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From: antonio@qualcom.qualcomm.com (Franklin Antonio)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: HELP! WD7000 + 386Enh = CRASH!!!
Message-ID: <1991Apr3.184958.6483@qualcomm.com>
Date: 3 Apr 91 18:49:58 GMT
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In article <1991Mar27.013413.5732@wpi.WPI.EDU> acoolidg@wpi.WPI.EDU (Aaron P Coolidge) writes:
>	Help! I just got a WD7000 SCSI controler. Now, my win3 will not run
>in 386 enhanced mode- it gets to the banner, and then i get the "C:\"
>prompt back! 

I run a WD7000 SCSI controller, and use Win in 386enh mode all the time.

>
>	I have put the following lines in the [386enh] section of SYSTEM.INI:
>
>VirtualHDIRQ=false
>emmexclude=ce00-cfff

That's exactly what I did.  I spelled it VirtualHDIrq tho, like the doc
said.  (I don't know whether these things are case sensitive tho.)
I believe that you should not need the VirtualHDIrq=FALSE statement, because
you don't load SSTBIO.SYS.  Without SSTBIO, this controller emulates the
standard AT controller.  I should point out tho, that I have never run
Windows without SSTBIO loaded.

>	16MHz 386sx
>	4MB RAM
>	V7 1024i
Close.  I'm a 386dx, 8MB ram, Paradise 1024.
>
>	running ms-dos 3.31 (NEC)
>	using himem.sys
>	loading only logitech's mouse driver as a TSR.
MSDOS 4.00 here, oh.. be real sure that you have the version of HIMEM.SYS that
shipped with Windows, or a newer version. 

There's a claim in the windows manuals that you MUST run smartdrv if you have
a SCSI controller.  I have never run smartdrv, mostly because of the horror
stories from folks who's disks have been eaten.  I don't know exactly why
the MUST run smartdrv statement is in the manual.  They don't say WHY.
I heard a rumor that i only get away with it because i don't have a permanent
swap file.  You didn't mention whether you run a permanent swap file.
>
>	NOT USING THE WESTERN DIGITAL TSRS!!!!
>	The SCSI is fdisked & formatted with dos.
You should consider using SSTBIO.  It makes the disk run A LOT faster.
>
>	WD7000 BIOS rev. 3.34
I am now running BIOS 3.36 and drivers 3.36.  These versions implement
virtual device services (VDS), so that the VirtualHDIrq=FALSE is no longer
required. (in fact i've taken it out)  They claim, although i haven't tried
it, that with VDS, Windows can talk directly to the WD7000 bios, and get
the speed advantages, etc, without using SSTBIO.  I load SSTBIO and SSTDRIVE
because i want the speed advantages under DOS as well as windows, and because
i have 2 partitions.