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- OSVIBAS - CONSIDERATIONS HANDLING DISPLAY PROBLEMS
- 12/19/94
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- GENERAL CONSIDERATION WHEN HANDLING DISPLAY PROBLEMS.
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- Please Read Entire Document for Full Explanation of Procedures
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- SYMPTOMS:
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- Intermittent desktop corruption or hangs when a folder repaints,
- either in VGA or SVGA.
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- RESOLUTION:
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- If the problem occurs in VGA resolution, run CHKDSK, and check
- for hardware conflicts. Make sure the INI files are not corrupt
- and there is free space in the SWAPPER.DAT file.
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- PROCEDURES:
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- 1. Note which video mode you are in. If you are in SVAG, set the
- system to VGA using the RSPDSPI command. See if the problem
- occurs in VGA. If it does not, it is most likely a problem
- with video. If it does, then continue with the following
- steps.
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- 2. Start the system with the OS/2 diskettes and go to the A:
- prompt. Do NOT try to access the OS/2 drive.
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- 3. Insert diskette #2 into drive A and run CHKDSK x: /F for FAT
- and CHKDSK x: /f:2 for HPFS. A corrupted hard disk can
- cause hangs like this and CHKDSK repairs the drive.
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- 4. Restart the system.
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- 5. Open an OS/2 session and change to the os2\system directory.
- Check the SWAPPER.DAT file. Make sure there at least 5 or
- 10 megs of freespace (15 MB is a good recomendation). If
- the file does not have much freespace left, you need to
- make so room on the partition or move the file to a
- different place on the drive.
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- 6. Check the system BIOS and make sure it is at the latest
- revision. AMI bios should be dated no earlier than 5/9/91
- (this is what we recommend). PHOENIX bios should be dated no
- earlier than 5/11/92.
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- 7. Make sure the INI files are not corrupt. Check the OS/2
- documentation for instructions. Before you delete the OS2.INI
- and the OS2SYS.INI file, make a backup by renaming them.
- For example:
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- REN OS2.INI OS2.BAD
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