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   Lars Erdmann to All   
   Re: Upgrade to 6 core CPU...now desktop    
   13 Jan 12 19:38:41   
   
   jhgB?@[WLCJO3RA^CT1A^BL@[NRQ_b5O]YSfFQg=DdnlZWdM1S9NXRNeFIO   
   .os.os2.misc:3828   
   From: "Lars Erdmann"    
      
   try these:   
      
   PSD=OS2APIC.PSD /P=6 /PREC=ILD   
   PSD=OS2APIC.PSD /P=6 /PREC=LID   
   PSD=OS2APIC.PSD /P=6 /PREC=DLI /NMI=LINT1 /PIC=LINT0   
   PSD=OS2APIC.PSD /P=6 /PREC=DLI /NMI=LINT0 /PIC=LINT1   
      
   Lars   
      
   "Dariusz Piatkowski"  schrieb im Newsbeitrag    
   news:Qg5I6Bo2seGy-pn2-98SSYRk4T3pT@neurobox...   
   > Just a brief update regarding Trevor's suggestion...tried it...no   
   > change...repeated re-boots and seeing the same hang.   
   >   
   >   
   > On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:33:22 UTC, "Dariusz Piatkowski"   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Hi Trevor!   
   >>   
   >> On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:36:30 UTC, "Trevor Hemsley"   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> > On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:01:30 UTC in comp.os.os2.setup.misc, "Dariusz    
   >> > Piatkowski"   
   >> >  wrote:   
   >> >   
   >> > > This is with "PSD=OS2APIC.PSD /P=6 /APIC" in CONFIG.SYS and the BIOS    
   >> > > set to   
   >> > > support MPS 1.4 version (which was my previous setting, working OK    
   >> > > with the 4   
   >> > > core CPU).   
   >> >   
   >> > /APIC never got much beyond the beta stage so you might try it without.   
   >> >   
   >> > Also, I have got past many issues like you describe by using SET   
   >> > RESTARTOBJECTS=NO in config.sys   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Yup, as Lars suggested, I tried dropping the /APIC option, however that    
   >> did not   
   >> appear to improve teh situation.   
   >>   
   >> Now, regarding the follow-up suggestion of yours, I attempted the    
   >> following   
   >> (based on some previous Intenet searches):   
   >>   
   >> SET RUNWORKPLACE=G:\OS2\CMD.EXE   
   >> SET RESTARTOBJECTS=NO   
   >> SET SHELLEXCEPTIONHANDLER=OFF   
   >> SET SHAPIEXCEPTIONHANDLER=OFF   
   >>   
   >> ...the result was a hard-lock however...what I haven't tried was leaving    
   >> the full   
   >> CONFIG.SYS setup as-is in my 4-core configuration and attemptign the SET   
   >> RESTARTOBJECTS=NO on it's own.   
   >>   
   >> I will try that tomorrow and will follow-up with my results.   
   >>   
   >> So far, strangely enough (to me anyways) it doesn't appear like I'm going    
   >> to   
   >> have much luck moving to the 6-core configuration.   
   >>   
   >> I wish that the eCS ACPI solution could be tried out on some type of a    
   >> trial   
   >> basis...because if it works I would be happy to pay the price and move    
   >> along to   
   >> more happy times...LOL...yes, but I'm just getting 'greedy' here trying    
   >> to get   
   >> the full 6 cores running...   
   >   
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