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gepepa
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May 27, 2001, 03:19 PM
 
Hi...I have a Performa 6400/180 which came with 8mbs soldered and 8mb in a slot...just after purchase I bought 16mb which went into the other slot...I just bought 64mb which my friend put in the slot which had the 8mb...by my calculations I should have 88mbs of memory but when I bring up the "about this computer" panel it shows: Built in 56MB where it once showed 32..anyone know where I went wrong?

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Paul S
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May 27, 2001, 10:27 PM
 
I can think of 2 possibilities. Your machine is reading that RAM as 32 not 64MB. Either they shipped you the wrong thing, or it isn't the right refresh rate. 6400's needed a 2k refresh rate for their RAM. Most other RAM was 4k. If you got a 4k refresh, it could read the capacity wrong and display what you have showing now.
     
gepepa  (op)
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May 28, 2001, 10:24 AM
 
thanks Paul..I did call Sonnet and ask them about the 2k/4k problem and they assured me that when I entered my computer identification they would send the right card...I will re-contact and see if they can explain.

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May 28, 2001, 10:31 AM
 
Paul..I just realized I mentioned Sonnet...at the same time that I installed the memory card I installed a Sonnet Crescendo CPU accelerator...will write to ramseeker. Thanks again

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