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TITLE: 950118 TIMING HANG ON IBM PC 300 SERIES - 486 SYSTEMS AND ON ALL APTIVA'S FROM THE 310 (2144-22P) THROUGH THE 530 (2144-66P).

DESCRIPTION OF SYMPTOMS
When the IBM PC 300 Series - 486 Systems BIOS code switched CMOS banks, OS/2 (and the physical clock Device Driver) did not know that the CMOS bank was switched. If an IRQ 8 (realtime clock interrupt) came in when the CMOS bank was switched, then the system would hang because the clock DD would read the RTC CMOS locations on the 2nd bank when it should have read them on the 1st bank.
The OS/2 virtual DD (VCMOS.SYS) did not allow writes to CMOS with

addresses < 0Eh. So, the Rapid Resume data could not be written by a VDM (DOS session or windows). VCMOS.SYS virtualizes ports 70H and 71H.

RESOLUTION
VCMOS.SYS will now virtualize ports 22H and 24H when on IBM

PC 300 Series - 486 Systems or Aptiva. A fix must be applied to the OS/2 system to correct this problem.

How to apply the fix

In the fixes sent to you will be a file called VCMOS.SYS. After the install is complete, copy VCMOS.SYS to ?:\OS2\MDOS directory (? is the drive you installed OS/2 into).

NOTE: Please refer to PDDB Item FFZTV title APTIVA UPDATE.                     
      It has information on how to get the fix.                                
                                                                         

950124 Trap 000D with CS:EIP = 1000 : 00002eb6 on Final Reboot

DESCRIPTION OF SYMPTOMS
Trap on Final Reboot and every subsequent boot with above CS:EIP value.
SUMMARY OF RESOLUTION
Incorrect statements in CONFIG.SYS results in Trap and it is resolved by copying the generic CONFIG.SYS to the root drive.
DETAILS OF RESOLUTION
Follow procedure " Recovering the CONFIG.SYS File " on page 220 of Warp User's Guide to recover the original CONFIG.SYS.


950125 INSTALL PCMCIA ON IBM THINKPAD 755CD FROM WARP, UNABLE TO ACCESS THE INTERNAL IDE CDROM

DESCRIPTION OF SYMPTOMS:

IBM ThinkPad 755CD which has an IDE CDROM.  User loaded the                    
PCMCIA drivers from OS/2 WARP.  Afterwarp, shutdown and reboot the             
system, user is unable to access the internal IDE CDROM device.                
                                                                               

RESOLUTION:

From the problem determination, this is an IRQ conflict.                       
Change the PCMCIA IRQ setting.  To do this, add the following                  
parameters to BASEDEV=IBM2SS01.SYS:                                            
 " BASEDEV=IBM2SS01.SYS /S0=1 /C0=11 "                                         
Use IRQ 11 because it was an open IRQ.                                         
Shutdown and reboot and the user should be able to access both                 
the PCMCIA and the internal IDE CDROM device.                                  
                                                                               
Note above that it is not neccessary to use IRQ 11.  User should               
be able to find an IRQ that is available.      


TITLE: 950126 ERROR " NOT ENOUGH SPACE ON HARD DISK " WITH 8590 WITH NEC CDROM CONNECTED ( SCSI I )

SYMPTOMS:

   On disk #1, error msg " Not Enough Hard Disk Space to
   Install ... "
   Note:  This is a CD-ROM installation.  User boots up on the
   Installation disk and when prompt, puts in the disk #1 of the
   cdrom.
   No doublespace on the harddrive.  Only DOS/Windows.
   FDISK did not see any "strange partitions", if it shows, this
   indicates that there is a "monkeys" virus.

RESOLUTION:

   User has upgraded the EPROM for this 8590 and changed the
   NEC CDROM to set it SCSI I, since the IBM SCSI controller is
   SCSI I compliant.

TITLE: 950127 PRINTING ENVELOPES FROM AMIPRO 3.1 UNDER WARP

DESCRIPTION OF SYMPTOMS
When trying to print envelopes from amipro under warp, the envelopes being manually fed, paper is still being fed from the paper tray.
SUMMARY OF RESOLUTION
The paper source may need to be changed
DETAILS OF RESOLUTION
From the amipro main screen, select file , printer setup, choose a printer from the dialogue and select setup. You will see a selection for paper source. If envelopes are being manually fed, this should be set to manual not envelope.

