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SPEA Hotline Information
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Trouble Shooting Guide .............. Document B: Windows 3.x Configuration
SPEA V7 series Release 0696.6
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IMPORTANT NOTE
Please check also the references to driver updates and to
system-configuration in the respective helpfile (A).
Windows Configuration
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Questions !.Answers
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Windows won't start? System crashes?
General Protection faults? (WinWord, Excel etc.) !.B2.B3
.B4.B5.B8
.B11.B12
.B17.B24
Message: No S3 board installed!
Are you using the QEMM Memory Manager? !.B8.B10
Grey screen, diagonal stripes? !.B22
Resources quickly exhausted? System crashes? !.B17
Can I use the VideoSeven monitor-drivers specified in
Windows SETUP? !.B15
Windows take very long to start.
Is this delay due to the V7SETUP-Logo ? !.B1.B9
Remove the V7 Logo when Windows starts? !.B1.B9
Wrong background color for Windows? !.B16
Automatic scrolling after clicking on scroll bar? !.B3
V7SETUP displays odd/absurd frequencies? !.B24
V7SETUP causes error message or returns to the DOS prompt? !.B3
The drivers in the network: How are they installed? !.B19
Deleting old drivers (files/installation) Which ones and how? !.B21
Characters are not correctly represented? !.B3.B4
!.B17
Problems when printing? !.B17
Problems when entering special characters? !.B18
The Icons and the window-image of Windows are blurred,
out of focus or uncomplete? !.B3.
Pixel artefacts / lost pixels? !.B4.B3.
.B11
V7-Storm Pro: DOS box/ DOS application in fullscreen/window
do not start; Message: Extended Error S3 !.B12
The image flickers? !.B2
The mouse functions, colours or icons are defective/incorrect? !.B3.B13
Mitsumi mouse driver; Windows Configuration >256 Farben;
Errormessage: "Displaydriver cannot set to display mode..." !.B13
Beep tone when leaving Windows? !.B3
Problems with sound boards (constant sound) !.B7
Memory Manager QEMM installed: Starting Windows unsuccessful;
Windows can only be started in standard mode?
Crashes in Windows? !.B5
The test-button in V7SETUP (BigWin) is not available? !.B6
SPEAenergy: Problem when leaving active SAVE mode? !.B26
After closing Windows the system hangs;
The DOS-Prompt doesn┤t turn up? !.B7
The sound is interrupted when starting Windows? !.B7
BIGWIN Installation reports: V7START.DLL not found. !.B7.B8
SPTUNE reports: fatal error - no gdc mode number available...? !.B10
Crashes in/leaving the DOS-box?
(e.g. Borland Turbo Pascal Debugger) !.B20
Adaptec 2940: crashes and GPFs (General Protection Faults) !.B25
Windows 3.11 Configuration
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Answers
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B1 The V7SETUP-Logo hardly affects the starting time of Windows!
The SPEA logo informs you about the installed version of
the driver - which is important for tech-support - and at the same
time it proves that the driver has been correctly loaded!
Set up a permanent SWAP-file.
Defragment your hard disk regularly (e.g. with Norton
SpeedDisk or DEFRAG from DOS).
Remove all unnecessary entries from the WIN.INI (e.g. unused
fonts).
B2 Install (Superdisk) the GDC-Software (Pos.1)!
Activate (in System BIOS) the SHADOW RAM for the Video BIOS.
B3 -Add the following line to SYSTEM.INI under [CAR1K.DRV]:
CHIPSYNC=1
-For the MIRAGE/MERCURY P64: BASEADDRESS=0,1 or 2
-Decrease the vertical frecuency with the V7SETUP or CLMODE.
-For systems with AWARD BIOS 4.50: You`ll find in BIOS, under the
option CHIP FAETURES,the point SNOOP AHEAD. Set it to "enabled".
-AMI System Bios: disable external cache.
-AWARD System BIOS: install BIOS 4.50G Update Rel. 1404.0103.
