First post, by uncleiroh
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Hey everyone, very new to the forum, great information here.
Wondering if anyone can help me understand how to recover EMS after installing a SATA Controller.
I recently purchased a Dell Dimension XPS R350 which came with the following:
* Voodoo 3 2000 AGP
* Sound Blaster AudioPCI 128
I was using a IDE/SATA adapter for my 128GB SSD, which was working fine, however I noticed some slowdown when making large file transfers (I ensured DMA was checked). I fresh installed Win98SE. All games worked fine, including X-Wing Collector's CD-ROM.
I decided to get a Promise FastTrak S150 TX2plus controller, and I noticed much smoother operation of WIN98 during heavy I/O on the system, overall the system felt snappy. However, I EMM386.EXE says EMS is not available and games like DOS Games like X-Wing Collector's CD-ROM says not enough memory, as did X-Wing vs Tie Fighter.
I tried to use a custom EMM386.EXE RAM line after reading various tips around the forum, but nothing could get EMS to load while I had that controller installed in the system. I've since taken it out and I'm back to the SATA/IDE Adapter, but at least I have EMS now.
Anyone have experience with a SATA controller card doing this to them and figuring out a fix?
Thanks in advance.