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From: hd7x@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (Sanjay Aiyagari)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: 286 w Above Board?
Message-ID: <1991Apr3.164052.3842@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>
Date: 3 Apr 91 16:40:51 EDT
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In article <9307@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>,
hayesel@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Erik Hayes) writes:
> Has anyone had problems running a 286 w/Above board.  I have 2M on the board
> but HIMEM does not act with it properly.  Win 3 runs slow and jagged as hell.
>
> I also have a HardCard for a hard drive.  I just want to run cleanly in
> standard mode.  Real runs fine.

If it is the Intel Above Board you are talking about, you have EXPANDED memory,
which under Windows 3.0 is usable by Windows only in real mode.  To use
standard mode you need EXTENDED memory.  Some memory cards allow you to flip
DIP switches to change your memory type from EXPANDED to EXTENDED.

Sanjay Aiyagari (hd7x@vax5.cit.cornell.edu)