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# Using MemMaker with EMM386.EXE Frame=None Parameter

Article ID: 110971

Article Last Modified on 11/23/1999

APPLIES TO

- Microsoft MS-DOS 6.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 6.2 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 6.21 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 6.22 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q110971

## SYMPTOMS

If the FRAME=NONE parameter is present on the EMM386.EXE device line in the CONFIG.SYS file and you run MemMaker and answer "yes" to the question "Do you use any programs that need expanded memory (EMS)?", MemMaker removes the RAM parameter (if present) and adds the NOEMS parameter.

## CAUSE

The FRAME=NONE parameter is designed to provide Lotus-Intel-Microsoft version 4.0 Expanded Memory Specification (LIM 4.0 EMS) and to disable the 64-kilobyte (K) page frame necessary for LIM 3.2 EMS. MemMaker is not aware of LIM 4.0 EMS memory; therefore, if FRAME=NONE is specified, MemMaker assumes there is no page frame, as with the NOEMS switch.

## RESOLUTION

Since MemMaker does not provide LIM 4.0 EMS, remove the FRAME=NONE parameter from the EMM386.EXE device line in the CONFIG.SYS file prior to running MemMaker. As MemMaker begins, answer "no" to the question "Do you use any programs that need expanded memory (EMS)?" After MemMaker has finished, edit the EMM386.EXE device line in CONFIG.SYS by replacing the NOEMS parameter with the RAM parameter and adding FRAME=NONE. After rebooting, LIM 4.0 EMS should be available.

Additional query words: 6.22 6.20 EMS

Keywords: KB110971