len@elxsi.UUCP (Len Mills) (10/27/89)
In article <110200020@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu> mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu writes: > >When I put a bug in the program (Often!) Windows dies and it is the >big black (this is a Dell 310 with a 150 meg hard disk) switch. >When I turn it back on, it says "configuration error - run setup" and >double beeps. > >What is going on? You most likely have a wild pointer which is allowing you to modify the contents of the CMOS ram. That's what causes this symptom for me. Note that you don't even have to be using windows to have a bug with this symptom, all you need to have is a program which isn't small model. Run to your favorite debugging environment and start Watching those pointers! >Doug McDonald -- Len Mills ... {uunet,ucbvax!sun,lll-lcc!lll-tis,altos86,bridge2}!elxsi!len
hollen@eta.megatek.uucp (Dion Hollenbeck) (11/01/89)
From article <2894@elxsi.UUCP>, by len@elxsi.UUCP (Len Mills): > > You most likely have a wild pointer which is allowing you to > modify the contents of the CMOS ram. That's what causes this > symptom for me. Note that you don't even have to be using > windows to have a bug with this symptom, all you need to have > is a program which isn't small model. > How about someone helping me out and telling me just where the CMOS is located so i CAN write to it. I've got all the information as to the contents, but not the address at which it lives. Dion Hollenbeck (619) 455-5590 x2814 Megatek Corporation, 9645 Scranton Road, San Diego, CA 92121 uunet!megatek!hollen or hollen@megatek.uucp