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Article #211More Ram = Faster machine
From: Micky J.
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1992 09:28
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1992 09:28
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I recently upgraded my 25Mhz 386 from 2MB to 4MB, using 3-chip SIMMS (it now has four 3-chip SIMMS). Why, according to two seperate programs, has my machine slightly increased in speed? One used to say my machine was 22Mhz, now it says it's 30Mhz (a program simply called 'speed'). Another only says a slight increase in speed, about 1Mhz. Also, I think there's a problem with my graphics card (was there before I upgraded the memory). I cannot use Windows 3.1 because when I move a windows, it leaves a block border behind. The fonts also mess up sometimes, and drop-down menus sometimes leave bits behind etc. On some games, there are black pixels randomly placed around the screen. If I slow my machine down to 8Mhz, then the problem is less, i.e. less corruption occurs. Its a 256K ZIDA VGA card. Is it the memory on the card? Thanx. -- %%% %%% &&&& %%%%% && && %% %% &&&&&& >> I'm an angst of sub- %%%%%%%% && %%% && && %% %% && >> emotional post-modern %% %% %% && %%% &&&& %% === && >> wave of erm....yeah. %% %% &&&& %%%%% && && %% &&&& %% >> csg021@cck.cov.ac.uk
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!pacbell.com!decwrl!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!darwin.sura.net!europa.asd.contel.com!paladin.american.edu!news.univie.ac.at!hp4at!mcsun!uknet!warwick!coventry!csg021 From: csg021@cck.coventry.ac.uk (Micky J.) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: More Ram = Faster machine Message-ID: <Bx6qC1.9xI@cck.coventry.ac.uk> Date: 4 Nov 92 09:28:49 GMT Sender: news@cck.coventry.ac.uk (news user) Organization: Coventry University Lines: 24 Nntp-Posting-Host: cc_sysk