Bios Features Setup - Gigabyte GA-586TX3 User Manual

GA-586TX3
Microsoft (LIM) standard as EMS.
Many standard DOS applications can not utilize memory above
640, the Expanded Memory Specification (EMS) swaps
memory which not utilized by DOS with a section, or frame, so
these applications can access all of the system memory.
Memory can be swapped by EMS is usually 64
or memory above 1 MB, depends on the chipset design.
Expanded memory device driver is required to use memory as
Expanded Memory.
Other Memory
This refers to the memory located in the 640 to 1024 address
space. This is memory that can be used for different
applications.
DOS uses this area to load device drivers to keep as much
base memory free for application programs. Most use for this
area is Shadow RAM.

4.6. BIOS FEATURES SETUP

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