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Quarterdeck Technical Note
Q: Why does QEMM give the error message "not enough room for
page frame," or else hang during the boot procedure, on my
machine with AMI 3.0 BIOS?
The problem is that the AMI BIOS version 3.0 (dated Feb. 1, 1989)
contains information that would indicate that the machine is a
COMPAQ. QEMM detects this and assumes that the machine will be
fully COMPAQ compatible, which is not apparently the case with
these systems.
The best solution would be to contact the manufacturer of your
machine and see about getting a BIOS upgrade. Version 3.11
apparently fixes the problem. One manufacturer (Northgate) is
said to be providing these at no charge to users with this
problem.
Patch for QEMM.SYS to run on AMI BIOS version 3.0:
Another solution that will get you past the problem as it relates
to QEMM is to install the following patch to QEMM. DO NOT
perform this on your only copy of QEMM, in case you make a
mistake.
First use the DOS utility DEBUG to change QEMM.SYS by typing the
following:
C:\>debug qemm.sys <Enter>
DEBUG should load and display a "-" as a prompt. Then type:
-s 100 L f000 "COMPAQ"
An address should be returned as below:
4F5F:26BA <- This address will vary; use what is returned
If you have QEMM 5.0 or later, a list of fifteen or so addresses
will be returned. Use the last of the addresses.
Then, using the last address that was returned (not necessarily
the one in the following example), type the following:
-e4f5f:26b0 <Enter>
DEBUG will return the address again, followed by a 43 as follows.
Enter a zero, followed by the Enter key.
4f5f:26b0 43.__ <- enter a 0 here and hit the Enter key
Then enter W to write out the changed file
-w <Enter>
Type Q to exit DEBUG
-q <Enter>
Then reboot and give it a try.
Copyright (C) 1990 by Quarterdeck Office Systems
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