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From: bwong@beach.csulb.edu (Bradley Wong)
Subject: Re: Devide Overflow in 486
Message-ID: <1991Jun7.180912.5684@beach.csulb.edu>
Organization: Cal State Long Beach
References: <1991Jun7.164632.18083@jato.jpl.nasa.gov>
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 1991 18:09:12 GMT

In article <1991Jun7.164632.18083@jato.jpl.nasa.gov> ptimmerm@kathy.jpl.nasa.gov (Paul Timmerman) writes:
>I a experiencing a problem with a Micrtronics 25 MHZ Cache 486 PC.
>The error message is Devide Overflow.  It happens under many different
>apps.  The OS is MSDOS 4.0.1.  Ran checkit and showed not problems.

 Offhand, try setting the system in "low gear".  I have seen several
 similar messages on my 486-33, several games and Avery LabelPro.
 Avery LP needed a new exe.  The others would work at 8Mh instead of
 33Mh.  In one case (Monkey Island) that problem was due to a race 
 condition while waiting for the Sound Blaster driver to respond.

 Anyway, try a slower speed for starters.