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OS/2 4.52 Freezes Loading Desktop
Carl Miller:
I apologize if this has been discussed before, but I just installed OS/2 4.52 on a Dell Inspiron 3200, Pentium 2, 4GB HD, 64 megs RAM. The video system is Neo Magic 2160B, and the audio is Crystal 4237B.
I used the included Sci Tech drivers for video, but I had to install a driver I obtained elsewhere for the audio (OS2 Site). Before I installed the Crystal driver the system would boot fine, excellent video resolution. After I installed the audio drivers the system would boot all the way to point of loading the desktop, and then it would freeze up. I re-started the system and did the Alt-F1 at the OS/2 white box, installed the regular VGA video drivers, and the system booted fine, video is crummy, but I have sound.
Is there any way with this system where I can have audio and decent video? Any help would be appreciated.
Martin Iturbide:
Hi Carl. Welcome to the forum.
So you have sound now, desktop loads, but video is crummy, which may mean you are using the basic VGA driver.
If you reinstall the video driver, do you fall again on the problem that the desktop will freeze up before the sound?
Maybe you can also use the SciTech SNAP driver (snap-os2-3.1.8.zip) for video.
Also, if you reinstall any video driver and it keep freezing, try the Alt+F1, command line and use "tedit config.sys" to REM the audio driver to see if the freezing is also problem of that driver. Maybe the Crystal audio driver you are using is "BASEDEV=CWCMMPM.SYS", can you check that?
Note: I tried to organize the OS/2 Audio drivers in the best possible way in the hobbes file server.
Regards
Carl Miller:
Thanks Martin for your help, I will give the snap driver a shot and I will report back with the results.
ivan:
Hi Carl,
To keep things straight, how did you install the sound driver if you installed it on a working system? It should have been installed using minstall
Pete:
Hi All
Long time since I had a Crystal soundcard but I do remember that the drivers could be a pain - something to do with the buffers being too small... some driver packages worked better than others.
Which package have you tried Carl?
Regards
Pete
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