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- From: nordstro@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Christian Nordstroem)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
- Subject: Re: Smartdrv of Win 3.1 makes my system go asleep!
- Message-ID: <nordstro.713635218@hphalle9>
- Date: 12 Aug 92 16:00:18 GMT
- References: <1992Aug12.141852.13165@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de>
- Sender: news@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (USENET Newssystem)
- Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany
- Lines: 93
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- nauck@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de (Detlef Nauck) writes:
-
- >Hi,
-
- >today I installed Windows 3.1 on my 486 DX 33 Mhz clone, and was very much
- >surprised when I started to work under DOS or Windows.
-
- >The PC was about 10 TIMES SLOWER when it came to reading from the harddisk.
-
- >This could be noticed during boot time, and when switching drives under
- >PCSHELL (which I use as my main DOS shell to start programs, etc.). Turning
- >of the write cache didn't change anything, and without double buffering my
- >system hung.
- >After replacing the new SMARTDRV installed by Windows (with double buffering
- >as I have a SCSI 338MB drive) with the old DOS 5.0 version of SMARTDRV
- >everything turned back to normal.
-
- >So what does the new SMARTDRV do to my system? Doesn't it like SCSI drives?
- >Is it save to use the old SMARTDRV with Windows 3.1? I could also use
- >PCCACHE from PCTOOLS 7.1, what about this?
- >I will investigate further, but perhaps someone of you has an idea.
-
- >My hardware:
- >Mainboard: 486 DX 33 Mhz, 256 KB Cache, Bios: American Megatrend 1990
- > dated 07/07/91
- >Controller: Adapatec AT/SCSI Bios 3.10
- >Harddrive : 338 MB
- >Video : Sigma Legend II 1MB
- >Memory : 8 MB
-
- >Configuration:
- >1536 KB as expanded memory
- >1024 KB ramdrive
- >2048 KB for smartdrv (1024 under Windows)
-
- >Resident programs:
- >monitor.com (for having 70Hz under 1024x768, from Sigma Legend)
- >datamonitor from PCTOOLS (delete tracker and screenblanker)
- >mirror from PCTOOLS
- >driver for ethernet card (3c501 driver under DOS, pktint of winqvt net)
- >mouse driver
- >doskey
- >swapshell of PCTOOLS
-
- >Cheers,
-
- >Detlef.
-
- hiya...well, looks like you still have the write-cache on...
- try these from my autoexec.bat:
-
- @echo off
- lh C:\WINDOWS\SMARTDRV.EXE a b c g 256
- VERIFY OFF
- rem D:\SBPRO\DRV\MSCDEX /V /D:MSCD001 /M:15
- SET BLASTER=A220 I7 D1 T4
- C:\tools\TNTVIRUS\BOOTSAFE C:
- PROMPT $T $D $V$_$p$g
- PATH C:\PRG\EXCEL;C:\PRG\WINWORD;C:\WINDOWS;C:\DEV\MOUSE;C:\BIN\DOS;C:\TOOLS\PACKS\;C:\DEV\NC;c:\bin\unix;
- SET TEMP=D:\
- SET TMP=D:\
- MODE LPT1:,,B >NUL
- SET NC=C:\DEV\NC
- SET SOUND=C:\SOUND\SBPRO
- C:\SOUND\SBPRO\SBP-SET /M:12 /VOC:12 /CD:12 /FM:1
- lh c:\bin\dos\KEYB GR,,C:\bin\DOS\KEYBOARD.SYS
- lh c:\windows\system\mouse /y
- lh C:\DEV\CD\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD001
- if exist c:\treeinfo.ncd del c:\treeinfo.ncd
- if exist c:\treeinfo.dt del c:\treeinfo.dt
-
- and my config.sys looks like this:
-
- LASTDRIVE=H
- country=049,,c:\bin\dos\country.sys
- files=30
- buffers=3
- DOS=HIGH,umb
- device=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
- shell=c:\command.com /p/e:512
- devicehigh=c:\bin\dos\setver.exe
- devicehigh=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE i=b000-b7ff i=c800-f3ff x=c000-c7ff noems
- DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\SMARTDRV.EXE /DOUBLE_BUFFER
- devicehigh=c:\windows\ramdrive.sys 4096 /e
- DEVICEhigh=c:\DEV\CD\MTMCDD.SYS /D:MSCD001 /P:300 /A:0 /M:2 /T:3 /I:3
- STACKS=9,256
-
- i use a 386-40 with 8Mb so the ramdrive is 4MB.... :)
- and with those adresses with teh EMM386.exe you can get up to 629kb free RAM !!!!!!!!! (wonderful for big games...)
-
- anyway... c ya
-
- Ringo
-