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Size of a Simm
Name: Matr Date: October 14, 2004 at 04:04:29 Pacific OS: Win95 CPU/Ram: 486 / 24
Comment:
I've a Simm with n.16 NANIA NT5117405J-60 Can anybody tell me what the size of the simm? Is it 16Mb? Thanks for help.
Name: OtheHill Date: October 14, 2004 at 08:01:37 Pacific
Reply:
If you multiply the size of each chip on the module by the total number and then divide by 8 you will get the module capacity. I believe you may be correct. That memory is most likely EDO memory (60) and can't be mixed with std. dram.
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Response Number 2
Name: Matr Date: October 15, 2004 at 00:20:09 Pacific
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Thank you for the help. There are 16 chips on the module, 4,194,304-words x 4 bit each. Does it mean 8Mb ? The bios recognize 16 Mb but I was told that Simm should be 32 Mb. ???
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Response Number 3
Name: OtheHill Date: October 15, 2004 at 06:56:55 Pacific
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I believe what you have is a module with 16 - 16 megabit chips onboard (4,194,304-words x 4). So, 16 times 16 = 256 Megabits, divided by 8 = 32Megabytes. If the computer is only reading this module as 16MBs then your Motherboard chipset may not support that module.
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Response Number 4
Name: Matr Date: October 18, 2004 at 00:34:07 Pacific
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As the Simm seems to work properly as a 16Mb (I’ve even tested it with a memory testing tool) do you think I can keep on using it or is it to be considered unreliable?
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