Gateway Solo 2500 Not recognizing full amount of RAM

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XxLicherxX <goldhors64@aol.com> wrote:
: Hello,

: I am hoping someone has come across (and hopefully solved) this problem
: before. I have a Gateway Solo 2500 laptop. According to Gateway's
: website, this laptop can support up to 288 MB of RAM. (32 onboard + 128
: in Slot 1 + 128 in Slot 2) The problem that I am having is slot 1 will
: only recognize 64 MB when it has a 128 chip in it. The other slot will
: recognize 128 MB chips with no problem.

: I know it is not the RAM chips, because I have tried them both in slot
: 2. Slot 2 sees them both as 128 MB as it should. Slot 1 sees them both
: as 64.

: I have spoken with Gateway and they told me to flash the BIOS. It
: turned out though that I already had the latest version of the BIOS
: installed.

: Both RAM chips are the same brand and speed (PC-100), Gateway's site
: says that it uses PC-66, but I don't think that this is the issue.

: Any suggestions?

Gateway's specs may simply be wrong. Perhaps the laptop itself can
only address 256MB of RAM total (multiples of 128MB make more sense
from a system-design standpoint than 32MB + 128MB + 128MB). That
would preclude the addition of two 128MB DIMMs + the 32MB onboard.

Are there any other RAM settings in the BIOS you can change? I know
laptop BIOS settings tend to be spare but it's worth asking.

Andrew
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