Important: Before installing a Bios update please prepare a backup
of the hard disk!
-PCI Bios: set option "CPU to PCI byte merge" or "CPU to PCI burst
write" to "disabled".
-EMM386 Option delete the HIGHSCAN (CONFIG.SYS) option.
Use EMM386 Version 4.49 from DOS 6.22!
-Increase the "Files=" option (SYSTEM.INI)
-Install a permanent swap disk for Windows.
-Deactivate 32 bit hard disk access.
-Don't use a background BMP, background virus scanner or other
desktop programs (e.g. Norton Desktop).
B4 Set - according to the BIOS setup in your computer (AMI, Award)
DEQUOPLE REFRESH, REFRESH=HIDDEN , REFRESH=AT-STYLE or REFRESH
from "disabled" to "enabled" or vice versa.
Ask your dealer for the latest system BIOS versions
(e.g. AMI BIOS Rel. 1.00.12.AX1). Important: make a backup
of your hard disk first!
B5 Exclude (x=) the following memory areas: A000-C7FF
If you get the message 'No UMB's free' then make the following
entry in your CONFIG.SYS (example):
DEVICE=C:\qemm386.sys R1: RAM x=B000-B7FF
V7-MIRAGE: (message from V7SETUP): No V7-MIRAGE found!
Make the following entry in your CONFIG.SYS:
DEVICE=C:\qemm386.sys RAM X=C000-C7FF
or ST:M XST=C000-C7FF or ST:F XST=C000-C7FF
Alternative: use EMM386 ver. 4.49 from DOS 6.22!
386MAX: delete the following entry from your WIN.INI:
"load=...\QPOPUP.EXE".
B6 With the TEST button you can only test the setting of
the vertical frequency in its current resolution and colour depth.
If you change resolution or color depth, the TEST button will be
deactivated.
For V7-VEGA: There is no TEST-button available.
In order to adjust the vertical frecuency, use the program CLMODE.
B7 Find in the block [boot] of the file SYSTEM.INI the line
DRIVERS=MMSYSTEM.DLL. Delete the entry V7START.DLL.
Install the current BIGWIN driver (available in the SPEA BBS).
PCI systems: disable the function PCI Burst Mode in your PCI
system BIOS.
B8 Add the following line to the CONFIG.SYS:
e.g. C:\qemm386.sys R1: ST:M RAM x=C000-C7FF
Use the memory exclusion X=C000-C7FF also for other cases of
memory shortage (EMM386, ...).
Alternative: use EMM386 ver. 4.49 from DOS 6.22!
B9 Insert the following line: logooff=1 in the block [car1k.drv] of
the file SYSTEM.INI.
B10 The Programm EFIX can help you eliminate this unpleasant message.
(EFIX is available in the BBS)
B11 Slow down the bus-clock using the system-BIOS or jumpers on the
main-board.
ISA: 8MHz VL: 33MHz
B12 Delete (but save it first!) the file IFSHLP.SYS.
B13 Use COM 2 for your mouse; load the mouse driver MOUSE.COM
additionally.
Using the Mitsumi mouse driver 6.0 only 256 colors are available
under Windows 3.1.
Use the actual (Microsoft) mouse driver (MOUSE.COM). Many mice offer
a Microsoft mouse mode - use this where possible.
B15 The VideoSeven drivers specified in Windows SETUP cannot be used
for the SPEA graphics boards. They only work with the VideoSeven
boards (e.g. URAM11) of the original american V7-series.
B17 TIP:
Windows uses two blocks of 64KB each for the administration of the
system. These blocks can┤t be accessed or increased.
Little free space in these blocks may lead to various problems in
Windows. These factors cause shortage of free space in these blocks:
- high resolutions combined with high colour depth
- if there are many Import- and Export-filters installed
- If there is a big amount of installed TrueType- oder PostScript-
(Adobe) Fonts
- many windows/icons in the program manager
- some programs, when ended, do not release the resources they
need to run.
