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From: ops@ayov27.enet.dec.com (Joseph Early)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Installed Mb SIP prevents booting
Summary: Help - machine won't boot after SIP installed
Keywords: HELP, 386sx, AMI, C&T, CMOS RAM, SIP
Message-ID: <215@uninet.vbo.dec.com>
Date: 27 Jun 90 16:21:09 GMT
Sender: news@uninet.vbo.dec.com
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Organisation: Digital Equipment Scotland Ltd.


I have just installed a 1Mb SIP in the motherboard of my 386sx clone and
now the machine won't boot. It is a Korean made motherboard with a AMI
386 BIOS and Chips and Technologies support chips. It had 4 256kb SIPs
already in banks 0 and 1. I installed the 1Mb SIP, went into the set-up
program and told it had 1Mb in bank two. Now on power-up the video
diagnostics come-up then (sometimes) the memory check counts to a 1 meg
before freezing. 

I think I needed to install SIPs in pairs but what do I do until I get
another or should I? Can I short the battery with a large resistor to
clear the CMOS set-up RAM? 

Joseph Early - Put my name in subject of mail. Support the short .sig campaign.
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