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From: storm@cs.mcgill.ca (Marc WANDSCHNEIDER)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Scsi Hd Problem
Message-ID: <1991Mar27.163428.2656@cs.mcgill.ca>
Date: 27 Mar 91 16:34:28 GMT
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In article <86.27ECF1FB@bohemia.metronet.org> Jeff.Tensly@p1.f477.n104.z1.METRONET.ORG (Jeff Tensly) writes:
>That may be the whole problem, the ST-01 is a 8 bit card and windows did not like that on my end.  I switched up to a 16 bit SCSI controller and the problem on my end went away.  Before I could not run in 386 enhanced mode, now it defaults to that right a
>way.  Using the Always Tech card.  Don't know if that is what is happening on your end or not but it sure solved all my windows problems on a 386/25 machine.  If you do change up to a 16 bit card you will have to re-lowlevel the drive, which is best 
>

	I use the ST02 Card, which is also an 8 bit piece of trash.  I had 
major problems with Windows in 386 modem until I called microsoft, and they
told me to  put an EMMEXLUDE line in my sys.ini file.

	I also have to have x=c800-cbff in my QEMM.SYS line so that the
memory manager doesn't try to write over the SCSI BIOS area....

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storm@cs.mcgill.ca         McGill University           It's 11pm, do YOU
Marc Wandschneider         Montreal, CANADA            know what time it is?
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