Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!ucsd!sdcsvax!trantor.harris-atd.com!trantor!kkerce From: kkerce@x102c.harris-atd.com (Kerce KF 70458) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: DRAM & 1.44MB drive questions; comments on Gateway 2000 Message-ID: Date: 16 Mar 89 01:11:44 GMT Sender: news@trantor.harris-atd.com Distribution: comp.sys.ibm.pc Organization: Advanced Technology Department, Harris Corp. Lines: 36 I'm working with a 20 Mhz 80386-based PC from Gateway 2000--more on them later--with 4 MB RAM. The RAM is provided in 32 chips--1M X 1 DRAMS is what I believe they're referred to as. The part number on the chip reads 511000 something or other, and looking in a memory components advertisement I found a part listed as "511000P-10 1,048,576 X 1 (100ns) 1Meg". What concerns me is that Gateway 2000 advertised (and the salesman confirmed it at purchase time) the system I bought as having 65 ns, not 100 ns, RAM. The assembly receipt I received with the computer has 100 ns circled in the RAM section of the receipt--however, it also says that only 1 MB was installed when I know for sure that the box has 4 MB in it. After repeated attempts to get the tech. support people to call me back, I'm interested in finding out the truth on the matter. On another note, does a 3.5" 1.44 MB disk drive need a high-density diskette to format 1.44 MB correctly? Can a double-sided double density 3.5" diskette be formatted to 1.44 MB? Comments on Gateway 2000: The only positive note on Gateway 2000 is that I've had no problems whatsoever with the hardware. It seems that other netters have had hard drive crashes and monitor trouble, though. Tech. support doesn't exist as far as I'm concerned because they never can come to the phone or call me back. Finally, did they sell me what they advertised? Does any company? I'd appreciate any comments via e-mail..Thanks in advance! -- |=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=| Kingsley Kerce | kkerce@cobra@harris-atd.com | Harris Corp. GISD | uunet!x102a!x102c!kkerce | PO Box 98000 MS W3/7733 (407)984-5927 | | Melbourne, FL 32902