TITLE: 950128 ADD ON DAUGHTER OR WAVE TABLE BOARDS NOT SUPPORTED UNDER OS/2 WARP 3.0

DESCRIPTION OF SYMPTOMS
See details of resolution.
SUMMARY OF RESOLUTION
See details of resolution.
DETAILS OF RESOLUTION
Add on Daughter boards which enable wave table midi support are not supported under any version OS/2 including Warp 3.0.
These boards can be attached to several sound cards available on the market especially Sound Blaster cards. Users need to contact the vendor for proper OS/2 drivers if available. If a user has aquired an OS/2 driver for the Daughter board and is experiencing a problem using the device the vendor needs to be contacted for support

TITLE: 950131 WARP AND OS/2 2.1 SE FOR WINDOWS CANNOT INSTALL ON APTIVA SYSTEMS WHICH ARE PRE-LOADED WITH DOS/WINDOWS

DESCRIPTION OF SYMPTOMS:

   During the installation of WARP and OS/2 2.1 SE for
   Windows, the user is prompted for WINDOWS diskettes.
   Aptiva systems which are delivered with DOS/WINDOWS
   pre-installed have no diskettes with which to finish
   the installation process. The WIN-OS/2 component is
   unable to install.

SUMMARY OF RESOLUTION:

   Edit SETUP.INF

DETAILS OF RESOLUTION:

   Three Files are used during installation of Windows which
   provide information necessary to properly install and
   maintain the Windows platform. The key file which Windows
   Setup uses to install the Windows system and it's
   application files is SETUP.INF (the other two are
   CONTROL.INF and APPS.INF).
   SETUP.INF by default, has 13 sections, one of which needs
   to be edited to enable the WIN-OS/2 component to install.
   The "DISKS" section describe disks which might be
   requested during installation and their characteristics.
   This section needs to be edited as follows to enable
   WIN-OS/2 support.
   In the .Disks. section the following statements appear:
       1 =. ,"Microsoft Windows 3.1 Disk #1",disk1
       2 =. ,"Microsoft Windows 3.1 Disk #2",disk2
       3 =. ,"Microsoft Windows 3.1 Disk #3",disk3
       4 =. ,"Microsoft Windows 3.1 Disk #4",disk4
       5 =. ,"Microsoft Windows 3.1 Disk #5",disk5
       6 =. ,"Microsoft Windows 3.1 Disk #6",disk6
   Edit these statements so they appear as follows
       1 =X:\windows\drivers,"Microsoft Windows 3.1 Disk #1",disk1
       2 =X:\windows\drivers,"Microsoft Windows 3.1 Disk #2",disk2
       3 =X:\windows\drivers,"Microsoft Windows 3.1 Disk #3",disk3
       4 =X:\windows\drivers,"Microsoft Windows 3.1 Disk #4",disk4
       5 =X:\windows\drivers,"Microsoft Windows 3.1 Disk #5",disk5
       6 =X:\windows\drivers,"Microsoft Windows 3.1 Disk #6",disk6
   where X= the drive where Windows is installed.
   This change  should be in place before installation, but can be
   made after to use with the SELECTIVE INSTALL feature

TITLE: 950203 THREE IDE 563 PANASONIC CDROM DRIVES WORKING UNDER OS/2 WARP

SYMPTOMS
Multiple cdroms connected to the same IDE adapter (SB16 card) are not recognize.
RESOLUTION
Creative Labs has a new driver on their BBS called CD_OS2.EXE.

BBS number is (405) 742-6660. Contact Creative Labs for more information. Note that at this point, multiple 563 Panasonic IDE CDROM drives are not supported.

TITLE: 950206 PS/2 9595 PENTIUM WITH 64MB RAM AND DISK ARRAY UNDER WARP

SYMPTOMS:

   The DISK ARRAY is at level 5 with 6-2gb SCSI drives. Partitioned
   the drive C: 150mb and the rest as logical 10gb drive.  Under OS/2
   WARP, tried to format the logical partition, it reports only 3mb
   is available.  Then FDISK reports the partition is unformatted.
   Note: This is after user formatted the logical drive which is suppose
   to be 10gb.

RESOLUTION:

   User needs to upgrade the system Flash ROM and System
   BIOS level.
   Call IBM PC HELP at 919/517/1080 for more information.
   Suggested download the following files/images from IBM BBS
   at 919/517/0001:
   1. RF90954A.DSK
   2. RD9095A.DSK
   3. LDF.COM
   4. RAID162A.DSK
   5. NEWRAID.DSK  ( newer IBMRAID.ADD