Re: hmmm... perplexing to me...

[Adam Williams <awilliam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>uhm... perhaps i'm just mistaken, or maybe i just don't know any better, 
but
>i'm having a problem with a compaq computer (i bet you are as shocked as 
i)

Appalled, would be a better word.  WHo ever heard of having trouble 
upgrading a Compaq,  you must be joking...........

>where it currently has 16mbs of RAM built into the mobo and i've been 
trying
>unsuccessfully to add more RAM to it... it is old(er), p200, but does 
take
>DiMMs so i just kinda figured that perhaps i'd give a try to dropping in
>some pc100 RAM... i've tried 32mbs of Kingston, it recognized 8mbs... i
>tried 128mbs Kingston and it saw 32mbs... i even tried 128mbs PNY (cause 
i
>could) and it saw 32mbs... and when i put both 128s in it saw a grand 
total
>of 64 more mbs...

A machine of this vintage may has a maximum to the amount of memory it 
can recognize in a bank.  We have several Compaq's of that approximate 
era and chip sizes greater than >32Mb are misreported.  The widley 
differing reported sizes mean you may have a clocking problem between the 
Mobo and the RAM, also pandemic to Compaqs,  you need to use memory very 
near the specification recommended by Compaq,  it will be less tolerant 
of generic stuff than a "generic" mobo would be (intel, tyan, asus, ...)