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- From: nheu@wimsey.bc.ca (Norman Heu)
- Subject: EMM386.EXE Slows Down HD
- Organization: BC News and Mail
- Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 16:06:33 GMT
- Message-ID: <BxrM2y.8yn@wimsey.bc.ca>
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- Help! My new WD Caviar 170mb hard drive is great, but my data
- tranfer rates drop from ~1121k/s to ~420k/s when I have
- EMM386.EXE in my config.sys. Can anyone tell me why and what I
- can do to keep the higher disk rate (while running EMM386.EXE)?
-
- Running out and buying new memory management software is not a
- solution.
-
- Hardware - OPTI496 M/B [386-25DX, no cache], 4MB ram
- [AMI BIOS July/91]
- WD Caviar 2170 [170mb HD, 32K cache]
-
- Software - DOS 5.0, Windows 3.1
-
- I'm using PCTools and Norton sysinfo to get my results.
-
- I've tried 2 different IDE controllers and get the same results.
-
- Video/bios shadowing is on. Turning bios shadowing off and
- leaving EMM386.EXE out of the config.sys gives ~380k/s DTR.
-
- Any and all replies would be much appreciated.
- -Norm
-
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-
- Norman Heu nheu@van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca -or- nheu@van-bc.wimsey.com
- [Vancouver, BC, Canada]
-