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xu@rintintin.Colorado.EDU (XU  JIEFENG) wrote:

>I ran into a problem running MS window 3.1 on my computer and ask for
your
>expert's help. The window 3.1 was pre-loaded on my 486-DX33 machine and 
>had been working fine for one and half years until yesterday when I typed

>"win", it showed the Microsoft banner and then returned back to MS DOS. 
>Then I reinstalled the Windows using the six original windows disk. The
setup 
>was successful and I can saw the Program Manager Graphics at the end of 
>installation. However, after installation, whenever I type "win", it
rebooted
>the machine after showing the Microsoft banner. Finally I found that I
can
>run windows using the standard mode (type "win /s"), but not the enhanced
>386 mode (when I typed "win" or "win /3", it rebooted machine). Since I
don't 
>have such problems before (I think I ran in enhanced 386 mode before), I
am 
>wondering if there is any software/hardware problem in my machine. I
would 
>appreciate any pointers on this.
>Cheers,

>Jiefeng Xu
?Graduate School of Business
>University of Colorado at Boulder

Sounds like some of your memory developed Alzheimers!  Windows will not
run in enhanced mode if you experience memory problems--I have seen this
in numerous systems.  

You could have experienced a power surge, static charge, etc.  Your chips
may have just gone bad--it happens somewhat frequently and often for no
detectable reason .

Unfortunately, it is not particulary cost effective to test each
individual memory chip--replacing all the RAM is fastest.   Feel free to
call me if you need help with this.

Diana Baranauskas
PC Obedience
DBaran@aol.net
voice:  494-0775