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From: billsey@nesbbx.UUCP (Bill Seymour)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: 4 meg ZIPS=3.5 megs installed?
Message-ID: <1951fc8e.ARN01e5@nesbbx.UUCP>
Date: 19 Jun 91 00:57:50 GMT
References: <8476@oasys.dt.navy.mil>
Reply-To: billsey@nesbbx.UUCP
Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Organization: NES, Inc.
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In article <8476@oasys.dt.navy.mil>, J P Lapeyre writes:

> Hi, I recently installed 8 1Megabit x 4 bit Zips into my 16/50 A3000
> and moved the 256Kx4 dips  into chip memory. I installed the  zips into
> bank 0 and when I rebooted my A3000 shows 2 meg chip memory and 3.5 meg
> fast RAM. I've checked and rechecked all pins but can't see any probs.
> I removed one chip and the machine wouldn't even boot. Anyone know
> why my system doesn't show 4 megs of fast RAM? The 3.5 worth all checks
> out fine. That's my dilemma, the other 0.5 meg doesn't even show up
> so, how can I test it?

It's you kickstart that's fooling you. Remember that until the 2.04 ROMs
are released, you use 512K of fast memory for the 2.0 kickstart image. Boot
under 1.3 and only 256K sjhould be 'missing'.

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