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[russ loroville <bontemps AT m-net.arbornet.org>]

On Thu, 15 Jan 2004, Anthony J. Albert wrote:

> >I did get ahold of some 4MB 30 pin simms a while back and tried sticking
> >them in this machine, but it would only detect them as 1MB.  I've heard
> >there are major compatibility problems with 30 pin simms and varying
> >boards, so I assumed I had run up against one such.  In any case, barring
> >getting some more of a different brand of 30 pin simmms, I'm sort of stuck
> >at 4MB RAM with this machine.
>
I do remember  parity and non-parity memory chips, I believe you cannot
mix the two together. My old motherboard (486sx) has a jumper that you
have to change to get parity or non-parity chips to work.