Need Help with A3000 RAM Install

[madgrizzle]

I have 16 MB worth of ZIP chips, enough to populate the entire motherboard.  I put 4 MB in first and booted the computer to make sure it worked.  I then put another 4 MB in and booted again, computer read 8 MB.  Repeat with another 4 MB and computer read 12 MB... then I put in the last 4 MB and the computer still reads 12 MB.

I don't readily see any of the last 4 MB worth of ZIP chips with bent pins (hard to really see since they are so close to each other).  Is there any way to narrow down which chip is causing?

[madgrizzle]

I assumed I had to install all eight at a time.. are you saying I can install one at a time and see RAM amount tick up?

[madgrizzle]

got it.. thanks.  wish it wasn't so hard to extract them when they are in between two other chips.

[madgrizzle]

I extracted bank 4 of ram and one of the chips had a loose pin.  Not sure if it was because I damaged it extracting it, but eventually it fell off.  I'm trying to source a couple more chips and will see if that one was actually the problem child.