Xref: utzoo comp.windows.ms:7624 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:3503 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!think.com!mintaka!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!mcsun!hp4nl!tnosoes!joris From: joris@tnosoes.izf.tno.nl (Joris Linssen) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: 386SX,HIMEM.SYS,SMARTDRV.SYS Keywords: 386SX,HIMEM.SYS,SMARTDRV.SYS Message-ID: <1429@tnosoes.izf.tno.nl> Date: 30 Nov 90 15:19:27 GMT References: <410@hfsi.UUCP> Distribution: comp Organization: TNO Institute for Perception, Soesterberg, The Netherlands Lines: 23 chapin@hfsi.UUCP (Susan Chapin) writes: >YES! I also have a Gateway 2000 (386/20, 4meg), and with my brand new >Video 7 1024i (512k) and brand new Windows 3, if I include himem.sys and >smartdrv.sys into config.sys the system hangs without booting. I recognize part of this problem. I have once tried using the same combination of himem and smartdrv. My system didn't hang directly, but some applications did...Although I'm not sure, I suspect that smartdrv is not (entirely) compatible with the XMS specifications used for example by himem. My solution to this problem was using a different cache: pc-cache version 6.0 No problems since then, hope this helps, Joris. =============================================================================== Joris Linssen TNO Institute for Perception P.O. Box 23 Phone : +31 34 63 562 11 3769 ZG Soesterberg E-mail: tnosoes!joris@mcvax.cwi.nl The Netherlands or: joris@izf.tno.nl ===============================================================================