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From: sergio@ingres.com (Sergio L Aponte)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: How do I prove that it is a hardware problem?
Message-ID: <1991Jun18.235933.18532@ingres.Ingres.COM>
Date: 18 Jun 91 23:59:33 GMT
Reply-To: sergio@Ingres.COM (Sergio L Aponte)
Organization: Ask Computer Systems Inc., Ingres Division, Alameda CA 94501
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	System : 386/33 64K cache 4Mb RAM Megatrends BIOS
		 200Mb hard drive, 5.25 HD (A:) and 3.5 HD (B:)

	Problem: System came with DOS 4.01 on the hard drive. WHen I tried to
	add emm386.sys to the config.sys, I lost access to the flopy drives.
	Ventura loved it, but no flopy drives was a problem. If I take the
	emm386.sys OFF the config.sys, I can leave himem.sys and the mouse
	driver in there and all works ok, other than ventura (and some other
	software) complains of shortage of memory.

	Thinking it might be a DOS 4.0 BUG, I upgraded to 5.0 right away. The
	5.0 did NOT put emm386.exe in my config.sys, but added "DOS=HIGH" to it,
	and I lost my flopy drives again. I took the "DOS=HIGH" out, all works
	ok. I added "DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE RAM" and lost my flopies again.
	So I am back to HIMEM and the mouse...

	"LOST the flopy drives?" That means that when I do a "dir a:" or "b:",
	I get
		1) locked up (reboot)
		2) my screen printed (!)
		3) a partial list of files and then garbage

	Other "info" : The system has a shadow ram, some 64K @ ffffff (I
	might be missing an "F"). I disabled this, no change. Do I have to
	specify this area to emm386 not to be used? How?

	What else can I check?

	I called my "clone" vemdor, they said it was "DOS"es fault, to
	get querterdecks QEMM. How do I know if this is true???

	Thanks for any/all help
						Sergio

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