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There was a known problem with the early IBM DIMM carriers. Contact them as to warranty replacement ---------- > From: cslater@jwpepper.com > To: thinkpad <THINKPAD@cs.utk.edu> > Subject: 760CD + win95 + 64 MB = big problem! > Date: Tuesday, April 28, 1998 1:31 PM > > My office has three 760CD Thinkpads, on which we run a variety of > operating systems, including Warp 4 and Windows95. Most systems are set > up with OS2's Boot Manager. In all cases, BIOS level is up to date. > > We have gradually updated the models, adding to memory and installing > larger hard drives. We have now brought three of them up to 64 MB, by > installing 2 x 32 SIMM's (DIMM's?) from Apricorn. We now find that we > cannot boot up Windows95. > > The symptom is that Win95 starts to boot, but just before it begins to > paint its screen, the screen becomes filled with garbage. This extreme > video corruption persists, requiring a hard shutdown. > > All systems are running the current version of the Cyber9320 video > driver. They all worked before we added the second 32 MB. Furthermore, > if we swap out one of the 32 MB and replace it with a 16 MB, they will > work. It is only the combination of 2 x 32 MB that fails. We have tried > moving the memory around, swapping from system to system, trying just one > SIMM, running startup tests, and so on. In all cases, the memory and > display test out OK, but the combination of 2 x 32 fails. The system > will boot if we boot in safe mode and change video to plain VGA or > Trident SVGA. > > Curiously, OS2 boots just fine. > > Since this behavior persists consistently on three different 760CD's, I > have to conclude that there is a serious problem here. Can anyone please > give me some guidance on how to get this thing working, or let me know if > this is a known problem and we can't??? > > Thanks! > > > > > -- > . Charles Slater The Pepper Music Network > . P.O. Box 850 Valley Forge, PA 19482 > . 1-800-345-6296 Fax: 610-993-0563 > . cslater@jwpepper.com http://www.jwpepper.com