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Re: [PLUG] Gateway computers
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No. Memory types match. This piece of garbage is old enough to require
72 pin chips.
bs
On Sun, 26 Oct 2003, sean finney wrote:
> 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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