Hi there all. Here's the specs of my recent build:

Socket A Mobo (ASUS A7PRO)
700 MHz Athlon
256M RAM

OS: Dos 6.22

I grabbed Phil's starter pack which I've used in the past on previous builds. The EMC portion of CONFIG.SYS is this:

1DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS /TESTMEM:OFF
2DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE RAM
3DEVICEHIGH=C:\DRIVERS\VIDECDD.SYS /D:OPTICAL

The culprit appears to be "EMM386.EXE RAM".

Here's the odd part: I initially installed FreeDOS 1.3 on this machine while waiting on a floppy drive to come in the mail. I was able to
install it using the legacy CDROM boot etc. I'm assuming this was related to FreeDOS using 32-bit memory MGMT or something?

I'm wondering if there's a BIOS / Jumper setting I'm missing here?

FWIW, I based this build off of Phil's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5vYD0JMD_A&t=2059s
Granted, he's using an 800MHz Duron and a different motherboard, I tried my best to follow the steps. I admit my understanding on
DOS memory is a bit lacking. Ideally, I was looking for a machine that didn't cost and arm and a leg to get up and running old DOS games. I picked
up the Cobra PCI card and have it in slot 1 even. I'm wondering if EMM386 uses a conflicting IRQ or something?

Anyway, if you guys have any idea of something obvious please let me know.

Thanks!