MM>Hi THURSTON.

MM> TA> Recently removed the two 128MB (16x840) PC133M
MM> TA> KBYTE 12 50319 RAM DIMMs from slots 1&2 in my
MM> TA> System Tiger 970533 1.8gHz P4, 400 mHz Bus speed
MM> TA> computer with Windows 98se O/S, which "Systems
MM> TA> Properies" correctly reported as 256MB total RAM

MM> TA> and installed a new RK-Byte 256MB-DDR PC2100
MM> TA> and a new Kingston-PC21000DDR/256MB RAM sticks
MM> TA> in the 184 DIMM slots;

MM> TA> which unfortunely "System Properies" only
MM> TA> reports as a total of 480MB instead of the
MM> TA> anticipated 512MB total RAM when booted ON

MM>Hmmm...  Missing 32M

MM> TA> Installed singly in slot 3 or slot 4,each
MM> TA> only reports as 224MB

MM>Missing 32M each individually, and yet only 32M for the pair...

MM> TA> What hocus pocus foreplay am I missing please?

MM>Is there any CMOS setting that could have been 'upset'/'reset' that would
MM>reserve 32M for your video?

MM>Does the manual reference anything associated with using slots
3&4 reserving
MM>any amount for 'hardware cache' or any such thing?

MM>Are there any hardware jumpers or CMOS settings that are not automatic when
MM>switching from slots 1&2 to slots 3&4, or when changing from
SDRAM to DDR RA

MM>Check the manual closely for any and all 'footnotes', '*', and all
the "fine
MM>print".

MM>Not much help for sure, but will keep the content alive for another round...

I have made copy of your suggestions and will have to research further.

Thanks for your response Matt.

Ciao, Ack.

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