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- From: Frank2.Simon@arbi.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de (Frank2 'Biber' Simon)
- Subject: Re: [HELP] Memory lost???
- Organization: University of Oldenburg, Germany
- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 14:01:37 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov12.140737.5464@arbi.Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE>
- References: <1992Nov8.140148.6306@monu1.cc.monash.edu.au> <1dkq1hINN7fr@libra.db.erau.edu>
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- mikey@db.erau.edu (Mike P. Simon) writes:
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- >>I just upgraded my 386DX-40 to 8MB RAM, but when the machine boot up,
- >>it reports to have only 7808KB instead of 8192KB (8MB). Does anyone know
- >>what is wrong with it? Thanks
-
- >Check your CMOS setup. You've probably got shadow or scratch ram taking up
- >that extra space.
-
- Some computers don't count the ram between 640KB and 1MB after booting up.
- There is no way to change you setup if your computer has got this peculiar
- behaviour. But you really shouldn't care about that:Your computer has got the
- full 8MB (maybe use a RAM-Test-Program).
-
- hope to help Frank
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