On Wed, 26 Dec 2001 19:04:25 -0600 "Nicholas C. Dalzell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I need the most knowledgeable computer person this > list has to offer! I am writing this message, like > my many others, on a Compaq Armada 1100 Series Laptop... > In case you don't know what I am talking about, it > is now about 6-7 years old, and still uses the old > SODIMMs for memory expansion...In about 1 hour, my > laptop will be crashing, because unless I reboot it > when I am done using it, it runs out of memory (It > has 16MB RAM hardwired onto the system board, and > will NOT take any more via its expansion slot! I > just talked to compaq about 2 weeks ago, and they > said that it can only take 48MB max, I figured that's > why the 128MB stick wasn't being accepted....I asked > them again if this particular laptop will take the > usual PC100 32MB SODIMM, which will max it out at > 48MB counting the system hardwired 16MB, and they > said it would work! Guess what??? IT DOESN'T!!!! > Can anyone explain WHY?!?!? The crappy paperweight only > thinks it still has 16383KB of total system RAM!!! > Bottom Line: > I have a laptop which is stuck in 16MB RAM forever > land! And it will be a paperweight if any more RAM > can't expand it!!! (Or I will get mad as hell and > chuck it into the trash! MY POCKET PC IS BETTER than > this piece of CRAP!!!) I am not the most knowledgeable computer person on this list, but I can tell you from many years of experience that running Windows 95 on a computer that is only 6 or 7 years old and having as much as 16 MB of RAM shouldn't be a problem for anyone as long as one refrains from overly multi-tasking the system by trying to run too many applications and having too many files open at the same time. If you are having problems with the machine you have described above, and if you are not trying to run any MicroSoft operating system greater than Windows 95, I am certain that your problems are not due to a shortage of memory. Either you are doing something wrong by placing an extraordinary demand on your system resources, or something other than an apparent memory limitation is adversely affecting your machine's performance. If you are trying to run Windows 98 or above, then your operating system is most likely the cause of the problem. You should stick with Windows 95 or lower on a machine like yours. Windows 95 should run just fine on it. I have a Pentium 75 laptop and a Pentium 133 desktop, both with just 16 MB of RAM, and both of which are running Windows 95 with no problems whatsoever except for the usual minor hassles that will invariably sometimes be experienced with any Windows systems, regardless of the size of your RAM. Sam Heywood -- This mail was written by user of The Arachne Browser - http://arachne.cz/ To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
