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From: paull@hplred.HP.COM (Robert Paull)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Having trouble with MS Windows 3.0 on 386SX clone
Message-ID: <17140005@hplred.HP.COM>
Date: 27 Jun 90 20:25:02 GMT
References: <3407@se-sd.SanDiego.NCR.COM>
Organization: Hewlett Packard Labs, Palo Alto CA
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 Hi, I tried to install and run Windows 3.0 on
my HIMS clone. (386/25,4 Megs/RAM, HP VGA) When I tried to run
it [windows], the windows logo came up on the screen; the screen went
to gray with the hour glass; then the screen went blank and the DOS
prompt reappeared.

  The soultion in my case was to replace the HIMEM.SYS supplied in the
W3.0 package with 386LIMIT.SYS (from Qualitas; shipped with my machine).
From this point windows runs fine--in real mode.

  Also replaced MS-SMARTDRV with PC-CACHE. There seems to be less
disk accesses unsing PC-CACHE.


  Now if I can figure out how to make it run in standard or 386
enhanced mode!

   Hope this helps some...

 BTW, I installed W3.0 on my HP VECTRA RS-25C (8-meg/ram) and encountered
no problems at all.
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