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- From: zrepachol@cc.curtin.edu.au
- Subject: Re: REQUIREMENTS TO RUN NT - HELP
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.023051.1@cc.curtin.edu.au>
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- Organization: Curtin University of Technology
- References: <1993Jan21.005125.4596@nuscc.nus.sg> <1993Jan22.224431.25788@microsoft.com>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 17:30:51 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan22.224431.25788@microsoft.com>, johnhall@microsoft.com (John Hall) writes:
- ...
- > a 16-bit bus (ISA for Industry Standard Architecture, the IBM AT
- > bus) has 16 data bits and 24 address bits. Yes, you can add memory
- > to 16Mb but you may have to replace your current memory entirely
- > depending upon your computer design.
- >
-
- Interesting you should say this. Let me make a few preliminary comments on
- memory and some system boards. We recently when to expand some 386DXs to 8MB
- to run the Oct beta. They trashed ever few minutes. A quick look-see points
- to several problems in the memory area: 1 not enought decoupling caps for the
- SIMMS and driver, 2 power plane has too high an impedence to source the several
- amps needed for the ?? nsec as the memory access starts. 3 undershoot in the
- RAS/CAS lines. Result is flaky memory system. BTW, this is not just on NT,
- you can't run DOS either.
-
- Anyone else seen this?
-
- ~Paul
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