Some specific hardware configurations may happen to accentuate these
problems; but an absolutely smoothly running system is also possible!
Please check the following system bios options (if available):
ISA SHARED MEMORY ... set to dis-/enabled
ISA MEM BLOCK BASE ... set to C800, 32k
According to Microsoft, the solution is available with the release of
Windows 95. In the new OS the resource administration
is adapted to the current hardware and software demands!.
For those users who don't wish to change to Windows 95, we can only
offer the following tips and solutions in the case of lack of
resources:
- Install the current Big Win Version (>= 2.1)!
- Keep the resolution and the colourdepth as low as possible or change
them according to the main application.
The V7-BIGWIN Utility: SPEAVIEW would be helpful here.
- WIN.INI Files:
deactivate all unnecessary filters and fonts
(e.g. add a semicolon at the beginning of the line)
- Check on the use and release of resources of all Windows-applications
you use. Select, if possible, a lower resolution or colour depth for
the display.
- Close all unnecessary windows in Programm Manager and try to avoid
running any utilities when starting Windows
(keep the Autostart window empty)
B18 Close the program SPEAview.
B19 Please note:
The individual user no longer has his own system directory.
Drivers, fonts, grabbers and so on will be loaded from a directory on
the server, which has been installed by the administrator of the
network. Since this directory as well as the files in it contained are
usually write-protected, only the network administrator can install new
drivers.
- Driver installation for V7-MERCURY and V7-MIRAGE:
The network administrator copies (unpacks) all the files from the
Installationsdiskette/s into the network directory from Windows:
e.g. x:
cd\public\windows
expand a:*.drv
(expand a:*.fnt)
expand a:*.386
expand a:V7*.*
expand a:s3vga.*
copy a:V7*.*
attrib +r *.* // protect files against writing
It is not necessary to copy the remaining files of the installations-
diskette (e.g. fonts) for they are already available in the
network-directory (just like "expand.exe").
If you want to install more versions (V7-MERCURY and V7-MIRAGE), use
the new files "V7*.*". (The drivers have different names, therefore
they do not affect one another)
You can now select the driver you desire on your Workstation.
- Existing Installation (e.g. with VGA-driver):
Start "WIN V7SETUP" .
Since the Windows-Server-directory must be contained in the path too,
the file "v7setup.exe" will be found without resorting to the
installation diskette.
IMPORTANT:
If V7SETUP asked for the installation diskette, that would mean that:
either not all the necessary files are in the server, or
"v7setup.exe" has been found somewhere else (in this case call
"win x:\public\windows\v7setup" directly).
- New installation of a workstation:
e.g. x:
cd\public\windows
setup /n
Select userdefined setup .
Choose the driver (Manufacturer┤s diskette ).
Select desired drivers.
B20 Mirage/Mercury: SYSTEM.INI , see [CAR1K.DRV]: Set option: CHIPSYNC=0
Get the current *.DLL files from Borland.
Note: according to Borland there are no DLL files for PCI boards
for version 3.1 of the software.
B21 In order to deinstall the old BIGWIN driver (or to install the new one)
the following files are to be deleted :
V7*.*
SPEA*.*
S3*.*
BIGW*.*
SPVHOOK.DLL
[CAR1K.DRV] Block in the file SYSTEM.INI
First configure Windows to standard-VGA using Windows-SETUP.
B22 Please make sure that the system, the system-BIOS and the graphics-
board comply with the same level of PCI. Mercury CI and Mercury Lite
only support PCI version 1.0 and may not function correctly in PCI
version 2.0 systems.
B24 Memory Manager 386MAX: Remove parameter VGASWAP.
B25 FASTSCSI.EXE only runs with the english Windows version.
Get EUROSCSI.EXE from Adaptec's BBS.
B26 Mirage/Mercury: the VESA mode TSR must be loaded in your AUTOEXEC.BAT
(e.g. V7MIRVBE.EXE).
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