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Hi guys! Can someone help me with what is probably an embarrasingly obvious glitch in my mental processes?
I have two SuperSok7 boards, the first having 1 DIMM and 4 SIMMs (Intel chipset & possible model #PT-2006), the second having 1 DIMM, 2 SIMMs and embedded video & sound (VXproII chipset). (I acquired them as replacement for my PCChips board that died recently: a crying shame as it was a lovely tidy board with embedded 3D sound & 3D graphics, 2 DIMMs & SIMMs, and both AT & ATX power connectors, whereas the other two are only AT.)
In both instances they POST (without RAM) reporting 16MB embedded (bizarrely, the first one reports 16384K, while the second one reports 16000KB ` ). Also they both correctly report whatever SIMMs I give them (which, given I only have 16MB SIMMs, is a bit of waste of the first SIMM). However, since I want to do some serious work on my old box, I need at least the 64MB that one of my DIMMs will give me, but neither board will recognize either a single-sided or double-sided DIMM -- them both stoically report 16MB.
I've played with various BIOS settings and I've even tried running them (only for the length of time required to POST) with the wrong voltage jumper setting (which only the second board has).
How can I persuade either of these beasts to recognize any of my DIMMs? (If memory serves they are all PC100, but I never learned the chip part numbers found on DIMMs in the same way as I know them on SIMMs and old socketed RAM. Hey, anyone want some extra socketed RAM? I have a few meg's of 256K 100ns and 120ns chips, NEC, TI and Goldstar... )
Better yet, anyone know where I can get a good embedded video SuperSok7 board in guarranteed working order? It's got to be embedded 'coz if I have to source and spend money on a PCI graphics card as well as the M'brd then I might as well upgrade the whole box for only a few quid more.
Thanks,
G.J.E.
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I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I COULD MURDER A CURRY.
I have two SuperSok7 boards, the first having 1 DIMM and 4 SIMMs (Intel chipset & possible model #PT-2006), the second having 1 DIMM, 2 SIMMs and embedded video & sound (VXproII chipset). (I acquired them as replacement for my PCChips board that died recently: a crying shame as it was a lovely tidy board with embedded 3D sound & 3D graphics, 2 DIMMs & SIMMs, and both AT & ATX power connectors, whereas the other two are only AT.)
In both instances they POST (without RAM) reporting 16MB embedded (bizarrely, the first one reports 16384K, while the second one reports 16000KB ` ). Also they both correctly report whatever SIMMs I give them (which, given I only have 16MB SIMMs, is a bit of waste of the first SIMM). However, since I want to do some serious work on my old box, I need at least the 64MB that one of my DIMMs will give me, but neither board will recognize either a single-sided or double-sided DIMM -- them both stoically report 16MB.
I've played with various BIOS settings and I've even tried running them (only for the length of time required to POST) with the wrong voltage jumper setting (which only the second board has).
How can I persuade either of these beasts to recognize any of my DIMMs? (If memory serves they are all PC100, but I never learned the chip part numbers found on DIMMs in the same way as I know them on SIMMs and old socketed RAM. Hey, anyone want some extra socketed RAM? I have a few meg's of 256K 100ns and 120ns chips, NEC, TI and Goldstar... )
Better yet, anyone know where I can get a good embedded video SuperSok7 board in guarranteed working order? It's got to be embedded 'coz if I have to source and spend money on a PCI graphics card as well as the M'brd then I might as well upgrade the whole box for only a few quid more.
Thanks,
G.J.E.
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I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I COULD MURDER A CURRY.