I have a 486 motherboard of the same vintage that uses 30 pin SIMMs and
it can only handle up to 8 4MB SIMMs. Your manual sounds correct based
upon my own experience with a similar board. If you try to use SIMMs
with a capacity higher than 4MB your system may not work properly.
"James (Jim) Hatridge" wrote:
>
> Hi All;
>
> I've a 486/33 that was built in 1992. I have 8mg Main Mem (ie 8x1mg). I
> want to upgrade it. My manual says that it can only use up to 8x4mg. Is
> this right? At the time all anyone had was 4mg chips. If I put 8 or 16mg
> chips in will the BIOS work, will Linux see them?
>
> TIA!
>
> J
> I
> M
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