#Rel. 3 Install Help!
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Help! I'm trying to get Rel. 3 up and running and I get the following
message when the program attempts to boot: Abnormal program
termination: Memory Protection Fault CS:EIP = 000Fh:000A676Ch I've
tried stripping everything out of my autoexec and config files, I've
monkeyed around with Cfig386 and the message is always the same! Any
help will be sincerely appreciated. –Rick Rodriguez
Make sure you've got %100 conflict free hardware. R3 is very
unforgiving in that area. You'll want to exclude all of the memory
blocks that your hardware uses, without exception.
If you need further assistance, upload more info on your system
(hardware, config files, software problems, etc…) and I'll try to
help. I just went through a mammoth hardware/software chase to get
things going on my system, too and learned a couple of things on the
way.
John, shouldn't remming out all lines referring to hardware in the
autoexec and config.sys temporarily beat those conflicts? I booted
up with a very vanilla system and I still get the same message.
–Rick Rodriguez
You're remming out device drivers and tsr's but not the rom (I think
it's rom; I get confused) that the hardware itself uses in the upper
memory area. You want to check your hardware and make sure that no
two devices are trying to use the same space, plus take out any and
all memory managment if you haven't already. Then, if that works,
you can start adding stuff back in.
It may even come down to physically removing/replacing hardware in
your system untill 3ds works. That way you can track down the
evil-doer and punish it appropriately <g>.
Good luck,
John Tissavary
PS: If you list your hardware and config files I, or someone else
(there are plenty of people on this forum WAY more qualified than me)
can give you specific advice.
Since you completely removed your config and autoexec I would suggest
looking into your advanced CMOS setup. Also funky advanced disk
controllers will cause problems. Do you have a SCSI or caching IDE
disk controller. You may simply have to disable shadowing your system
and/or video BIOS. Also you might try QEMM 7.xx to solve your
problems. Although QEMM is mostly obsolete these days it can correct
for compatibility problems. Have you tried calling your dealer for
help? That is what they are there for.
Robert, PMJI,
>> Although QEMM is mostly obsolete these days it can correct for compatibility
problems <<
Could you explain what you meant by this?
I've been using QEMM in all our Autodesk 3D Studio Installations the
past year and a half and for our AutoCAD installations going back
another 3 years and found it in general to solve many problems. The
only caveat here is that one has to keep up with the ideosyncratic
changes Mr. Gates deceides to throw in to each of his latest versions
of DOS as well as certain hardware issues such as coexistance with
bus-mastering devices and the VDS requirement. So what do you find
obsolete? James M. Murphy
Who uses Expanded Memory. Even VCPI is going away. Why waste memory supporting
outdated standards. If you are still running Tips or Ani Pro then QEMM is still
needed.
BTW, I recomend QEMM to all my clients. I feel it is needed for compatability
sakes. It is still much simpler to use a common memory standard.
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