Phlash16.Exe And Memory Managers - Asus DSBF-D Series Manual

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PHLASH16.EXE and memory managers

Phlash16 may fail if your system is using memory managers, in which case

the utility will display the following message:

M e m o r y m a n a g e r e r r o r m e s s a g e

C a n n o t f l a s h i f M e m o r y M a n a g e r s ( e . g . E M M 3 8 6 ) p r e s e n t

If you see this message after you execute Phlash16, you must disable the

memory manager on your system. Follow the instructions in the D i s a b l i n g

m e m o r y m a n a g e r s

m e m o r y m a n a g e r s section in this chapter.

m e m o r y m a n a g e r s

Because Phlash16.EXE may require the use of extended memory, it will not

run if it detects the presence of an extended-memory manager such as

HIMEM.SYS, EMM386, or QEMM. To avoid conflict with disk caching

programs, the program checks for VCPI, DPMI and XMS.

The program does not check for VDISK because MS-DOS 5 and later

versions do not support that server.

If the program detects any of these utilities, the program reports a failure

and terminates.

Disabling memory managers

To avoid failure when flashing, you must disable the memory managers that

load from CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT. There are two recommended

procedures for disabling the memory managers, depending on the

operating system you are using. One consists of pressing the <F5> key

(only if you are using MS-DOS 5.0 or above), and the other requires the

creation of a boot disk.

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