Path: utzoo!yunexus!maccs!cs3b3aj From: cs3b3aj@maccs.McMaster.CA (Stephen M. Dunn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Question Re: 386 memory Summary: Depends on what type of memory it is Keywords: LIM, Expanded, Extended Message-ID: <2371@maccs.McMaster.CA> Date: 8 Apr 89 05:52:21 GMT Article-I.D.: maccs.2371 References: <22590@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> Reply-To: cs3b3aj@maccs.UUCP (Stephen M. Dunn) Organization: McMaster U., Hamilton, Ont., Can. Lines: 29 In article <22590@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> cc1@cs.ucla.edu (Max Kislik) writes: >I have a 386 AT clone with a MICRONICS 20 Mhz board and 1 MB of RAM. >I tried to access the 384k of expanded? memory it is supposed to >have, but without any success. No version of RAMdisk drivers >recognized that I had any expanded or extended memory. > >Programs that check how much extended/expanded memory computers have >show 0 expanded and 0 extended memory. >I am sure, though, that the computer does have 1 MB on board (I counted >the chips). Hmm ... it sounds to me like the memory is supposed to be used as expanded (as in Lotus/Intel/Microsoft) memory; if it was extended, it would in all likelihood have appeared as such when your programs tried to find it. If it _is_ supposed to be expanded memory, you need an EMS driver installed to access it. This driver may have been provided with the computer; its filename should say EMS somewhere in it and it is likely of type .BIN or .SYS. It has to be included in your CONFIG.SYS file; you'll probably need a manual for your motherboard for this, though, as it likely needs some parameters passed to it. Good luck! I hope somebody who's familiar with your specific motherboard posts a somewhat more definitive reply. -- ====================================================================== ! Stephen M. Dunn, cs3b3aj@maccs.McMaster.CA ! DISCLAIMER: ! ! This space left unintentionally blank - vi ! I'm only an undergrad ! ======================================================================