From:	"John S. Fine" <johnfine AT erols DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Question about Go32-v2 - but might actually be more of an OS question
Date:	Thu, 17 Dec 1998 13:04:56 -0500
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Stuart Hall wrote:

> I just installed 32 megs of SIMMS chips but my BIOS
> doesn't seem to want to recognize any more than the first 8 meg.  In
> addition, Go32-v2 doesn't either.
> 
> Am I stuck upgrading to a 32bit Microsoft OS in order to get the extra
> 24 meg recognized,

  If your BIOS really doesn't recognize more than 8 meg, then
"upgrading" to a 32bit OS won't help.  If your BIOS recognized
the memory but wouldn't report it to the OS properly then a
different OS might do better;  However, that is very unlikely
at an 8MB boundary.  BIOS reporting of RAM to the OS can get
strange at 17Mb and at 64Mb.  A reporting glitch at 8Mb is
very unlikely.

  Are you sure the new RAM is good?  Are you sure it is
compatible with your motherboard?  Are you sure it is
installed correctly?

  This getting rather far off topic for this group, but you
might want to try the "PCI" program on my web page.  On
some PCI motherboards it will report the memory configuration
as seen by the chipset.  In some cases that can help explain
why memory is not being seen.
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