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Sat 25 Jan, 2003 01:25 pm
Ok, I will try to be as concise as possible.
I have a Gateway 900MHz AMD Athlon, which I am attempting to upgrade from the original 64K RAM to 256K, to run XP.
Presently running ME, the computer hangs when the new chip is inserted.
Crucial's Tech Support suggested that my BIOS, American Megatrends Inc. 0AASNP05 should be upgraded to P06, to accomodate the new memory. ( I assume to tell it to accept more than the 64K).
For some reason, this is a lot harder than it appears to be.
Any thoughts suggestions or tips regarding this process would be extremely appreciated.
Thanks in advance for your timely response to this inordinately vexing problem.
i assume Gateway as a tech support web site which i would certainly check.
I tried to get onto the Crucial Site, but it was unavailable. (Must be that slowdown on some servers today). Anyhow, when I upgraded my RAM, the Crucial site told me exactly what kind of RaM I needed, and the configuration. Did you check that before you bought the new RAM?
MYSTERY SOLVED!!!!!
(Crucial is experiencing technical difficulties today, Phoenix, that is why you couldn't get in, I don't know if it is worm related or not)
Yes, dyslexia, that site is my most visited for the past two days!!!
Apparently, I have come to find out through ad nauseum tutorials and on line tech support help regarding my specific system, that although my motherboard will take up to 256K, I can't put more than 128K into each DIMM.
Thanks for the responses, I sincerely appreciate it.
Oy, Maxsdadeo- When I went to Crucial for my 'puter, they told me EXACTLY what was the limit of the RAM that I could put in, and the different options that I had for the slots!
Sorry that you had to go through grief. It is soo aggravating!
I'm getting ready to add more Ram to my computer and I thought it was a simple thing. Of course since I know nothing about it, I will bring it to my local computer repair shop. I do hope I don't have as hard a time as you did Maxsdad.
Thanks Phoenix. Unfortunately, there are no best buys here in my area anyway, but I'll snoop around for prices.
Thanks for the site :-)
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