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- From: sreedhar@world.std.com (sreedhar annamalai)
- Subject: Gateway 66V LB 8M SIMMs
- Message-ID: <C1DLnu.Gwz@world.std.com>
- Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 20:45:29 GMT
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- My experience with Gateway has been quite satisfactory. I ordered my GW 66V
- with just 2 extras -- the modem and 16MB memory. I was told I would get it
- in 3 weeks but was delighted to receive it exactly TWO weeks! This was about
- a month and a half back -- around thanksgiving.
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- I did have a problem with my order though. I had ordered and paid for 16MB
- memory but received only 12MB. Took me a while to reach customer support and
- convince them that it was their mistake. They agreed to send me an extra 4MB
- SIMM. To allow myself room for future upgrades, I asked them to send me 2
- 8MB SIMMS instead of the 4MB so that when I receive the 2 8s I could send
- them back the 3 4s I already had.
-
- I got the 2 8s last week but found that they cannot be used on the Micronics
- motherboard that comes with the GW 66V. GW was well aware that I wanted the
- 2 8s for 66V but still sent them knowing that they could not be used. I
- called them back to get a 16MB SIMM. But apparently 16s are in short supply.
- I am settling for 4 x 4s.
-
- I have not sent the 2 8MB SIMMS back (have 14 days to do it). I was
- wondering if anyone has tried using these successfully on a MICRONICS
- 486 66VLB motherboard.
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