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Re: HELP! OS/2 no-go after board upgrade

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From: Timothy F. Sipples
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 17:01
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In article <1993Jan25.193345.1@vax1.umkc.edu> slee@vax1.umkc.edu writes:
>I just upgraded my motherboard from a AMI 386SX-35 to a AMI 486DX-33, and have
>not been able to get OS/2 to boot since the swap. I think it's some kind of
>protected mode error, but being your average uninformed bonehead, I can only
>guess.  The OS/2 error message gives a TRAP 0002 error, saying there is an
>internal processing error at:
>	##0160:fff6453f - 000d:a53f
>	60000,9084
>What this garbage means is beyond me...
>The reason I seem to think it is some kind of prot. mode error is the failure
>of the system to boot under DOS with QEMM in the config. It also gives some
>kind of error, asks to (T)erminate or (R)eboot, then locks up.  EMM386.EXE in
>DOS works fine, tho. Should I change any of the BIOS setting to facilitate
>installation of OS/2, which I tried to reinstall w/out luck so far (it locks up
>with the same error after disk 10 or so).
>Any of you gurus have any ideas? Sipples, I'm waiting to hear from you <G>.

Well, hello.  :-)

It's in the FAQ List (of course).  :-)  "TRAP 0002" means bad RAM --
the RAM is probably too slow for your system.  Increase the wait
states in the setup, precharge cycles, etc., and see if that clears up
the problem.

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