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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

Yes, Chipsets not caching ram is a big problem. The only Intel Pentium
chipset that can cache more than 64MB of ram is the HX chipset. The same was
true for 486 boards, many could only cache 16MB. Its really stupid that
adding ram could have a detrimetal effect on perfermance...