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From: rburrow@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (Robert A. Burrow)
Subject: Windows freezes at title screen on 286
Message-ID: <1991Jan29.191624.20454@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca>
Followup-To: rburrow@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca
Keywords: Problems
Sender: rburrow@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca
Organization: University of Toronto Chemistry Department
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 1991 19:16:24 GMT
Expires: Feb 28, 1991

Hi - I read a message in which someone had a problem similar to this
long ago but the message has long since been deleted...

    The AT has 2M extended memory installed & himem.sys (2.60)
installed but whenever I try to run in standard mode, the computer
freezes at the title screen.  It works in real mode but I want the added
capability.   A call to Microsoft said the Award BIOS was incompatable
(it was v2.03)  I bought v3.12 & installed.  But Windows still freezes.
Microsoft is of no help.

    I wonder whether it is the mother board or archiac keyboard BIOS
(which I didn't replace).  The mother board is a Sun Electronics Corp.
SUNTAC ST612-A.  I have no idea what type of keyboard BIOS I have.  The
chip has the markings:  
			+----------------------------------+
			|   .   P8042AH     2137           |
			|   |   L8120596                   |
			|       (m)(c)INTEL '81            |
			+----------------------------------+

    Could anyone help me get around this?  Is it the keyboard BIOS?
(Microsoft says this is rare.) Or is there some other problem?  I've
worked quite a while on this but without success.  I've tried all the
switch settings on HIMEM, with my computer at 0/1 wait states, 8/12 Mhz
operation.  My config.sys was pared down to just the himem.sys statement
& my autoexec to the path including windows.   Is anyone using Windows
in standard mode on a SUNTAC motherboard?  

    Please e-mail me.   If there is enough interest, I'll post a
summary.

Bob
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| Bob Burrow                       | Dept. of Chemistry          |
| rburrow@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca | University of Toronto       |
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