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- From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
- Subject: Re: More Ram = Faster machine
- Message-ID: <1992Nov5.181855.4181@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
- Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
- References: <Bx6qC1.9xI@cck.coventry.ac.uk>
- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 18:18:55 GMT
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- In <Bx6qC1.9xI@cck.coventry.ac.uk> csg021@cck.coventry.ac.uk (Micky J.) writes:
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- >I recently upgraded my 25Mhz 386 from 2MB to 4MB, using 3-chip SIMMS
- >(it now has four 3-chip SIMMS).
-
- >Why, according to two seperate programs, has my machine slightly increased
- >in speed? One used to say my machine was 22Mhz, now it says it's 30Mhz
- >(a program simply called 'speed'). Another only says a slight increase
- >in speed, about 1Mhz.
-
- Your machine may use memory interleave to cut down on wait states for
- memory access. Having an even number of banks of chips speeds this
- up.
-
- >Also, I think there's a problem with my graphics card (was there before
- >I upgraded the memory). I cannot use Windows 3.1 because when I move a
- >windows, it leaves a block border behind. The fonts also mess up sometimes,
- >and drop-down menus sometimes leave bits behind etc. On some games, there
- >are black pixels randomly placed around the screen. If I slow my machine
- >down to 8Mhz, then the problem is less, i.e. less corruption occurs.
-
- >Its a 256K ZIDA VGA card. Is it the memory on the card?
-
- Sounds like it's either a driver problem or the board itself isn't
- quite compatible on the register level with what it is supposed to be.
-
-
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