Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!maytag!watcsc!sean
From: sean@watcsc.waterloo.edu (Sean Goggin)
Subject: what limits how much SIMM memory you can have on the board?
Message-ID: <1990Aug14.094719.11716@watcsc.waterloo.edu>
Keywords: SIMM,memory,BIOS
Reply-To: sean@watcsc.waterloo.edu (Sean Goggin)
Organization: University of Waterloo Computer Science Club
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 90 09:47:19 GMT

I have a AMI BIOS 386 w Chip&Tech chips on the board and a 
64K static cache.  There are 8 SIMM slots, with 8 256K simms in it.

The docs say I can have :
1 bank of 	4x256K 	resulting in 1Meg
2 banks of 	4x256K 	resulting in 2Meg
1 bank of 	4x1MK	resulting in 4Meg
2 banks of 	4x1MK	resulting in 8Meg

what stops me from putting in 
1 bank of 	4x4Mk	resulting in 16Meg

and why must I have 4 chips for it to work, is it that there are just
4 meg and address lines in each bank? If so would :
1 SIMM of 	1x4Mk	result	in 	 4Meg
											Thanks Sean
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