Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 16:26:18 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Kevin Baca <kbaca AT skygames DOT com>
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Re: New SIMMs cause crashes


On Mon, 21 Aug 1995, Kevin Baca wrote:

> I just replaced 4 8MB 72 pin SIMMs in my Dell P90 with 2 16MB 72 pin 
> SIMMs.  Now when I compile (DJGPP 1.12 m4) the compiler crashes.  My 
> friend did the same thing and has the same problem (exact same 
> hardware config).  Nothing else seems to have problems (Windows, 
> other programs, etc.).  I of course put the old SIMMs back in, but 
> I'm really curious about what's going on here.  Anyone have any 
> ideas?

Check the wait states' settings in your BIOS.  Try increasing them a 
little.  Better yet, start from the ``factory default'' and if it works, 
try decreasing the wait states until you find the fastest set-up you can 
live with.

Also, check your external (off-chip) cache settings.  If it is set to 
write-back and you can set it to write-through, then try doing it, too.

FYI, all of the above would make your system slower, so if any of it 
works, you should yell at whoever sold you those SIMMs: they are probably 
slower than your previous ones.