Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!hellgate.utah.edu!peruvian.utah.edu!cyang
From: cyang%peruvian.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Cheng Yang)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Windows 3, HIMEM.SYS and Extended Memory
Message-ID: <1991Jan4.003923.29710@hellgate.utah.edu>
Date: 4 Jan 91 07:39:23 GMT
Organization: University of Utah CS Dept
Lines: 28


Hi, everybody.  I have just installed Windows 3.0 on my 286 At clone and
there is a little problem with its extended memory.

I am running MS-DOS 4.01 and there are 2 MB RAM on my motherboard (above
1024 K was configured as extended memory).  In order to run Window 3.0
efficently, I put "DEVICE = C:HIMEM.SYS" in my config.sys file. and
the problem is that before I run Windows, I type "mem" to check my RAM
it reports the extended memory normally.  After I run Windows and terminate
it normally, the "mem" command reports that 0 extended memory is available.
And the DOS will not recognize the 1024 K extended memory.

However, after I remove the statement "DEVICE = C:HIMEM.SYS" from the
config.sys file, DOS will report that there are 1024 KB RAM after Windows
was run.

Is there something wrong with my system? Or is it normal?

Thank you very much for your help in advance.

*****************************************************************************
*	Ho capito, signor,si!........                                       *
*                                                                           *
*Cheng Yang				Home Address:                       *
*Department of Computer Science		808 East, 300 South, #3             *
*University of Utah			Salt Lake City, UT 84102            *
*E-Mail Address:cyang@peruvian.utah.edu	Tel: 801-322-1918                   *
*****************************************************************************