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Re: [PLUG] Gateway computers
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bs wrote:
> Does anyone know how to break into the bios in a Gateway 2000 so as to
> get it to accept new ram memory?
> This is the second Gateway that I've tried to upgrade only to find that
> the machine did not believe the new memory chips when I tried to put
> them on. Is there a jumper switch that must be reset? The bios also
> seems to be hard wired as I see no replacable chip positions on the
> board.
> Most machines do not behave this impolitely when new memory is installed.
> bs
Check out the tech support on Gateway's web site. I haven't looked in a
while, but they had the full manuals available for viewing online.
Some newer motherboards seem to have the bios in a soldered on flash
chip, meant to be updated only with a bios update utility and not with a
chip swap.
--
Kevin
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