[NTLUG:Discuss] OT:strange memory activity

[Greg Edwards]

Wayne Dahl wrote:
> 
> 
> The plot thickens.  I went over there yesterday and installed the 256Meg
> stick in the computer.  I had put the 128 Meg stick in the back slot
> before, so I just put the 256 Meg stick in the front slot (front being
> the easiest one to get to, closest to the processor).  When I refired
> the computer, it saw 128 Megs when it was seeing 64 Megs just before I
> did that.
> 
> I installed her AOL 9.0 and off she went.  Sooo...she now has 374 Megs
> of memory in the machine with only 128 Megs being recognized.  My hope
> is that it will magically start seeing the other stick.  I'm afraid to
> mess with it now...I don't want it to go back to seeing 64 Megs which
> will screw up the new software.
> 
> Aren't computers fun?  :Þ
> 
> Wayne
> 

I skipped some of this thread so I may be covering old ground here.

When do you see the amount of memory recognized by the system?  During 
post or after the OS is up?  How far does the bios memory check go?

Since you've got the box open, what motherboard is installed?  What are 
the memory specs and brand?

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