Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!hobbes.physics.uiowa.edu!news.iastate.edu!du248-16.cc.iastate.edu!goldberg From: goldberg@iastate.edu (Adam Goldberg) Subject: Re: 256K SIMMs with 1M SIMMs? Message-ID: Originator: goldberg@du248-16.cc.iastate.edu Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA References: <17218@helios.TAMU.EDU> Distribution: usa Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1991 19:21:43 GMT Lines: 23 In <17218@helios.TAMU.EDU> sam4628@rigel.tamu.edu (MCCLUNEY, STEVEN ALEXANDER) writes: >I have a computer (well, a Golstar GT316 at any rate) with two 1 MB SIMMs >in it. I also have several 256K SIMMs available. Can both be used in the >same computer at the same time? If it makes any difference, the computer >is a 16 MHz 386SX. Thanks in advance (or in retreat, for that matter...) It would depend on the particular motherboard. Consult your motherboard manual (if you have one..). I have heard of some motherboards accepting both 1M & 4M SIMMs simultaneously, but I rather doubt if a low-end (SX) motherboard would be designed to use low-end (256k) SIMMs in conjunction with 1Ms. The boards I've heard of that allow you to do this are high-end 386 or 486 machines, but again, they're designed for 1M/4M not 256k/1M. Any hardware types wanna confirm this? -- Adam Goldberg ! "It's simple! Even a PASCAL programmer could do goldberg@iastate.edu ! it!" tabu6@isuvax.BITNET ! "Remember: the sooner you fall behind, the #include ! more time you have to catch up!"