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- From: dab6@po.CWRU.Edu (Douglas A. Bell)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: Diamond SS 24x DOESN'T WORK??? HELP!!!!!!!
- Date: 16 Nov 1992 17:56:57 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- Message-ID: <1e8nd9INN739@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
- References: <1992Nov16.130847.14638@spock.UUCP>
- Reply-To: dab6@po.CWRU.Edu (Douglas A. Bell)
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- In a previous article, roland@spock.uucp (David A. Braun) says:
-
- >Hello world, I just bought a Diamond Speedstar 24x a few days ago and I cannot
- >get it to work with OS/2. It worked fine when I booted to DOS, but when I try
- >to boot OS/2... The system boots and my windows appear. I can usually move a
- >window or something before the system crashes. When it crashes I either get an
- >IPE or system lockup with garble on the screen where something was supposed to
- >appear... I can run at least a few programs, but, for example, if I run the
- >terminal program that came with OS/2, it loads, but either selecting the Change
- >item in the menu or trying to connect crashes the system... If I run galleria
- >(image editor) I can usually get it to start and open small bitmaps. But, if I
- >try to load anything larger than the screen area... CRASH. I got this card
- >hoping to solve my problems with my old OAK card... but it has only caused
- >many more. I have not yet installed the CSD, but I don't think the system
- >will make it through the CSD instalation process without crashing...
- >HELP!!!!!! HELP!!!!!! HELP!!!!!!! HELP!!!!!!!! PLEASE!!!!!!!
-
-
- Try removing the 0-wait state jumper on the card.
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