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- DOCUMENT:Q103285 04-NOV-1993 [W_NT]
- TITLE :Contents of Windows NT SETUP.TXT, Part 2
- PRODUCT :Windows NT
- PROD/VER:3.10
- OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
- KEYWORDS:
-
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- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
- - Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- SUMMARY
- =======
-
- This article is part 2 of 2 articles that contain the complete text of
- the SETUP.TXT file. These articles contains the following:
-
- - Part 1 contains:
-
- 1.0 Removing Previous Versions
- 2.0 General Hardware Notes
- 3.0 Specific Computer Systems
- 4.0 General Disk Drive Information
- 5.0 SCSI Devices
-
- - Part 2 (this article) contains:
-
- 6.0 Error Messages
- 7.0 Video Display Drivers and Adapters (x86 Computers)
- 8.0 Removable Media
- 9.0 Supported Keyboard Layouts
- 10.0 Installing Windows NT over NextStep
- 11.0 Converting File Systems During
- Installation
-
- Introduction
- =============
-
- Feedback from the thousands of Windows NT beta sites has shown that
- Windows NT Setup proceeds smoothly in the vast majority of cases.
- However, there are cases where you may experience difficulties with
- hardware incompatibilities or conflicts. SETUP.TXT contains
- information that you may need in order to install Windows NT or
- Windows NT Advanced Server (the article applies to both) on some
- hardware configurations.
-
- For more information on installation, see the chapters "Installing
- Windows NT" and "Troubleshooting" in the "Windows NT System Guide" or
- the "Windows NT Advanced Server System Guide."
-
- 6.0 Error Messages
-
- 6.1 Couldn't Find NTLDR
-
- This message is displayed if the file NTLDR is missing from the root
- of the C: drive. You can copy the file to C:\ from either the CD ROM
- or floppy disks.
-
- To copy NTLDR from the CD ROM, make the CD ROM your current drive and
- enter the command:
-
- copy \i386\ntldr C:\
-
- To copy NTLDR from floppy disk, insert Disk 2 in your disk drive and
- make that drive the current drive. Then enter the command:
-
- expand ntldr.$ c:\ntldr
-
- 6.2 Error 0000001E
-
- Generally, this error implies a problem in the file system. Run CHKDSK
- or another similar utility on the drive. Make sure your hardware is on
- the hardware compatibility list.
-
- 6.3 Error 0x00000069 or 0x00000067
-
- This initialization error indicates that Windows NT is unable to
- communicate with the hard drive controller. Try the following:
-
- - Slow down the DMA transfer rate on the controller.
-
- - Make sure both ends of the SCSI bus are terminated.
-
- - Make sure there are no IRQ or memory address conflicts.
-
- - Make sure you are not using a faulty or unsupported driver.
-
- - Make sure NTDETECT.COM is in the root of the boot drive partition.
-
- - Make sure there are no missing Windows NT system files.
-
- 6.4 NMI Hardware Error
-
- This error is caused by a hardware problem. In some cases, the
- computer's memory can be at fault, leading to an error that does not
- appear when running MS-DOS or Windows 3.x, but does appear when
- running Windows NT. Memory errors can occur when the access rate does
- not match the requirements of the system board or when the access rate
- varies between SIMM modules or chips on a module. Cache memory access
- rates that are too slow can also cause this problem. In general, the
- first steps toward troubleshooting are to make sure that contacts for
- all boards and memory modules are clean, that boards and memory
- modules are properly seated, and that the computer is free of dust.
-
- 6.5 System Error F002
-
- If you receive a System Error F002, this probably means that your
- hardware is faulty; for example, you may be experiencing a memory
- failure. If this occurs, run the manufacturer's diagnostics procedure
- and check to see if your memory is the proper speed for your CPU.
-
- 7.0 Video Display Drivers and Adapters (x86 Computers)
-
- Windows NT has excellent video support, supporting over 45 video
- display adapters, including excellent high-end support. Here are some
- detailed notes on Windows NT's video support.
-
- The information in this section is applicable for x86 computers only.
- To select a video adapter other than VGA, you must run Custom Setup or
- run Windows NT Setup from the Main program group after you have
- completed installation.
-
- This release supports the VGA standard video cards plus some newer
- video cards. If the video card you use is not listed in this section,
- select VGA as the display device in Windows NT Setup. If you choose a
- display mode in Setup that your hardware does not support, you will
- need to reinstall Windows NT. You should be careful when installing
- some of the higher resolution modes to be sure that your monitor
- supports the resolution and vertical refresh rates.
-
- If the display mode selected by the user is not valid--because the
- video card was not present or because the card had insufficient video
- memory--an alternate driver will be selected by Setup automatically so
- that the computer is able to boot.
-
- If you encounter problems read your video manual again for proper
- settings. You may have overlooked something in the manual that
- pertains to Windows NT if you previously installed the card under
- Windows 3.1.
