RE: 600E memory installation

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From: James H. E. Maugham (CaptJHEM_at_waterw.com)
Date: Thu Oct 11 2001 - 12:09:05 EDT

Bryan,

Bryan Daum [mailto:allied_at_teleport.com] wrote:

> I remembered the sequence -but am still finding that while the memory
> count on start up shows the memory the memory test after start with F1
> held hangs up....every time.
>
> Ugh.....I'm going to pull the new chip and retest this afternoon. I just
> bought one 256 chip.

Not sure of exactly what problems you're having, but a few thoughts to
share. You can't mix & match old and new SO-DIMMs in the 600E. E.g., if
you've got a 66MHz 64MB or 128MB piece, you can't mix it with a 100MHz 256MB
piece. The MEMCOUNT will show all the memory, but it will often cause a BOOT
failure or be unstable, at best.

You can't put a 133MHz 256MB SO-DIMM in the 600E, it _must_ be 100MHz.

I've got two pieces of Viking 256MB PC10032X64SODIMM (Viking Part No.
286172) in my 2645-4AU 600E.

Results of the installation:
MEMCOUNT: 556,480KB
BIOS INSTALLED: 557,056KB
BIOS USABLE: 556,480KB
W2K: 556,400KB

Regards,

James

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