Re: [PLUG] Gateway computers

[sean finney <seanius@seanius.net>]

hi bob,

On Sat, Oct 25, 2003 at 08:21:02PM -0400, Bob Schwier 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

i don't mean to be facetious, but are you sure you have the right memory
type?  that is, are you sure you're not doing something like putting
pc133 sdram into a machine that only recognizes pc100 sdram?


	sean

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