rem@buengc.BU.EDU (Robert E. Mee) (06/28/90)
Robert F. Jones writes: > 1) What is the version of the AMI bios? (xxxx-yyyy-mmddyy-Kx) > 2) Is the machine configured with an IDE drive? Is there actually a problem with WIN 3.0 and IDE drives? I have a 386SX machine (Phoenix bios) with a 40MB IDE drive. I was thinking about buying Win 3.0. I guess I'll hold off. Rob
bjones@ssc-vax.UUCP (Robert F. Jones) (06/30/90)
> > Robert F. Jones writes: > > > 1) What is the version of the AMI bios? (xxxx-yyyy-mmddyy-Kx) > > 2) Is the machine configured with an IDE drive? > > Is there actually a problem with WIN 3.0 and IDE drives? > I have a 386SX machine (Phoenix bios) with a 40MB IDE drive. > I was thinking about buying Win 3.0. I guess I'll hold off. No. But there seems to be a problem with IDE drives and some older versions of the AMI bios. I have seen the problem show up as an extreamly long time delay when Windows 3.0 uses it's swap file for virtual memory. Windows re-trys the I/O automatically. Some other programs will come back with the "Abort, Retry, Fail" type error messages. .....rfj..... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- standard disclaimer applies -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- standard disclaimer applies ========================== phone: (206) 773-2102 uucp: uw-beaver!ssc-vax!bjones or ssc-vax!bjones@beaver.cs.washington.edu snail: The Boeing Company, P.O. Box 3999, M/S 8K-04, Seattle, WA 98124-2499