Re: Need help installing extra memory on a memory card.

["Rick Kerman" <rkerman@mail.bright.net>]

John Gado wrote in message <6m2nb0$74b$1@usenet40.supernews.com>...

>I have an Apple IIGS memory card which came populated with
>512K or RAM in the form of  8 256x4 chips.

If you had done the math, you would know this doesn't make
sense.  They are 256Kx1 chips, and there is 256K on the
motherboard.  You added 768K more, bringing the total to
somewhere close to 1.24M.  The computer is fine, the problem
is entirely inside your head.
  I've populated the rest of the card (3 more banks)
>with the same chips, and shorted the two jumpers on the card (J1 & J2).
>For some reason, when I go into the control panel to check the amount
>of RAM that I have, it tells me that I only have about 1.2 MB instead
>of the 2MB that I should have.   Am I doing something wrong?  Does this
>card only except 256x1 chips for the other 3 banks?  The memory card itself
>is an "Apple IIGS memory expansion" card, which is installed in a Apple
IIGS
>with a 01 ROM, and no other cards.  Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
>
>
>                                                       John.
>-jgado@execpc.com
>