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In <Bx6qC1.9xI@cck.coventry.ac.uk> csg021@cck.coventry.ac.uk (Micky J.) writes:


>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.

Your machine may use memory interleave to cut down on wait states for
memory access.  Having an even number of banks of chips speeds this
up. 

>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?

Sounds like it's either a driver problem or the board itself isn't
quite compatible on the register level with what it is supposed to be.


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