saify@cbnewsl.att.com (saify.lanewala) (09/26/90)
Hi! I have a Gateway 2000 25MHz 386, with the two diskettes, a 125MB tape drive, a 300MB ESDI, SVGA, and 8MB on the motherboard. I had an extra Intel Above Board Plus 8 board lying around, populated with 8 MB of 80ns chips. I want to stick that into the Gateway so that I can get 16MB RAM in my machine. Problem is that the CMOS SETUP does not recognize the Intel Above Board RAM. No errors are reported, but the extra 8MB does not show up. I run UNIX(r) SVR3.2 on that machine (no MSDOS currently set up). From reading the docs on the Intel Above Board, it did not appear that I had to do any special set up for UNIX. Does any one know what I can do to get that extra RAM? Thanks for your help. Saify Lanewala ... att!attunix!stl
jc58+@andrew.cmu.edu (Johnny J. Chin) (09/26/90)
You may want to try the following, if you have an Intel Above Board with
NO DIP-SWITCHES.
1. Turn off computer and open case.
2. Insert the Intel Above Board in a 16-bit slot.
3. Bootup with MS-DOS.
4. Run the setup program for the Intel Above Board and tell it that you
want EXTENDED MEMORY (not expanded LIM memory).
5. Now tell the CMOS setup that you have more memory.
I'm not sure if this will work, but if the Intel Above Board has no switches,
the board setup is stored on the board somewhere. You must change this setup
in order for the system to recognize the EXTENDED memory on this board. Other-
wise, the board maybe set for EXPANDED.
I hope this helps.
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