Re: Odd GS Problem

[Matthew Carlson <carlson@rahul.net>]

Charles A. Plater (cplater@rattlehead.pass.wayne.edu) wrote:
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: My GS is acting really weird lately. First of all, here's how the machine
: is set up
: 	<1> Grappler +
: 	<3> TransWarp GS (stock)
: 	<5> Quickie Interface
: 	<7> InnerDrive Controler
: 	<MemEx> OctoRAM (fully populated)

: When I turn the machine on, it starts to boot GS/OS, and either (1)

Hmmm. Could be a software problem. Maybe some GS/OS files got corrupted 
on your InnerDrive. Also check your InnerDrive for errors.

Have you added any inits (system.setup folder files) lately?
Try booting holding shift down.

Have you added any software or hardware lately?

Have you changed anything at all on your system?

Could be hardware but it would have to only effect the 16 bit mode of 
the processor and GS/OS. More likely it would be a bug between GS/OS and 
the hardware. Of course this could be some weird TransWarp bug. But, I'm 
not qualified to answer that because I don't have the card.

DMA problem?


God forbid if your running HFS FST. The unpatched version.


: crashes before mounting any drives, or (2) mounts the drives, and crashed
: after opening 3-4 windows.  I thought maybe I had some bad SIMMS, or since
: my OctoRAM is so beaten up, maybe the card was bad, so I used the Claris
: Memory tester, and everthing checks out OK.  When I restart the machine
: after the memory test, everything works great.  Any ideas what's going on?
: Also, if I boot directly into P8, everthing is ok.


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:         Charles A. Plater, Lab Supervisor, Wayne State University

:      o                  Lola Valley Lodge #583 F&AM               o
:     /^\        Valley of Detroit AASR | Moslem Shrine AAONMS     /^\
:   \/ G \/           Kindness Chapter No. 523 O.E.S.            \/ G \/
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