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I was asked by someone at work to fit them some memory in their Pc(an old compaq 233).Anyway I had 128mb pc133 left over from another project so after reading the m/b manual and finding out that the board hosts dimms I installed it,only to find that the f@#$ing machine would'nt boot into windows(95).I got a Himem error on loading,I know the memory is ok as I have tried it in my pc(1gig t/bird KT7A).
Help please would be greatly appreciated.

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[hollett]

What type of Compaq is it? some of the older boards use FPM/EDO dimms not SDRAM.

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[phsstpok]

Some Compaqs used proprietary memory. Your best bet is to go to www.crucial.com and use their memory selector to order the proper memory for that particular machine.

 

[Ncogneto]

It could be one of several issues. First of all the older compaq may not support memory modules larger than 64 meg ( maybe even 32). Seconldy, Is the module you are trying to install a high density module? if so it certainly won't work.

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