unangst) writes:
- >
- >No I don't thankyou. But I made a mistake in the original posting!
- >
- >It really was:
- > SIMM Salesman: If your m/mboard can use 4Meg SIMMs it can use
- > 3-chip SIMMs
- > m/board guy: Your m/board can't use 3-chip SIMMs
- > m/board docs: This m/board can use 4 Meg SIMMs (no mention of
- > 3-chip or 9-chip).
- >
- >So there's an inconsistency here.
-
- I see now.
-
- >People have been talking about the BIOS making a difference to the refresh,
- >but I would have thought it's the CHIPSET we should be looking at? After
- >all that's what controls the refresh, caching etc.
-
- Of course it is... but guess who controls the chipset? I suggest
- you take a look at the 'chipset setup' section of your BIOS setup menu.
- If this section contains an entry like:
-
- Hidden Refresh Enabled
- or Refresh Hidden
-
- or something like that, you should have flipped that for 3-chip or 4Mb SIMMs.
-
- Despite the fact that you've already solved the matter in the easiest
- way, it would be nice if it were sorted out. I mean, how can you BEAR
- to run Linux in 8Mb ? ;-}
-
- Peter Herweijer
- pieterh@sci.kun.nl
-