[ale] memory check in bios

[Dow Hurst]

I've seen it when mixing memory brands and sizes on an old 
P-120 system and 486DX system.  Try either different memory 
or switch the sticks around.  Differing the placement in the 
slots would cause the machines to either not boot, exhibit 
your behavior, or run normally.  I didn't have a bad chip, I 
just was looking for the right order in the slots to get the 
BIOS to recognize and work with the memory.
Dow


Geoffrey wrote:
> I've got this older box I'm trying to resurrect, it's a k5-400.  I'm 
> seeing something weird I've never seen before.  When I go into the bios, 
> any keyboard actions are delayed substantially.  Further, when it used 
> to do it's memory check on boot, it would quickly cycle through the 
> memory until it reached the max, then boot.  Now when it boots, it will 
> cycle through the memory a bit, the stall, start up again, stall and so 
> on until it's run to the max.
> 
> Anyone ever see anything like this?  Memory test is next....
> 

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