The Symptoms Shelf

Last update: 14th February, 1996

The Symptoms Shelf is a selection of notes organised according to problem symptom:

System trap

 * Trap 0003 - - when using certain types of CD-ROM
 * Trap 0003 - CS:EIP=0538:00001a21 - during install disk #1
 * Trap 000e - CS:EIP=0160:fff6efbe - using LAPS or lan server
 * Trap 000d - CS:EIP=000017eb, CSLIM=2e4b - in COM.SYS
 * Trap 000d - CS:EIP=000d:000680fc during install disk #1
 * Trap 0003 In Device IBMS506.Add after install
 * TRAP 0006 in Device Driver OEMHLP$

Process trap

 * c0000005 - CS:EIP=013b:00000ced - after editing config.sys

Windows problems

 * Windows sessions won't start
 * Problems using MS Windows communications programs

Boot problems

 * OS/2 hangs after installation
 * System stops booting because of problem with COUNTRY.SYS
 * Message - HDD Controller Failure
 * Boot message - "line ?? is unrecognizable" following MM uninstall
 * Message - Unable to load operating system from start drive
 * Promise DC4030VL-2 Card - cannot read MBR
 * Green motherboard does not boot

Hang

 * Mach32 - Intermittent Lockups on Packard Bell P60
 * Opening a folder sometimes causes the WPS to hang
 * OS2.INI, HPFS and PTI DC4030VL-2 IDE Caching Controller Card
 * System hangs with adaptec 2740/2742 controller with CDROM attached
 * Selective Install Hangs

Swapper file size

 * Swap file larger than previous releases

Installation failure

 * The CONFIG.BAK problem
 * Various odd symptoms with PTI IDE drive
 * Unable to create OS/2 bootable partition
 * SYS3175 around diskette 1
 * SYS3175 in OS2MM.DLL during install
 * SYS0045 sector cannot be found
 * PJ16077 - GA IBMKBD.SYS can cause hang during CD install
 * Install hangs if NE2000 Ethernet Card is present
 * Installing OS/2 On Hard Drives With OnTrack DiskManager
 * Hang on Disk #1
 * Hang on Disk #6 with Micropolis HDD (1GB)
 * Toshiba 2150CDS Installation Hang
 * PCI units missing IRQ jumper

Performance

 * Warp boot seems to take longer than expected
 * Optimising performance using the SWAPPATH statement
 * Optimising performance of Windows under Warp

Messages

 * Various OS/2 Error Messages
 * SYS0045 sector cannot be found
 * Drive 1 not ready, press any key
 * Unable to load operating system from start drive

Printing

 * Garbled Printing on Epson LQ-1070+ under OS/2

Miscellaneous

 * After a crash cannot unlock the system
 * Video corrupted with more than 256 colors