Can I install any operating system on any computer?

[Computer_Commando]

My PIII has 4 slots with 2-256MB & 1-128MM, 640MB total.  I was attempting to get to 1GB, but all of the newly acquired 256's, showed as 128MB.  Therefore, my success rate is 50%.

[patio]

I meant that it works on approx. 80% of MBoards/machines...

[BC_Programmer]

a Pentium 3 machine that can only hold 128MB per slot? now that's weird.

I had 1GB in my K6-2.  then I went down to 512MB, then down to 256MB, since the chipsets cacheable range was only 256MB.

[shashgo]

good to know ill try it out

[Salmon Trout]

a Pentium 3 machine that can only hold 128MB per slot? now that's weird.

Blame the chipset. The limitation is the chip set on the motherboard itself. it simply can not address more then 128MB of ram per slot.

the Gateway Performance 500 Computer takes the 100MHz SDRAM DIMMs Memory Type, and comes installed with 128 MB (removable) of Memory. You can upgrade your Gateway Performance 500 Computer to up to a maximum of 384 MB Memory, the system has 3 sockets to install Memory, already with 128 MB (removable) standard Memory installed.

http://www.memorystock.com/memory/GatewayPerformance500.html

[shashgo]

well i guess ill have to rely on getting updated drivers from intel.

[Rixter]

hmmm , okay I guess I will first try to add RAM to the computer, I have 256 I think but maybe your right , maybe it is 128.  I have two slots, do I need to have matching RAM sizes if I want to fil up both slots

If that doesnt work , Ill use EVEREST to find out the specifics of my computer, that is video card manufacturer etc

Yes, you need to have matchinfg RAM