Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!torsqnt!geac!contact!zooid!dve From: dve@zooid.UUCP (system operator) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: Windows 3.0, Priam Hard Drives, and Bastard Clone Boards Message-ID: Date: 7 Aug 90 12:54:38 GMT References: <1990Aug7.045746.15483@mercury.cair.du.edu> Organization: here Lines: 20 rcarver@orion.cair.du.edu (RANDALL CARVER ) writes: > Furthermore we're running a bastard 386 clone board - a Precision 386 > baby II (No I wasn't here when it was purchased so at least that much > isn't my fault) with 640K and 8M expanded memory. > That's your problem. You need extended memory to use Windows 3.0 effectively, not expanded. You can't even go into 386 Enhanced Mode unless you have 2mb of extended RAM, and standard mode requires at least a megabyte. Check the motherboard, there is a good chance that you can reconfigure some of the memory to be extended instead of expanded. If not, junk the motherboard and pick up a new one or if worst comes to worst get an extended memory card, which won't be as fast as motherboard memory but at least it will be useable. Expanded memory was very helpful in the previous version of Windows, but fortunately they started using extended memory for this version.