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- From: bgeer@javelin.sim.es.com (Bob Geer)
- Subject: Re: Need help w/ Win3.1 upgrade
- Message-ID: <BxIEvM.Ip8@javelin.sim.es.com>
- Reply-To: bgeer@javelin.sim.es.com
- Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp.
- References: <BxGF7G.7J3@javelin.sim.es.com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 16:52:33 GMT
- Lines: 32
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- bgeer@javelin.sim.es.com (Bob Geer) writes:
- >My Win3.0 installation works fine, but my Win3.1 upgrade randomly
- >halts w/ a white-on-blue "system halted parity errors" message
- >onscreen. I have re-loaded my Win3.0 & it runs fine even when
- >stressed with something like 3 rows of icons worth of programs
- >started, incl. lots of graphics display programs. I re-upgraded my
- >Win3.1 upgrade & get more parity error system halts. Re-upgrading
- >with a friend's Win3.1 disks does the same thing.
-
- >I have low-level formatted my disk, have plenty of disk space, run all
- >the diagnostics I have -- DiskManager that came with my Seagate disk.
- >(I don't have a copy of CheckIt yet, unfortunately.)
-
- Corrected info:
-
- motherboard: DTK 386-20 "FastET20" w/ 1 meg on board
- RAM board: DTK PEI-301 32-bit bus w/ 8 meg 80ns.
- disk cont: DTC 7287 RLL Winchester & floppy cont.
- disks: 2 277-r Seagate 62 meg.
- video: ATI VGA Wonder w/ 512k (I have 3.1 drivers)
-
- Please help if you can...it's driving me crazy. Bob
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- <> Bob `Bear' Geer <> bgeer@beorn.sim.es.com * _\|/_ * <>
- <> alta-holic <> (this *often* works) _\|/_ o /|\ _\|/_ <>
- <> Salt Lake City, <> speaking only for myself, /|\ <\ * /|\ <>
- <> Ootah <> one of my many tricks __ /__, <>
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- <> Bob `Bear' Geer <> bgeer@beorn.sim.es.com (this *should* work) <>
- <> cola-zombie <> speaking only for myself, one of my many tricks <>
- <> Salt Lake City, <> "We must strive to be more than we are, Lal." <>
- <> Ootah <> -- Cmdr. Data, learning schmaltz <>
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