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From: dragon@quiche.cs.mcgill.ca (Edward YEE)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: What chips needed to upgrade ATI VGA Wonder to  512k
Message-ID: <5263@quiche.cs.mcgill.ca>
Date: 15 Oct 90 00:08:24 GMT
Sender: dragon@quiche.cs.mcgill.ca
Organization: SOCS - Mcgill University, Montreal, Canada
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Hello,

   I have an ATI VGA Wonder with 256k right now, and I would like to
upgrade it to 512k.

   I went to my local computer store, and asked for the 8 chips to do
the upgrade.  They tried to sell me chips with the number 24164 (or
something like this), at $11.00 each!

   I always thought it would require about $30-$40 dollars worth of DRAM
to upgrade, not $90.

   What chips are needed to do the upgrade? (is it 64k x 4 chips?  if so,
what does the 64k x 4 mean? [electronics rookie here]  does it mean it
requires 4 chips to get 64k.  if so, then 8 chips is only 128k, not the
256k that is required.)  My manual says to use 8, 64k x 4 chips, 41464-10,
but the dealer says that doesn't get it up to 512k.  Who's right?

   Thanks

Edward