gerten@uklirb.UUCP (Rainer Gerten) (01/31/90)
In article <1182@ac.dal.ca> rb@ac.dal.ca writes: >Some users with new ibm ps2 machines have experianced total system lockups >when using Norton Utilities 4.5. For example, the DS (directory sort) utility >does this. The nearest machine showing this problem is a ps2 55 sx. Does >anyone know if a special version is available for these machines ? I had to >get a special version for a zenith 386 which demonstrated different symptoms. The norton utilities run fine on a PS/2 55SX, if the IBM supplied driver XMAEM and XMA2EMS are not installed ! If you are using them, try other converter for extended to expanded memory. (For example, under Windows 386, Version 2.11 this works ok) There are a lot troubles between the IBM supplied drivers for extended/expanded memory and the microsoft drivers Example: HiMem.Sys and XMAEM and XMA2EMS don't work together. Rainer Gerten University of Kaiserslautern West-Germany mail: gerten@uklirb.informatik.uni-kl.de