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- DOCUMENT:Q104296 14-SEP-1993 [W_NT]
- TITLE :ALR Pentium BIOS May Be Limited to 64MB of RAM in Windows NT
- PRODUCT :Windows NT
- PROD/VER:3.10
- OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
- KEYWORDS:
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- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
- - Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
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- The BIOS used by the ALR Pentium Evolution V-Q/60 and Evolution V-Q/66
- computers is limited by design to a total of 64MB of RAM. Windows NT
- only recognizes and uses the first 64MB of RAM as reported by the
- BIOS.
-
- The current BIOS version, Phoenix revision 1.00.26b, is licensed to
- ALR by Microfirm Ware and has been modified by ALR. The ALR Pentium
- Evolution series is advertised and shipped with up to 256MB of RAM.
-
- ALR has confirmed that programs attempting to access the BIOS through
- INT15 calls will only be able to access 64MB of RAM.
-
- For additional information, contact ALR technical support at (714)
- 581-6770.
-
- The Evolution model computers are manufactured by ALR, a vendor
- independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise,
- regarding this products' performance or reliability.
-
- Additional reference words: 3.10 W_NTAS 3rdparty memory
- KBCategory:
- KBSubcategory: hrdwr
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