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- From: wao@antares.att.com (BL0528540-Bill Oswald ALC2817)
- Subject: Problems with Gateway 2000
- Organization: AT&T
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 14:36:57 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.143657.11907@cbnewsm.cb.att.com>
- Sender: Bill Oswald
- Nntp-Posting-Host: antares.cnet.att.com
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- I started having strange problems with my 386/33 Gateway
- computer the other day. When I boot up the pc it goes through the memory
- test 640/16meg then NOTHING!!!
- If I hack my config.sys I can get one of three things to happen:
-
- 1. Nothing
- 2. System boots (not configured the way I like)
- 3. Error message --- internal stack overflow
- System halted
-
- If I delete my config.sys and create a new one containing only
- the following line:
-
- lastdrive=e
-
- I consistantly get #3 above. Infact, any command (in config) that
- tells DOS to do somthing in memory gives me #3. For example:
-
- dos=high (in place of lastdrive=e)
-
- I get the system to boot by removing all of the following from
- my config.
-
- lastdrive=e
- dos=high
- stacks=9,256
- files=8
- buffers=1
- break=on
-
- I can leave all device drivers alone (including qemm and stacker)
- I ran a prgram called PC PROBE and it found NO PROBLEMS with any
- subsystem (cpu, fpu, memory, cmos ram, etc.).
- Anybody have any ideas? Thanks in advance
-
- Bill Oswald
- AT&T Bell Laboratories
- wao@aluxs.att.com
-
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