This is not quite correct.
1. 30-pin SIMMs need to be installed in sets of 4, not pairs.
2. 72-pin SIMMs *usually* need to be installed in pairs. I've seem some
late-model '486 motherboards that took a single 8-meg, 72-pin SIMM.
3. I've never heard of 8-meg, 30-pin SIMMs -- only 1-meg, 4-meg, and
(rarely) 16-meg. Are you sure you got the description right? (30-pin SIMMs
of whatever size come in 3-chip, 8-chip, and 9-chip versions, for example.)
4. My best guess is that your m'bd will only use the sizes of SIMM that its
docs mention. I can't guarantee that, of course, but it's been consistently
true in my own experience with '486s.
5. The "slot sharers" that someone else suggested -- typically you get 4 of
them, and you can put 16 1-meg SIMMs into 4 slots -- are still available in
my area (at Fry's), but they aren't cheap. I recall them selling for about
$30 each, or $120 for a set of 4. A lot of money for 16 megs of RAM ....
At 03:50 PM 7/19/99 -0400, Robert B. Haehnel wrote:
>As I recall the 30pin SIMMS needed to be installed in pairs. So you
>may need 2-8MB SIMMS. The 72 pin ones allow you to install single
>SIMMS.
>
>>I've a new problem! I've been offered "8" mb 30-pin simm memory for my
>>computer. My MB was built back in 1992 when there was no 8mb simm. So my
>>MB manual says only use 1 or 4 MB chips.
>>
>>So my question is: what do you'll think, will it work with 8mb chips or
>>must I find 4's only?
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