tgp@sei.cmu.edu (Tod Pike) (04/05/91)
I have an IBM PS/2 30-286 (yeah, I know, but it was cheap). Right now it has 1 meg of memory in 4 256k SIMMS on the mother board. I want to expand the memory, but I have heard conflicting opinions on how I can do this. The local IBM shop told me I'd have to get a memory expansion board (at an outragous price). An IBM salesperson said, no, I'd just have to buy some 1 Meg SIMMS and replace the 256K ones on the mother board. Well, buying the SIMMS was cheaper, so I got a couple of 1Megx9 80 nanosecond SIMMS and went at it. What I ran into was that the system refused to recognize the new memory no matter where I put it on the board (there are only 4 slots, after all). I was wondering if anyone out there has the definitive answers: Can I put 1Meg SIMMS in my 30-286? Which slots are the correct ones? And, as long as I have your attention, how do I run the CMOS setup program to update the CMOS information on how much memory is in the system? Please mail directly to me, I'll summarize if anyone is interested. Thanks! Tod Pike tgp@sei.cmu.edu Internet: tgp@sei.cmu.edu Mail: Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute Pittsburgh, PA. 15213-3980