CompuServe Thread

Well, I'm happy to hear that you've managed to solve your MTMCDE problem… but as far as the MTMCDS goes, I'm somewhat at a loss. Have you tried loading the CDS low to see what happens? If it lets you through to Windows, then it's probably related to CDE's problem… if it still locks up, try using a HIMEM/EMM386 combination. I don't know if it's a IRQ/DMA problem, since when using the SW-polling driver that shouldn't be a consideration. Also, by the way, if it's an address conflict your machine will never even get to a DOS prompt, and will usually lock up before or shortly after the RAM test…so I doubt it's that. Erg… the last part somewhat confused me. IRQ 2 really shouldn't be free if you have any other cards in your machine set to a "16-bit IRQ" (9-15 (16?)). I must admit, though, that I'm usually at a loss with the problems that spring up with QEMM loaded… especially when they're related to Windows. Since QEMM doesn't actually free up any memory, just shuffles it around, but also because it's disabled when Windows is running, I've always been somewhat leery of it running with Windows… a number of machines on-site aren't compatible with Stealth, which I have to admit has biased me a little against it. Michael O'Connell Online Support ICOM Simulations 708/520-4440