-
- In general, Windows NT video drivers do not use interrupts. Many VGA
- cards use jumpers to enable IRQ 2 interrupt for EGA compatibility.
- When possible, you should disable the IRQ 2 interrupt.
-
- During setup Windows NT may allow you to set the vertical refresh rate
- for your card. Read your monitor manual to see what settings you can
- use. If you are unsure, set up at the lower resolution, and then later
- try higher resolutions. If after changing these settings and
- rebooting, you find that your display is not operating correctly,
- reboot again and use the "last known good" feature to restore your
- previous video settings. Be aware of the fact that some monitors may
- be physically damaged by wrong video settings.
-
- Minimum video memory requirements for Windows NT:
-
- 640x480x16 colors 512K
- 640x480x256 colors 512K
- 800x600x16 colors 512K
- 800x600x256 colors 1M
- 1024x768x16 colors 512K
- 1024x768x256 colors 1M
- 1280x1024x256 colors See individual driver
- requirements
-
- 7.1 VGA
-
- If you experience a problem with the standard VGA driver, try the
- alternative VGA driver that programs the VGA directly. The standard
- VGA driver uses the VGA display adapter's BIOS to initialize the card.
- To use the alternate driver, rename the standard driver VGA.SYS to
- VGA.SAV. Then copy VGA_ALT.SYS to VGA.SYS and reboot.
-
- 7.2 8514/A and Compatible Cards
-
- When installing Windows NT on a computer that has an 8514/A or
- compatible graphic card (for example, IBM's 8514/A or ATI's
- 8514Ultra), and the computer has an older version of BIOS, Custom
- Setup may display your video card as "Unknown."
-
- You can change the video driver from "Unknown" to the Standard VGA
- (640x480, 16 colors) driver during Windows NT Setup. If you have an
- ATI 8514 Ultra graphic card, after Windows NT Setup is completed, you
- can run Windows NT Setup located in the Main group in Program Manager
- to select the appropriate ATI video driver. Express Setup will default
- the video driver to the Standard VGA (640x480, 16 colors) when an
- unknown video card is detected.
-
- There is no other video driver for 8514/A or compatible graphic cards
- included in this release of Windows NT.
-
- 7.3 Cirrus-based Cards
-
- For boards based on the Cirrus Logic chip set, select Cirrus with the
- appropriate resolution during Setup.
-
- 7.4 VESA VGA
-
- The VESA VGA driver uses the newer standard for detecting if a card
- can handle the 800x600 Super VGA mode. VESA VGA is not supported, if
- you have a card that uses the old standard, or a card that required an
- MS-DOS-based TSR to implement Super VGA functionality. Standard VGA
- mode is supported instead.
-
- 7.5 Diamond SpeedSTAR (and any ET4000 SVGA)
-
- For the Diamond SpeedSTAR cards, select ET4000 with the appropriate
- display mode during Setup.
-
- Some ET4000 adapters do not support the setting of refresh rates
- through software.
-
- If you have a card with only 512K bytes of video memory, the
- 800x600x256 and 1024x768x256 color modes will not work correctly.
-
- 7.6 ProDesigner II Display
-
- For the Orchid Technologies ProDesigner II and ProDesigner IIs cards,
- select ET4000 with the appropriate display mode during Setup.
-
- 7.7 S3 VGA
-
- To run the S3 video driver, your graphics adapter must have at least 1
- megabyte (MB) of video memory.
-
- The vertical refresh rate for most S3 based video is set by dip
- switches on the card, or by running an MS-DOS program that programs
- the adapter's ROM. For these systems, select the default setting in
- Windows NT Setup. The MS-DOS setup program for these cards, must be
- run under MS-DOS. If you have a DELL machine or Number Nine card, you
- may use the other settings when listed.
-
- If you experience difficulties using the S3-based video card on your
- Hewlett-Packard Vectra computer, call Hewlett-Packard technical
- support to upgrade your BIOS EEPROMS.
-
- 7.8 Trident
-
- For Trident cards, select Trident with the appropriate display mode
- during Setup. Trident 8900c based boards do not show 256 color
- MS-DOS-based applications in frozen windows well.
-
- 7.9 Video Seven, Headland Technologies VRAM II, and VRAM
- II Ergo
-
- For these devices, select Video Seven VRAM with the appropriate
- resolution during Setup.
-
- When using the VRAM II with BIOS version 8.05, you may see random
- characters or vertical lines when rebooting. Contact Headland
- Technologies for a ROM upgrade.
-
- The VRAM II Ergo display card also causes problems if its DIP switches
- are not set correctly. All the switches should be off (set to the
- right) except for switch #3. If this fails to correct your problem,
- please contact Headland Technologies technical support.
-
- VRAM I BIOS rev. 1.18 does not support any 256-color modes under
- Windows NT.
-
- The IRQ jumper settings should always be set OFF. Note that on BIOS
- rev. 8.57 and 8.59, the settings are the reverse of that shown in the
- documentation.
