Re: Black Screen
- From: Wolf Kirchmeir <wolfekir@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 11:03:24 -0400
Kicklighter wrote: [...]>
I tried looked already in the dos box settings for DOS_HIGH and DOS_UMB but both of them are turn off.
I don't really don't know how to solve this problem. Has anybody a solution.
Kindly regards,
Kicklighter
During boot, reset to VGA (press Alt-F1 when you see the white flashing square, and select the appropriate option.) The screen will look horrible, and you will have to resize most windows, but the system should run perfectly well otherwise. See if the dosbox problem persists. If not, you may have a corrupted video driver, or a corrupted DOS support subsystem. Uninstall, reboot, then reinstall Sci-Tech's drivers. If you don't know the video chipset, use the generic option.
If this doesn't work, you may have a corrupted DOS subsystem. Try Selective Install to reinstall Windows/DOS support.
If the problem still persists, you could to try a complete fresh install of OS/2. Burn all your must-keep data to CDs (including zipped apps installers and fixpacks), and go for it. (If you haven't already done so, create two additional partitions when you reinstall, one for applications, and one for data. Safer that way.)
If that doesn't work, you probably have a faulty video chipset.
Oh, and if you do get the computer working well again, make an archive: click on the desktop, select properties, and select the archive box. reboot, and when the desktop appears, turn archiving off, since you don't need any more archives. Then reinstall your apps, one at a time, test, reboot, install the next app, and so on. When everything is working right, archive that state of the system, too. Now you have two archives, one a barebones OS-only one, and one with all your apps. Turn off archiving, and use the archives to restore your system if it goes kablooey again. In my experience, this very rarely happens with OS/2, it's usually some older flaky software that causes trouble.
Good luck!
PS: you can turn DOS_UMB and DOS_HIGH on. .
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