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From: rudih@msb.com (Rudi Halbright)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms,comp.windows.misc
Subject: Re: Cannot access EMS memory in Standard Mode!
Message-ID: <1991May31.224916.12866@msb.com>
Date: 31 May 91 22:49:16 GMT
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In article <1991May29.200439.27697@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> bgebby@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Brian P Gebby) writes:
>Help!
>
>I've been sweating over this problem for a long time now.
>I have a 80286/12MHz system with 2MB of expanded memory and 1MB of
>onboard memory base.  The problem is Windows acknowledges the memory
>in Real Mode but it won't acknowledge the memory in Standard Mode.
>
>I have a BOCA AT Plus Memory Board with full LIM EMS 4.0 compatability
>and the HIMEM.YS driver provided with Windows 3.0.: 4/5/90 2.60.version.
>Dos date (from 'dir') -- 5/1/90. (which I heard was the crrect file to use.)
>
>Now I can't run Excel 3.0 and It's really getting aggraaating!
>
>Help!
>
>Brian Gebby                     | "The computer is like an Old Testament God,
>bgebby@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu|  lots of rules and little mercy." --
>aj583@po.cwru.edu               |                    John Campbell.

Are you configuring the memory as expanded?  If so, try to use windows without
using the EMM driver, that way all of the memory will be configured as 
extended which is what you need to use standard mode.  Good luck!
	
Rudi Halbright
rudih@msb.com