OS/2 and Opti Chipset?
C.K. Lam
Does OS/2 cant co-exist with Opti Chipset?..Pls tell me as i am using OS/2
with a Opti-chipset board, and encounter so many problems interrmittenly,
those problems are always sth like traps D, E, 8 error..and the whole machine
hang as usual like..
If u have any info, either constructive or destructive, i would like to
listen, pls help..
Regards,
:) C.K. Lam (:
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Juha-Matti Liukkonen
> Does OS/2 cant co-exist with Opti Chipset?..Pls tell me as i am using OS/2
>with a Opti-chipset board, and encounter so many problems interrmittenly,
>those problems are always sth like traps D, E, 8 error..and the whole machine
>hang as usual like..
It co-exists here with no problems. 2.1 dec beta, a no-name 386SX
motherboard, Opti chipset, and only traps I get are 0002's (parity
errors), and I already located the flaky SIMM :)
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Oliver White
> Does OS/2 cant co-exist with Opti Chipset?..Pls tell me as i am using OS/2
>with a Opti-chipset board, and encounter so many problems interrmittenly,
>those problems are always sth like traps D, E, 8 error..and the whole machine
>hang as usual like..
A friend of mine was unable to install OS/2 AT ALL on his 486DX-33 with Opti
chipset, and AMI bios. We tried every BIOS setting, swapped every other
piece of hardware, but it just wouldn't boot, even from my hard disk with OS/2
installed.
He now runs Linux instead, no problems.
- Oliver.
Shorrock*Glenn
>
> Does OS/2 cant co-exist with Opti Chipset?..Pls tell me as i am using OS/2
>with a Opti-chipset board, and encounter so many problems interrmittenly,
>those problems are always sth like traps D, E, 8 error..and the whole machine
>hang as usual like..
>
I have a 486DX-33 with an OPTI chipset and an AMI bios -- it works fine
with all the versions of OS/2 that I've used, including the 2.1b beta. The
distributor who sold it to me uses OS/2 himself and has it up on his demo
machines: the 486DX-33 I bought, a 486DX-33 Vesa local bus, and a 486DX2-66
Vesa local bus. They all have OPTI chipsets.
Glenn Shorrock
Math, UQAM
shor...@info.uqam.ca
Aaron M. Williams
any problems. I've also run the early betas, 2.0GA, and 2.0+CSD.
I can't wait to get the new 2.1 beta.
the stupid one
i have one of the flaky opti chipsets
486-50, wont work right w/ SBPro
and have had no problems with os/2 2.1 beta
kl...@juncol.juniata.edu
I've got 4 machines - 386DX-40's - with the Opti WB chipset running
GA+SP with no problems. The only thing I had to do that really saved
my great amounts of agony was to ensure that the wait states on the
bus were set to 1 so that I get an effective 8MHz on the bus. The Opti
comes set up for 10MHZ. This exceeds the AT bus spec of 8MHz and caused
me lots of the same types of problems mentioned earlier. This occurred
mostly due to some cards I had in the machine(s) that wouldn't reliably
work at 10MHz and gave OS/2 fits.
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C.K. Lam
On Mar 20 23:33, Juha-Matti Liukkonen of 6:700/74.1@fidonet wrote:
JL> C.K..Lam@p5.f192.n700.z6.fidonet.org (C.K. Lam) writes:
>> Does OS/2 cant co-exist with Opti Chipset?..Pls tell me as i am using
OS/2
>>with a Opti-chipset board, and encounter so many problems interrmittenly,
>>those problems are always sth like traps D, E, 8 error..and the whole
>>machine hang as usual like..
JL> It co-exists here with no problems. 2.1 dec beta, a no-name 386SX
JL> motherboard, Opti chipset, and only traps I get are 0002's (parity
JL> errors), and I already located the flaky SIMM :)
Hello, Juha...
Can u quote me a list of descriptions which describe diff types of Traps
err for OS/2?
