RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Linux Jukebox (was It's working!)

["Ross, Matt" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Here is what puzzles me about that.  In the ascii-gram below, the -??- and
[--] are the simm chip slots, -??- filled with one that came with the
machine but I don't know the mb.  The 32 is a 32mb DIMM ram chip that also
came with the machine, but is now fried.  P and D are just for spacing
reference, its where the power cables connect to the MB and where the IDE
Drive cables connect.  I don't see any chips that look like onboard ram, and
its supposed to have only 32mb (ie the DIMM).  The 32 is now an empty slot
since the chip died, which, since there are no switches or jumpers, I
thought would force the computer to see the Simm slot.

|ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ|
|    [--]             |
|    -??- |Ż|         |
|         |P|         |
|                     |
|         |Ż|         |
| [-----] |D|         |
| --32--- |_|         |
|                     |
|_____________________|
        \   /
         \ /
|ŻŻŻŻ|ŻŻŻŻ|
|    |____|
|         |
|_________|


> from: http://www.cybertechhelp.com/html/tutorials/tutorial.php/id/49
> 
> This agrees with my first thought reading your post, memory problems. 
> Try reseating the memory or moving it to a different slot. 
> IIRC, most p 
> and p-pro boxes with SIMM's needed 2 matching chips minimum.
> 
> Rick
> 
> Ross, Matt wrote:
> 
> >I got the 200 mhz box out last night to start playing with it, but
> >unfortunately, it don't wanna play :-(
> >After turning on, it immediately beeped three long beeps, 
> and the hard drive
> >read light stayed on while the box just sat there, no bios, 
> no attempts to
> >read from cd or floppy, just sat there.  Is it time to give 
> up on this box,
> >or is there a quick fix for this?
> >
> >Box stats:
> >Gateway P-500 Full Tower (model number, not processor)
> >200 mhz Pentium 1 processor
> >16mb simm ram (it has both dimm and simm slots, and the 32 
> mb dimm ram it
> >came with is shot)
> >2gb hdd (quit working last year, not worth replacing to my 
> parents, hence
> >the boxes retirement)
> >bios wiped per suggestion on here last year to remove the 
> battery and put it
> >back in.  Bios worked after that as expected.

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