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Article #41755Re: Need help on PCs ( memory, printers )
From: Larry Snyder
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 1990 16:53
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 1990 16:53
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In article <2865@isis.UUCP>, dpunjabi@isis.UUCP (Dinesh Punjabi) writes:
>
> I have recently purchased a 386/25 system via mail order.
> The machine is supposed to contain 1 MB of main memory but when I run
> Norton tests it just reports 640 KBytes. How do I verify that the
> remaining memory exists in the PC and that it is being utilized by DOS ??
I would take the cover off the machine and take a peek inside to see
how much memory is in the machine. Chances are that you have 1 meg and
the 384K between 640 and 1024 are reserved for caching and such.
When the machine boots - how much memory is displayed on the screen?
--
Larry Snyder, Northern Star Communications, Notre Dame, IN USA
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!cica!iuvax!ndcheg!ndmath!nstar!larry From: larry@nstar.UUCP (Larry Snyder) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Need help on PCs ( memory, printers ) Summary: amount of memory in new machine Message-ID: <511169@nstar.UUCP> Date: 6 Feb 90 16:53:05 GMT References: <2865@isis.UUCP> Organization: Northern Star Communications, Notre Dame, IN, USA Lines: 18