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From: nadkarni@ashok.nac.dec.com (ashok p. nadkarni)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Problems setting up 386 enhanced mode
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Date: 3 Aug 90 13:33:44 GMT
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Reply-To: nadkarni@ashok.nac.dec.com (ashok p. nadkarni)
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I am having problems setting up Windows 3.0 in 386 enhanced mode.

Setup - 386SX with 2 Megs, WD1006MMV HD controller, Everex EV391
expanded memory card (EMS 3.2), Phoenix BIOS (not sure what version),
DOS 3.1. No TSR's.

If I load the Everex EMS driver through my config.sys file, Windows
always starts up in Standard mode. On the other hand without the EMS driver,
Windows comes up in 386 Enhanced mode as expected but then I have no
way of using the 2Meg on my expanded memory board since the driver is
not installed. So with the EMS driver loaded, I tried starting up Windows
with the 3 option to force 386 enhanced mode. Windows exited with a

'error: could not lead 386 enhanced mode expanded memorydriver.'

or something similar. So I thought OK, Windows is trying to load its
expanded memory driver and failing because there is already a EMS driver
installed. So I tried the /n option (which disables use of expanded memory
or something). Still got the same error message. So then
I tried setting the following in my SYSTEM.INI file

NoEMMDriver=true

Still no go. So I added another line

EMMExclude=A000-EFFF

in case there was a conflict when Windows scanned memory. Still no go.

Does someone out there have an answer as to what might be wrong ? Will
386 enhanced mode refuse to work if there is a EMS 3.2 driver ? THe
user guide clearly states (in the section on 386 enhanced mode) to load
the EMS card's driver so my configuration does not seem illegal. 

In case it is related, loading windows in 386 enhanced or even standard mode
seems to take a long time with a LOT of disk activity. Real mode is much
faster. Is this normal ?

HELP!!

Ashok Nadkarni