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> From: Josh Hillman <admin-maillist@talstar.com>
> To: ntisp@emerald.iea.com
> Subject: Re: NT 4.0 doesn't see upgraded RAM
> Date: Friday, March 28, 1997 12:25 PM
>
> A few minutes after sending the original message, a co-worker found an
> article in the MS Knowledge Base (ID# Q117373) that answered this
problem.
>
> There seem to be a few annoying limitations with the motherboard in
> question here, so I'll probably just end up replacing it. After
attempting
> numerous times to update the BIOS, it would never install the new one,
the
> RAM worked as far as the BIOS is concerned, though as stated below, NT
> didn't recognize anything over 64M. Also, this motherboard can only
handle
> 90 or 100 MHz Pentium processors (it's a dual 100 right now). It's a
> little annoying when you put in two new 133's and it still runs at 100.
Oh
> well...
>
> Josh Hillman
> hillman@talstar.com
>
>
> > > >Does anyone have any idea why an Intel-based NT 4.0 SP2 (with the
> > various
> > > >hot-fixes) won't see the RAM I just added to the machine? This dual
> > > >Pentium-100 started with 64 MB and I upgraded it to 128, but NT
still
> > only
> > > >sees 64 megs. The BIOS sees the 128 megs just fine, but NT doesn't.
> By
> > > >the way, the kernel hot-fix was installed for dual-processor mode...
> > > >
> > > >Any ideas why this might be happening?
> > >
> > > I answered this before. It is a bug in the motherboard/BIOS you're
> > using.
> > > The POST test is using ONE method to determine the amount of RAM, and
> > then
> > > NT is calling another interrupt during the blue-screen count. That
> OTHER
> > > one that NT uses is BUGGY in your BIOS. The only way out is a new
> > > motherboard.
> >
> > The only way out is may not have to be a new motherboard. Chances are
you
> > can upgrade the flash ROM in the system with a later BIOS that
correctly
> > implements the call that WinNT is trying to make. Check with the system
> > board vendor or BIOS vendor (if you know it) and see if there is an
> update
> > available.
> >
> > Don James
> > drj@flash.net
> >
> >
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