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My Gateway 486 is extremely ram picky

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First post, by computergeek92

Posted on 2016-07-28, 07:32

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I have a 486 Pentium Overdrive 66MHz with 8MB Simm (4x2) Gateway 2000 4SX-33 desktop and I've tried all the 72 pin simms I have to upgrade with and nothing but the original ram sticks work. Has anyone had similar experiences with these systems?

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Reply 1 of 1, by chinny22

Posted on 2016-07-31, 13:12

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It's not a gateway but my 486 was always very picky on RAM
Has to be Parity and cant be EDO, only FP and 8MB sticks don't work

Known working modules
Kingston KTM-0160 16MB 60ns
Toshiba H6884Y 16MB
Techworks 11763-0001 16MB

A02P1 72 Pin 16MB
T1 KORIA -60 16MB

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