Paul Abrahams wrote: Are you sure it was without memory? Some boards (old ones) may have some 4-8 MB on board. Never the less, I wondered what happens to the cache memory. Will that work as "memory" instead? Can you run DOS from say 512 KB cache memory?? sounds like fun! Juergen
I 'm now inclined to think that the most likely cause of the beeps is that the computer is running with no usable memory. I've ordered some SIMMS, which I know will fit (the DIMM didn't seem to despite the presence of DIMM sockets), so I'll see if that solves the problem. I'll let the folks here know what the outcome is. So the saga is "to be continued".
An interesting observation: Just for laughs I took all the memory out of another working box. Nevertheless, when I started the box it reported 64MB. It actually managed to get through System Commander, select Linux, and get several steps through the boot process before quitting on a kernel panic. Amazing!!
Paul
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