Re: Help: Dog of a 486

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From: David Rubie
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 00:00

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In article <35D16C22.3754@fl.net.au>, P Ashton <ashton@fl.net.au> writes:
> 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?
> 
[deleted]

You might have to fiddle around with the BIOS to tell it to
cache the extra memory.  I had a similar UMC board with an
AMD 486/100 on it, and it was also a dog after a memory
upgrade.  The Bios fiddle fixed it up a treat.

dave.



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From: drubie@macquarie.com.au (David Rubie)
Subject: Re: Help: Dog of a 486
Date: 1998/08/12
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