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Subject: Re: Tweeking the Bios

Author: Bo Persson

Date: 05:44:49 05/11/03

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On May 10, 2003 at 12:23:40, Alex  wrote:

>On May 10, 2003 at 11:05:51, Michael P. Nance Sr. wrote:
>
>>I was just wondering,why there isn't some form of Program, that can be installed
>>to an individual's P/c to optimise or tweek It's proformance?Playing around
>>inside One's Bios can cause alot of problems.Someone out there should have came
>>up with a Program ,that will squeeze the little extra from each one of It's
>>components.You will not double the proformance or speed but it might give you
>>that little extra You need at times.Has Anyone heard or a Program as such?Does
>>something like this exist? Let Me please hear Your comments.>>>>Mike
>INDEED!!!!!!!!!!!  I agree.  Another great idea is to have a program that loads
>all of one's mouse, cd rom, sound card drivers and also configures conventional
>memory (from a clean-no windows- dos prompt) to give you 600k for all windows
>systems so one can play those old and still wonderful (indeed dos is a great
>chess programming environment) dos games!!!!!  Hear HEAR!!  Anyone know os such
>a program??   Alex.


Windows XP  :-)


C:\Program\Support Tools>mem /c

Conventional memory :

  Name              Size    (decimal)      Size (hex)
-------------      ---------------------   -------------
  MSDOS              12144      ( 11.9K)       2F70
  KBD                 3296      (  3.2K)        CE0
  HIMEM               1248      (  1.2K)        4E0
  COMMAND             4592      (  4.5K)       11F0
  KB16                6096      (  6.0K)       17D0
  LEDIGT               112      (  0.1K)         70
  LEDIGT              1648      (  1.6K)        670
  LEDIGT            626016      (611.3K)      98D60

Total FREE:         627776      (613.1K)



Bo Persson
bop2@telia.com



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