Re: NT 4.0 doesn't see upgraded RAM
Joe Bissot ( sysop@pcinternet.com )
Fri, 28 Mar 1997 19:18:41 -0800
Hmm don't know what happened here but if you look 32 lines down.
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2At 05:41 PM 3/28/97 -0500, you wrote:
3>It's not an EISA machine.
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14>> From: Joe Bissot <sysop@pcinternet.com>
15>> To: ntisp@emerald.iea.com
16>> Subject: Re: NT 4.0 doesn't see upgraded RAM
17>> Date: Friday, March 28, 1997 2:35 PM
18>>
19>> Is the RAM correctly registered in the EISA setup? (never mind the count)
20>>
21>> At 01:18 PM 3/28/97 -0500, you wrote:
22>> >> http://www.microsoft.com/kb/articles/q117/3/73.htm Will bring you
23>there,
24>> >> thanks for the info. I've got an Aptiva A90 with this problem and
25>I've
26>> >> seen Packard Bell mentioned in a earlier message. Does anyone know of
27>> >any
28>> >> other brands/BIOS types to avoid?
29>> >
30>> >The machine that I'm using that is having this problem is a "clone" with
31>a
32>> >SOYO 31A2/A5 Pentium (P54C) EISA PCI motherboard.
>> >BIOS Date: 11/25/94
>> >Award Modular BIOS v4.50G (revision 2A (or A2--I forgot))
This is the machine I was asking about and it clearly says EISA. If you are
the person with the Aptiva, that is a broken IBM design and there is no fix.