Regards,
:) C.K. Lam (:
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Heavy Metal
: C.K..Lam@p5.f192.n700.z6.fidonet.org (C.K. Lam) writes:
: A friend of mine was unable to install OS/2 AT ALL on his 486DX-33 with Opti
: chipset, and AMI bios. We tried every BIOS setting, swapped every other
: piece of hardware, but it just wouldn't boot, even from my hard disk with OS/2
: installed.
: He now runs Linux instead, no problems.
: - Oliver.
I am running OS/2 2.1 December beta on a 33Mhz 486 with AMI bios, and the
Opti chipset. I have absolutely no problems.
- Kevin Lowey (Lo...@Sask.USask.CA)
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Heavy Metal
: On Mar 20 23:33, Juha-Matti Liukkonen of 6:700/74.1@fidonet wrote:
: JL> C.K..Lam@p5.f192.n700.z6.fidonet.org (C.K. Lam) writes:
: Can u quote me a list of descriptions which describe diff types of Traps
: err for OS/2?
Here's the list of traps for OS/2...
Trap xxxx Description
0 Divide error
1 Debug exception
2 NMI
3 Breakpoint (one-byte INT 3 instruction)
4 Overflow
5 Bounds check (BOUND instruction)
6 Invalid opcode
7 Coprocessor not available
8 Double fault
9 (reserved)
10 (0a) Invalid TSS
11 (0b) Segment not present
12 (0c) Stack exception
13 (0d) General protection
14 (0e) Page fault
15 (0f) (reserved)
16 (10) Coprocessor error
17-31 (reserved)
32-255 Available for external interrupts via INTR pin
Gerry Thome
>C.K. Lam (C.K..Lam@p5.f192.n700.z6.fidonet.org) wrote:
>
>: On Mar 20 23:33, Juha-Matti Liukkonen of 6:700/74.1@fidonet wrote:
>
>: JL> C.K..Lam@p5.f192.n700.z6.fidonet.org (C.K. Lam) writes:
>
>: Can u quote me a list of descriptions which describe diff types of Traps
>: err for OS/2?
>
>Here's the list of traps for OS/2...
Not to be picky, but these trap codes are for the Intel 386 processor,
not OS/2. When you get a trap it is raised by the processor and OS/2
returns the trap info to you when possible.
>
>Trap xxxx Description
>0 Divide error
>1 Debug exception
>2 NMI
>3 Breakpoint (one-byte INT 3 instruction)
>4 Overflow
>5 Bounds check (BOUND instruction)
>6 Invalid opcode
>7 Coprocessor not available
>8 Double fault
>9 (reserved)
>10 (0a) Invalid TSS
>11 (0b) Segment not present
>12 (0c) Stack exception
>13 (0d) General protection
>14 (0e) Page fault
>15 (0f) (reserved)
>16 (10) Coprocessor error
>17-31 (reserved)
>32-255 Available for external interrupts via INTR pin
>
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Don Meyer
>>Here's the list of traps for OS/2...
> ~~~~~
>Not to be picky, but these trap codes are for the Intel 386 processor,
>not OS/2. When you get a trap it is raised by the processor and OS/2
>returns the trap info to you when possible.
>>Trap xxxx Description
>>0 Divide error
>>1 Debug exception
>>2 NMI
...
>>17-31 (reserved)
>>32-255 Available for external interrupts via INTR pin
OK, here's a few Traps to chew on - I've been getting these on some PS/2
model 50's with AOX 386 cards, and an IDE hard drive and adapter running
alongside the original 20mb HD & adapter:
Trap 0720
8b55
45c7
... and a few other strange codes that I can't remember offhand...
Any clues... ;-)
(For the curious:
The kernel & drivers are loaded from drive C: (original, 20mb) and the
remainder of the OS/2 code is relocated to D: along with LAN code & all else
except Desktop Directory structure. A convoluted system, to be sure - but
it is the only way it works...)
Don
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