ptimmerm@kathy.jpl.nasa.gov (Paul Timmerman) (06/07/91)
I a experiencing a problem with a Micrtronics 25 MHZ Cache 486 PC. The error message is Devide Overflow. It happens under many different apps. The OS is MSDOS 4.0.1. Ran checkit and showed not problems. *****************************HELP*********************************** ptimmerm@kathy.jpl.nasa.gov posting for Jerry D. 818-354-0215
bwong@beach.csulb.edu (Bradley Wong) (06/08/91)
In article <1991Jun7.164632.18083@jato.jpl.nasa.gov> ptimmerm@kathy.jpl.nasa.gov (Paul Timmerman) writes: >I a experiencing a problem with a Micrtronics 25 MHZ Cache 486 PC. >The error message is Devide Overflow. It happens under many different >apps. The OS is MSDOS 4.0.1. Ran checkit and showed not problems. Offhand, try setting the system in "low gear". I have seen several similar messages on my 486-33, several games and Avery LabelPro. Avery LP needed a new exe. The others would work at 8Mh instead of 33Mh. In one case (Monkey Island) that problem was due to a race condition while waiting for the Sound Blaster driver to respond. Anyway, try a slower speed for starters.
jsims@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (J. Robert Sims) (06/13/91)
In article <1991Jun7.180912.5684@beach.csulb.edu> bwong@beach.csulb.edu (Bradley Wong) writes: >In article <1991Jun7.164632.18083@jato.jpl.nasa.gov> ptimmerm@kathy.jpl.nasa.gov (Paul Timmerman) writes: >>I a experiencing a problem with a Micrtronics 25 MHZ Cache 486 PC. >>The error message is Devide Overflow. It happens under many different >>apps. The OS is MSDOS 4.0.1. Ran checkit and showed not problems. > > Offhand, try setting the system in "low gear". I have seen several > similar messages on my 486-33, several games and Avery LabelPro. > Avery LP needed a new exe. The others would work at 8Mh instead of > 33Mh. In one case (Monkey Island) that problem was due to a race > condition while waiting for the Sound Blaster driver to respond. > > Anyway, try a slower speed for starters. > > I am going to suggest the opposite: be sure that your system is set for FAST in the CMOS setup. I had the same problem, which would show up when accessing the floppy drive. It would also cause windows to crash whenever it tried to use a floppy. A new BIOS helped my problem, but I must leave the CMOS set to fast, which means the turbo button doesn't work. If you want slow speed, hit ctrl-alt-minus after you boot DOS. Don't do this in a window under win3 (unless you have everything saved). Apparently this problem mainly occurs with IDE drives. Good luck Rob jsims@vuse.vanderbilt.edu
ferris@gradient.cis.upenn.edu (Richard T. Ferris) (06/15/91)
I have had my Gateway 486/33 for only a few days but I did get this error once already -- when I installed my new copy of Borland C++. I was using the 5 1/4" drives and using the Install program included on the disks. I was on disk 6 (out of 7) when I got this strange error. Anyway I continued on with the installation and everything seems OK. I had the system on high speed. --RF Richard Ferris ferris@grad1.cis.upenn.edu