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Started by Nils Kramar
Sun, 01 Apr 2001 16:56
problem with computer - A-20 gate
Author: Nils Kramar
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 16:56
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 16:56
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whenever I turn on my (old) PC and Windows is about to be started, the process stops and the machine tells me there is a problem with the A-20 gate, and the XMS-driver would not be installed. The same thing happens whenever I try to start the PC from boot-disc. Afterwords the DOS-prompt is shown, but sometimes I'm unable to type; the keyboard appears not to be recognized in that case. I already checked the RAM - it works properly. Can somebody give me advice what to do?
Re: problem with computer - A-20 gate
Author: Peter Hayes
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 13:13
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 13:13
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On Sun, 1 Apr 2001 18:56:01 +0200, "Nils Kramar" <nils@kramar.de> wrote: > whenever I turn on my (old) PC and Windows is about to be started, the > process stops and the machine tells me there is a problem with the > A-20 gate, and the XMS-driver would not be installed. The same thing happens > whenever I try to start the PC from boot-disc. Afterwords the DOS-prompt is > shown, but sometimes I'm unable to type; the keyboard appears not to be > recognized in that case. I already checked the RAM - it works properly. Can > somebody give me advice what to do? I suspect you have a card or a chip that's not seated in its slot properly. Either that or try another keyboard, or try removing any hardware you can temporarily do without until you find the culprit. Does it happen only when booting from another OS? That happened to me. The problem went away after a while and I never did find out the cause. Try asking in a Dos/Wndoze newsgroup - dos problems aren't really anything to do with Linux... Peter -- The past is almost as mysterious as the future.
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