-
- 7.10 Western Digital/Paradise
-
- For Western Digital cards, select WD with the appropriate display mode
- during Setup. We have performed testing on WD90C30 and WD90C31 chip
- sets.
-
- 7.11 XGA
-
- For these devices, select XGA or XGA2 with the appropriate resolution
- during Setup. The XGA cards require 1 MB of video memory, and only
- support 256 color modes. Make sure that your monitor supports the
- modes you select.
-
- Only install the XGA driver on portables with plasma displays if an
- external monitor is attached.
-
- 7.12 ATI
-
- The ATI drivers support the following boards:
-
- GRAPHICS ULTRA
- GRAPHICS VANTAGE 8514/ULTRA
- GRAPHICS ULTRA PRO
- GRAPHICS ULTRA+
-
- The GRAPHICS ULTRA, GRAPHICS VANTAGE, and 8514/ULTRA with 1 MB of
- graphics memory support resolutions of 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768 at
- 256 colors.
-
- The GRAPHICS ULTRA PRO and GRAPHICS ULTRA+ with 2 MB of graphics
- memory and the aperture enabled support the following resolutions:
-
- - 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024 at 8 bpp with 256 colors
-
- - 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768 at 16 bpp with 65,536 colors
-
- - 640x480, 800x600 at 24 bpp with 16,777,216 colors 640x480 at 32 bpp
- with 16,777,216 colors
-
- The GRAPHICS ULTRA PRO and GRAPHICS ULTRA+ with 1 MB of graphics
- memory and the aperture enabled support the following resolutions:
-
- - 640x480
- - 800x600
- - 1024x768 at 8 bpp with 256 colors
- - 640x480 at 16 bpp with 65,536 colors
-
- The GRAPHICS ULTRA PRO and GRAPHICS ULTRA+ in an ISA bus computer and
- the aperture disabled support the following resolutions:
-
- - 640x480
- - 800x600
- - 1024x768
- - 1280x1024 at 8 bpp with 256 colors
- - 640x480
- - 800x600
- - 1024x768 at 16 bpp with 65,536 colors
-
- The supported resolutions and pixel depths are conditional on there
- being enough memory on the card. All cards require a minimum of 1 MB
- of graphics memory. The pixel depth is conditional on the DAC type on
- the display adapter. If you choose a resolution that is not supported
- or your card has not been installed for, the driver substitutes a
- supported resolution.
-
- The following configurations are not supported:
-
- The GRAPHICS ULTRA, GRAPHICS VANTAGE, and 8514/ULTRA at 1280x1024 and
- 16 colors.
-
- The GRAPHICS ULTRA PRO, and GRAPHICS ULTRA+ if you have an ISA bus and
- NO aperture (that is, more than 12 MB of RAM) at the following
- resolutions:
-
- 640x480, 800x600 at 24 bpp with 16,777,216 colors
- 640x480 at 32 bpp with 16,777,216 colors]
-
- 8.0 Removable Media
-
- Removable media drives (such as Bernoulli and Syquest) are supported
- for use with the FAT and NTFS file systems only.
-
- Optical drives that support media with sector sizes larger than 512
- bytes must have the 512-byte sector size media mounted while
- installing Windows NT, even if Windows NT is not being installed onto
- the optical drive.
-
- If you install Windows NT or any portion of Windows NT onto removable
- media, be sure to shut down Windows NT before removing the media.
- (That is, choose Shutdown from the File menu of Program Manager.) Do
- not remove the media until after Windows NT has completed its shutdown
- process. Media must be installed to run Windows NT Setup.
-
- 9.0 Supported Keyboard Layouts
-
- During setup, the following keyboard layouts cannot be
- used:
-
- Czech
- Greek
- Hungarian
- Polish Programmer
- Russian
-
- These keyboards are for use only with Unicode applications and require
- installing the Unicode font, Lucida Sans Unicode.
-
- 10.0 Installing Windows NT over NextStep
-
- NextStep makes nonconventional changes to partition tables that can
- distort measurement of the amount of space remaining on a drive. If
- more space is reported than is actually available, installation can
- fail due to lack of space on the drive.
-
- 11.0 Converting File Systems During Installation
-
- If your disk is too fragmented, there may not be enough room for Setup
- to create the system files. If this occurs, Setup will not be able to
- convert a volume at the conclusion of installation. Before trying to
- convert the volume again, either delete some files, or back up and
- reformat the drive.
-
- 12.0 Reporting Problems
-
- If you encounter a system problem, please report it to Microsoft using
- BUGREP.TXT. This file is located in the \SUPPORT\SUPTOOLS directory on
- the CD-ROM as well as floppy Disk #4 of the floppy install disk set.
- Additionally, SAMPBUG.TXT is an example of a completed bug report.
-
- Additional reference words: 3.10 3.10 W_NTAS setup
- KBCategory:
- KBSubCategory: stp
-
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