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Troubleshooting 386MAX conflicts at Boot Time
This document addresses troubleshooting conflicts with 386MAX where
the symptom is before, or just after the 386MAX/BlueMAX copyright
lines show, the computer halts, reports an error message, or
experiences other critical problems. These approaches may produce a
workaround for the conflict or a message for you to report to Qualitas
Technical Support.
Approach #1: 386MAX.SYS or BlueMAX options (reduces few features)
Add these options to the 386MAX.PRO or BlueMAX.PRO file. If you are
not using a profile, place these options in CONFIG.SYS at the end of
the 386MAX.SYS or BlueMAX.SYS.
NOXRAM
NOROM -- or RAM= over all ROMs.
VGA -- also remove all MONO, CGA, and VIDMEM= options.
If one of these options works, you may stop. You may need to rerun
Maximize as indicated by error messages at boot time. You may report
the results to Qualitas Technical Support.
Approach #2: 386MAX/BlueMAX options (protecting an adapter card)
Try the option
RAM=C000-E000
If this option fails, continue on to Approach #3.
Use the following options if the option RAM=C000-E000 corrected the
problem. Multiple RAM= options may be necessary for a final solution,
though over four options should not be necessary. Read the README to
see if your hardware needs special support. Contact Qualitas
Technical Support if you use over four options and do not find any
special notes for your hardware in README.
RAM=C000-C400
RAM=C400-C800
RAM=C800-CC00
RAM=CC00-D000
RAM=D000-D400
RAM=D400-D800
RAM=D800-DC00
RAM=DC00-E000
Approach #3: More drastic options
If the above option did not resolve the conflict, place the options
listed below in your 386MAX.PRO file. If you need one of these
options to work around the problem, contact Qualitas Technical Support
with your system information so that the problem can be looked into
with more detail.
SHADOWROM
NOCOMPROM
RAM=E000-F000
NOXBIOS
Approach #4: Shift key debugging
With 386MAX versions 6.02 and higher, Shift key debugging is
supported. If the system locks after the 386MAX/BlueMAX copyright or
status box, boot with the Shift key held down to activate this
feature. If MS-DOS 6.0 or higher is installed, you must wait for the
"Starting MS-DOS..." message, and then hit the F8 key. Step through
CONFIG.SYS, answering 'Yes' to all lines before the 386MAX.SYS device
line. Then, hold down Shift while answering 'Yes' for that line. It
is often important for Technical Support to know the last debugging
line displayed before the system locks or reboots. An example
debugging line follows:
Calling TIME_ALLMEM, CS:IP=2716:5A21, DS=02AE, ES=02AE
Contact Qualitas Technical support with this information.
# # #
Qualitas and 386MAX are registered trademarks, and BlueMAX and RAMexam
are trademarks of Qualitas, Inc. All other product names are
trademarks of their respective owners.