wlsmith@valve.heart.rri.uwo.ca (Wayne Smith) (06/25/91)
I know that a 10 Mhz PC is not the preferred hardware for windows, And this question has probably been asked before, but I just want a few answers (please :) The hardware is some clone 10 Mhz PC with 640K 85 Meg hard-drive Oak 256K VGA board (800x600x16, 640x480x256) GoldStar 1405w B/W VGA monitor (800x600, 640x480, etc) 1.2 Mb floppy (logitech clone mouse, not hooked up at time of windows installation) Shortly after Windows asks for disk 2 (during installation), the computer hangs. Upon rebooting and typing win, I get the familiar windows intro screen, which goes away, and I get a single line of junk text at the top of the screen, and the computer hangs. I select a PC/MS DOS type of computer, VGA graphics, etc. Is there anything really wrong here?
amf@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Andrew Fountain) (06/25/91)
In <3466@ria.ccs.uwo.ca> wlsmith@valve.heart.rri.uwo.ca (Wayne Smith) writes: >I know that a 10 Mhz PC is not the preferred hardware for windows, >And this question has probably been asked before, but I just want >a few answers (please :) >The hardware is some clone 10 Mhz PC with 640K >85 Meg hard-drive >Oak 256K VGA board (800x600x16, 640x480x256) >GoldStar 1405w B/W VGA monitor (800x600, 640x480, etc) >1.2 Mb floppy >(logitech clone mouse, not hooked up at time of windows installation) >Shortly after Windows asks for disk 2 (during installation), the computer >hangs. >Upon rebooting and typing win, I get the familiar windows intro screen, >which goes away, and I get a single line of junk text at the top of the >screen, and the computer hangs. >I select a PC/MS DOS type of computer, VGA graphics, etc. >Is there anything really wrong here? Please someone put this in the FAQ file. I am fed up with having to answer it. Most of the Windows screen drivers contain opcodes which are not available on the 8088 (in the PC & XT). The solution is to unplug the 8088 and plug in a V20 (about $10). Not only will your system now work with Windows 3.0 but it will be significantly faster with all programs. (up to 50% faster for some graphics operations). I can verify that this works having installed Windows on many different machines. Note 1: You must re-install Windows from scratch. Note 2: The IBM PS/2 30 and Amstrad computers use an 8086 instead of an 8088. Replace this with a V30, not a V20. -- amf@ecs.soton.ac.uk Dr. Andrew Fountain Tel: +44 703 592831 Dept of Electronics and Computer Science Fax: +44 703 593045 University of Southampton Telex: 47661 SOTONU G Southampton SO9 5NH England
jcmorris@mwunix.mitre.org (Joe Morris) (06/25/91)
wlsmith@valve.heart.rri.uwo.ca (Wayne Smith) writes: >I know that a 10 Mhz PC is not the preferred hardware for windows, >And this question has probably been asked before, but I just want >a few answers (please :) > [hardware description, including: >Oak 256K VGA board (800x600x16, 640x480x256) > ] >Shortly after Windows asks for disk 2 (during installation), the computer >hangs. Hanging at disk 2 during Windows installation is a common error if the video board isn't doing what the installation program expects. I don't know the Oak board, but if it has autosync capability you need to disable it. Windows (which is running during the installation process) gets a bad case of indigestion if the hardware switches modes without being told to do so by the Windows display driver. Joe Morris