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Date:      Mon, 27 Oct 1997 13:36:27 -0800
From:      Dean <dean@thegrid.net>
To:        Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: new RAM question
Message-ID:  <3.0.1.32.19971027133627.006cb438@mail.thegrid.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.971026194547.29878I-100000@current1.whistle. com>
References:  <3.0.3.16.19971026194225.14e70ccc@mail.thegrid.net>

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But the BIOS detects all of the memory.  And the Dos partition flys
compared to what it was.  Would the cache still be a problem?  And what is
a PAL upgrade?
Thanks,
Dean

At 07:47 PM 10/26/97 -0800, Julian Elischer wrote:
>try backing down to 16
>
>maybe your board only caches 16MB? (if it's old?)
>remember a single cache miss is bad.. I've had this on a 486 motherboard..
>the manufacturer had a PAL upgrade for the cache controller.
>
>
>On Sun, 26 Oct 1997, Dean wrote:
>
>> BSDibes,
>> 	I've got a 486 DX-33 with a 486 (I think) motherboard.  Friday, I went
>> from 8 Megs to 20 Megs of RAM - from eight 1 Meg sims to four 4 Meg and
>> four 1 Meg sims.  I've got eight 30 pin slots.  Well, the problem is that
>> my system now crawls - like it is only recognizine the four 1 Meg sims.  I
>> just installed FreeBSD, so I assume I've got the latest version.  I didn't
>> think that there was anything I had to do in addition to ploping in the
>> sims.  Any ideas?  Thanks,
>> 	Dean
>> 
>
>
>



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