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- From: joker@diku.dk (Morten Christian Holmgreen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
- Subject: Re: Why is installed memory > Usable memory (16 vs 15.6 Mb) on my Model 90
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.135604.2171@odin.diku.dk>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 13:56:04 GMT
- References: <1k4g2i$r7b@agate.berkeley.edu>
- Sender: joker@ask.diku.dk
- Organization: Department of Computer Science, U of Copenhagen
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- stanton@haas.berkeley.edu (Richard Stanton) writes:
-
- >After many attempts (involving swapping memory from one slot to another...)
- >I have upgraded my Ps/2 model 90 from 8 to 16 Mb. However, when I fire it up,
- >it only counts up to 16000k (rather than 16384), and the reference disk tells
- >me I have 16Mb installed, but only 15.6Mb usable.
-
- >Should I try to do anything about this, or is this what I should be seeing?
- >At various times, it managed to count to only 12Mb, 4Mb!, 8Mb etc, so
- >maybe I should be glad I can boot at all. However, I'd appreciate knowing
- >if I should be trying to correct some problem (of course, even 15.6 Mb is a
- >lot more than 8).
-
- >Thanks for any suggestions
-
- >Richard Stanton
-
- I don't think you can do anything about that. I have 36M in my 95, but
- it "only" counts to 36480K bytes, NOT 36864K. The systems uses the
- remaining 384K.
-
- Christian
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- M. Christian Holmgreen / joker@diku.dk / mochmch@uts.uni-c.dk
- M.Sc. student, University of Copenhagen, Dept. of Computer Science
- "Human errors can only be avoided if one can avoid the use of humans"
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