Re: Help: Dog of a 486

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From: jmetz
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 00:00

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On Wed, 12 Aug 1998 20:19:14 +1000, P Ashton <ashton@fl.net.au> wrote:

>Hi
>
>I have a 486DX4-100 which has been running Win 95 quite happily with 16M
>of ram. When I upped this to 32M it ran like a dog. Memory tests showed
>that the last 16M was being accessed significantly slower. 
>
>Anyone got any ideas why this is happening and how I can fix it?
>
>the details are:
>
>cpu: intel DX4-100
>MB:  1433/50UIV, UMC chipset, 256K cache, VESA VLB, AMI BIOS
>Mem: anything above 16M slows the board down to hell (72 or 30 pin
>simms)
>
>Thanks

insuficent cache sounds more like you really have 128 or less 
get cacheck4 or better and test the cache to be sure

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From: jmetz@castle.net (jmetz)
Subject: Re: Help: Dog of a 486
Date: 1998/08/17
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